pitcherlady

2010-08-12T22:08:23Z

We've Moved. Recent entries can be found at this address www.pitcherlady.com/blog. All are welcome. Except trolls, who will be summarily decapitated. Actually, calling them trolls is an insult to trolls. Join us.

Celebration of Cultures

2010-08-11T21:58:00Z

As of yesterday, the new version of this blog is up and running again HERE.. You all are so kind to bear with me. I feel compelled to give out prizes. There are some major changes in the works over there namely in the content and subject matter and I hope all of you will join me and join in as well. I may move some of the old Pitcherlady posts from this page, over to the new page from time to time but this page will remain here intact. The posts from June and July that I created on the new page along with your nice comments, were sacrificed to the Gods.

Team Work

2010-07-29T08:36:05Z

So, the new Wordpress blog committed suicide. I spent an hour yesterday in a live chat with tech guy, Frank. My first words to him were: My blog disappeared. There is nothing but a blank page where the blog and the admin panel used to be. His first words were: Let me know when you've installed it. I knew then it was going to be a long conversation. In the end he blamed the flashy theme (I knew that was going to be trouble) and turned me over to those who could conceivably fix it from their side. That was this time yesterday. I still haven't heard from them. Meanwhile, check out these ants. They're carrying a piece of bacon up a vertical brick wall. They worked on it for an hour or so and once they reached the top, abandoned it to a smaller variety of black ant. We were never able to figure out (not being ants ourselves) what the social implications of this were. Maybe the small ants contracted with the larger ones to do the heavy lifting (?) Anyway, hope you all are bearing up under the heat. I spent two days (the hottest of the year here so far) having a yard sale. It took until about Tuesday to get over the smothering exhaustion but I'd do it all over again if it led to a clean basement.

Conversations

2010-07-09T22:01:14Z

I was planning to post this on my new (still testing) page. but when the software cropped it for the collage on the first page, dreadful things happened. I still haven't been able to get right with that template. The big photos are sweet but if I look at them at the library, or even at my mother's house, those 800 pixel shots are way too big for the monitor. I'll figure it out eventually and see you over there.

Flood Damage

2010-06-22T09:53:31Z

A recent trip to Kentucky produced these rather depressing images which were leftover from the flood the first of May. This baby was completely under water at one point and now it is merely a paper weight. Sad. Hey, I've been trying out a new blog page for the last couple of weeks. This one is about to reach its seventh anniversary and although I've loved being here, it's time for a new look and some more advanced software. The new page is pretty flashy. I like it but the pictures are huge and I'm not married to the Wordpress theme I chose yet. That may change to a more streamlined version but check it out and let me know what you think and be honest. The last thing I want is to drive the remaining six of you away :) It's here.

Edwin Warner Park

2010-05-27T23:02:02Z

This shot is from the (2009) archives. These trails are closed at the moment because of the recent flood. I hope they still exist. This tree always fascinates me because the sun shines on it exclusively sometimes. Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday weekend. Happy Memorial Day.

Tim Gunn

2010-05-17T07:20:43Z

If anyone ever wants to know what I was doing during the initial hours of the Great Flood of Nashville.. I'll have to say that I was taking pictures of Project Runway's Tim Gunn. It's hard to believe that this shiny moment evolved into mopping a basement for twenty hours.

Salad Daze

2010-05-06T09:39:34Z

So I watched the documentary Food Inc. on PBS recently. It was unfortunate that it aired during dinner and although I was horrified, I couldn't stop watching. I was however, able to stop eating with little effort and in the end, I went looking for affordable organic groceries. A neighbor and I pooled our resources and bought twenty-seven weeks of locally grown, pesticide-free produce (see above) I might add that it worked out to about fifteen dollars a week which I decided I can blow at the grocery store on absolutely nothing. It's delivered weekly, about two miles from where I live and Tuesday was the first day of the season. This particular co-op (Eco-Gardens) is looking to add a few more members so if you live in the Creive Hall area of Nashville or even if it's a convenient stop and you'd like to join, go HERE. There are also a ton of choices and/or delivery points in and around Nashville and if you're looking for locally grown food in your own area (of the US) you'll probably be able to find it HERE. No doubt there will be few more food shots posted here before the summer's gone.

Prisoner of Pretty

2010-05-05T12:40:18Z

The Tennessee Women's Theater Project is hosting the fourth annual Women's Work celebration and festival beginning this Friday and running through May 23. It's at the Looby Theater at 2301 Rosa Parks Blvd. in Nashville. There are a number of featured artists and performances scheduled throughout each weekend though I'm inclined to highlight one of our regular readers and my close personal friend, Beverly Threadgill-Robey's art quilt (above) which made an early debut in my very own backyard. Here's a link to the details if you're interested in going.

Downtown

2010-05-03T14:29:05Z

The Cumberland River made an appearance on Second and Third Avenues last night and today. Most of the water around town has receded leaving quite a bit of damage in some places. More photos here