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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html
Showing posts with label Georgia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgia. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Bye Bye Biking in Shorts & Lynx Rufus

 Guess we have enjoyed our final 2022 months of warm and sunny weather for biking in shorts...
On October 11, it was a perfect day for getting onto our 'iron horses'...
Wearing a short sleeved top though.
Perfect sky with clouds for capturing those cows and bull with old building.
A look to the left reveals an old barn.
The new farmstead is seen in the back on the right.
Cloudy, but lovely weather on October 11, at 28°C or 82°F.
Another perfect day on October 16.
Just past the bridge, across the river.
That was the weather on October 16, at 29°C or 84°F.
October 24...
That was sunny and 22°C or 72°F.
Me standing at the very end of the bridge across the river.
Lovely blue sky!
Going back across the river, I saw this Bobcat Lynx rufus.
So sad to encounter this beauty of Georgia Wildlife!
I've placed my foot alongside for size comparison next to my size 8 sandal.
I did drag the still soft but limp body off the pavement, into the shoulder in the grass as I hate for trucks to mash up the body.
I've not looked at its head but so far no visible wounds... 
Guess it ran into a car and got knocked out.
For comparison, our own Tiggy–Tiger girl at home in the driveway next to my foot.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Sorghum from Birdseed

It looks like our Georgia garden critters are taking things in their own hands by seeding some Sorghum plants from Birdseed!
First I thought it was corn, by looking at the plants leaves...
This was on September 8.
Against the repurposed Umbrella Post with Bird Feeder on top.
Pieter always leaves seed out for the mourning doves and for the brown thrasher, they love to search on the ground. Also the Cardinals and others.
So three plants have grown up from sprouted seeds...
This is close to the Bird Feeder that I mentioned in my previous post.
Pieter repurposed that parasol pole on Christmas day, 1998—it kept well!
They seem to be ripening perfectly well—this was on September 21.
We just leave them there for the birds to enjoy later...

Do you see plants growing up from birdseed in your yard?

Related link:
Sorghum Growing in Georgia | previous post by me

Friday, November 26, 2021

Sudden Whirlwind without rain and big tree gets lifted up out of the ground

In Georgia the weather can be unpredictable at times.


Like this SUDDEN WHIRLWIND without rain on Friday, June 19 of 1998.
Quickly I grabbed our video camera and exited through the veranda door to capture our trees bending in the wind.
A very dramatic sky came suddenly...
Next I walked to the wood garden, across the creek where Pieter was working and he showed me a tree that got lifted out of the ground by this strong wind.
Pieter shows that he can place his fingers into the opening created .
If you click on YouTube watching you can see at clickable 2:23 how it is lifted up a few centimeters.
Good thing is that both of us are not scared... 😜

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Indian Summer and Biking

 Living in subtropical Georgia has lots of benefits.
Our Indian Summer is so lovely...
Rather exotic looking Yucca lily in bloom on October 24, as we biked.
Had to zoom in as I was a bit reluctant with my sandal feet to get into the ditch...
Copperheads are being born live in the fall and I sure don't want to step onto one!
On a lovely sunny October 15, on the bridge across the Oconee River.
That's me posing next to Pieter's New Green Deal...
We went back to the bridge for the first time since Pieter got a flat tire there!
That was quite something... I swapped bike with him so he could ride home on mine and come back with the car, backseat flat for transporting his bike. It JUST fit...
I've managed to push it for about 4 km and it was hard to do in the heat, full sun and uphill!
Next we had to go to Atlanta Cycling for getting a new back tire; they happened to have just the LAST one, at their other location.
So we keep our fingers crossed that things go well!
Oh, on one of the longer rides, Pieter had an empty battery... he thought he had more than wat it was.
So I swapped with him again and pedaled that heavy sucker home for some 20 km... Those hills are killing you!
There still are lots of yellow wildflowers alongside the road.
Golden Rod with a happy Bumble Bee feasting on its pollen.
Pieter in his TREK Atlanta Cycling top.
We love the quiet back roads since we do not have bike lanes here, like in The Netherlands.
WISH we had them!
Lovely wildflowers... 
Huge field where peanuts already have been harvested!
Here they were still harvesting the peanuts.
Georgia is a BIG peanut exporter!
Photo is from October 17, and these Confederate Rose shrubs (Hibiscus mutabilis) are blooming everywhere!
We used to have one in our wood garden but of course, the competition with tree roots is fierce.
These goat kids were loose once we biked past this meadow.
Now the owner has secured the fencing a lot better, attached mesh wire in front of the planks so they no longer can escape!
There were five more of those goats in front of an old school bus.
Hate to see old cars or equipment sitting somewhere; why not recycle?!
October 22, blue sky and at this lake there always is lots of water fowl.
If there would be a bench, one could observe different birds.
October 22, it was 28℃ or 82℉
Guess on a Saturday we ought to clean out this barn...
Horses are a far better sight!
Pieter captured me when I went closer for capturing that Yucca lily.
Did not want to go into the ditch bare footed... think about snakes from my previous post (see link below).
Love to wear these cotton terry shorts from Escada, with a cotton t-shirt from Indonesia.
Wish this photo would work LIVE as you could see those birds flying away in a big cloud...
Smart cooperation, the cows stir up insects and they're right there!
Pieter counted 50 cows but they have such vast meadows here, compared to The Netherlands!
Another farm where they usually keep horses but this time they had several Llamas.
Haha, this one tried its very best to smile at the camera!
On LIVE it does...
Hope you enjoyed this little view of rural Georgia.


Related link:
New Green Deal | previous post
Copperhead Snake | previous post

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Copperhead Snake

Already during our very first month of living in Georgia, USA we got to meet snakes.
 

Pieter had this Copperhead snake under the car...
So I took a photo of it in August of 1983.
These are venomous and they give live birth!

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Five out of Six Swinson Brothers died while serving during Civil War

 Yes, at times history can be very cruel...
This happened also to one family, here in Laurens County, Georgia; the Swinson family where FIVE out of six brothers that served, died during the Civil War.
Yes, they all SIX served in the military... Imagine the pain it caused for the Parents! 
Here are Mom & Dad, visiting this historical site on April 10, 1996.
Swinson Family Cemetery Memorials ←click on link and on each name
Only brother Starkey Warren Swinson did come back home alive, after his service during the Civil War.
Gabriel G served in the Georgia Infantry and died in Vicksburg, Mississippi
John A served also in the Georgia Infantry and died in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Starkey W served also in the Georgia Infantry but was the ONLY brother that survived, and he died in 1914 in Broxton, Georgia
Thomas Elliott served as Volunteer in the Georgia Infantry and died in Raleigh, North Carolina
William Pinkney served in the Georgia Infantry and died in Laurens County, Georgia
Young Woodward served in the Georgia Infantry and died in Richmond, Virginia

FREEDOM has its price...

Saturday, September 11, 2021

Eastern Kingsnake or Lampropeltis getula

 The Eastern Kingsnake or Lampropeltis getula is harmless!
When I spotted this one, I ran to grab my camera...
It turned its head as if to say: Hurry up, I don't have all day, waiting for you!
Okay okay, I follow you, just move on...
Of course it went straight for the creek!
It never looked back at me again and went head first into the creek...
Knowing they love to be in the water, makes you realize how easily they could hid on the edge of the pond, in the mud... as well as snapping turtles.
Pieter sure has been very brave for: Cleaning Our Pond and Fountain ←click link

Have you 'followed' once or more times a snake?

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