Bragg Family South

Blueberries, anyone?? The weekend after the 4 th of July we went with our friend Jessica Howe to some other archeology friends who have a nice patch of blueberries. They grow far more than they can every eat, so they let their friends come pick them for free. We got a couple quarts in short order (before the heat and bugs drove us off) and then a nice lunch at a local diner. Our next big event was the re-shingling of our roof. You may recall we've gotten some storm damage over the last few years--well, this year Hope called the insurance adjuster , and he determined that we needed to get our roof replaced. We ordered the shingles in June, and last Monday, the crew showed up before 6 a.m. to start tearing off the roof before it got too hot (that's why this picture seems dark--the sun wasn't up yet). It was impressive watching the speed this crew worked at. They were able to use most of the old felt paper, and only had a few things to repair, so they made really good p...

Nothing like starting off the 4th of July with a bit of a BANG!!! When we last left y'all, we were in the midst of the 2011 Arkansas Archeological Society's summer dig... The rest of the week, we continued digging, and continued to find neat things like this 1830s vintage silver US dime: Here's an interesting picture--the orangish color object is a brick--what is the white thing above it? (Hint: it's upside down...) It is the ceramic, painted head of a toy doll! Like many (most) archeological digs, some of the neatest items turn up at the very end, and this dig at Historic Washington was no different (the dime and doll's head were found on the last full day of the dig). We thoroughly enjoyed this year's dig, heat and all, and look forward to next year's excavations. Earlier this spring, Kenny was given a cabbage to plant, and though it didn't fare well in the heat and dryness we had, it did produce a decent little head that was pretty tasty chopp...