Inside The Perimeter

I went to The EARL last night to see the band Deep Sea Diver perform to a sell out crowd. It was a good decision as I had a really good time, even though I was flying solo.

My Amazon shorts are to be worn this Saturday when I volunteer for the first time with Concrete Jungle. While I have no idea what work I will be doing, I know it will be done at Doghead Farm here in Atlanta from 10:00-13:00, so it will be hot. I’m looking forward to seeing how an intown farm looks/works.

Happy 60th birthday to ITP-Reader Barb! Assuming I make it to next Tuesday, I’ll catch you again then.

Though there have been many failures in Wee Little Farm this year, there have been some triumphs as well. Yesterday I ate the first fig ever to reach ripeness in WLF! To be fair, there was a fig tree in the backyard when I bought the ITP Estate, but I was never able to beat the birds/squirrels/rats/whatever to them before reaching ripeness. The fig tree from which I ate the fig, two actually, has been grown from a cutting I took from a tree in East Atlanta about three years ago. Woot!

Wordle: three, my starter was SLIDE

I know Atlanta was built by the railroads, hence its former name of “Terminus”. However, have you ever wondered why the city didn’t also build along the Chattahoochee River? Rivers are always considered to be a limited, yet highly desired resource. Imagine what this area would be like if we had a riverwalk along which one could run, ride, eat, shop, etc.

The rain went all around East Atlanta, giving no respite to Wee Little Farm, and leaving nothing but hot, humid weather behind. Because I saw a lot of rain on the radar I didn’t ride last night, opting to make dinner at home instead.

Wordle: six, my starter was ASTER. It’s been a tough Wordle week for me. The only good thing about having a shitty Wordle day is that I am not disappointed when everyone does better than I did.

It’s pretty rare to have two separate events fall into place nicely. The other day I bought a concert ticket to see the band Chatham County Line in Brevard, NC on August 29, and a ticket for the SC Paw Paw Festival in Taylors, SC on August 30. That weekend is now sorted! In fact, all but one of my August weekends are booked. Now to figure out where I will be next Tuesday for my sixtieth birthday…

The pickle worms have won the cucumber war, unfortunately. No jars of pickles for me this year. 🙁 I will have to figure out a new strategy next year.

Wordle: FAIL, my starter was ALIAS

While being lazy on Friday, July 11, I realized that on July 11, 2022 I drove my bike up to Blue Ridge and rode a tough 35-mile ride up there. I wish that I currently weighed what I weighed in 2022.

On Saturday I drove to Fayetteville to try a new-to-me brewery, Awkward Brewing. While sitting there talking about beer, I learned that Southern Brewing in Athens closed last year. Here is my updated list of Georgia brewery closures in the past three or so years:
Orpheus
Second Self
Burnt Hickory
Anderby
IronShield
Hippin’ Hops (East Lake)
Kettle Rock
Sabbath
Biggerstaff
Schoolhouse Gymnasium (Emory)
Elsewhere
Eventide
Steady Hand
Best End
Torched Hop
Red Hare
BlueTarp
High Card
Jekyll
Monkey Wrench
Hixtown
Southern

Sunday was a wash since I enjoyed Awkard Brewing a little too much, and I felt like ass most of the day. I did make a pasta dinner in which I used some WLF vegetables, as well as a jar of tomato sauce that I made a few months ago.

Wordle: four, my starter was DIRTY

After two meals containing nothing from Wee Little Farm, dinner had to be different. Dinner last night was a tomato sandwich, eaten with a warm potato salad; the tomato, potatoes, and jalapeño pepper were all from WLF.

Even though it wasn’t a Monday, I watched a movie last night. I watched Sustainable, which as you would probably guess, is about farming.

When did “utilize” become the word that everyone says when they mean “use”?

Wordle: three, my starter was SHRED

I’m headed to a remote DMV, which I believe is correctly called a DDS, in order to renew my drivers license. Wish me luck. I suppose I could have attempted this online, but I’d rather go and get it done in person. Besides, this gets me out of the house today.

Wordle: five, I’m sure everyone else will get it in two, my starter was COUPE

Didn’t have the best of days yesterday. My back hurt (and still does) and I tweaked my right knee on last night’s bike ride, forcing me to drop from the group and slow roll back to Meltons.

I hemmed and hawed about a pair of cycling shoes which had a $15 “Amazon Prime Days” promotion, and when I went back, the discount was gone; I can wait…

Wordle: five, my starter was REPLY. The solution was another from my list, Dangen!

I’m back, and fuck it’s still hot.

Wee Little Farm is also suffering. Many large cucumbers were on the vines, some were over ripe, and some were consumed by pickle worms. More than half of the ones I picked yesterday were directly added to the compost bin. At least there were some I damaged ripe tomatoes on the vine. Later in the day I went out to look at something and saw that one ripening tomato I left on the vine had been eaten.

In doing research about the pickle worm problem, I read this:

“Pickleworms are native to southern states like Texas, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Sanford, Michigan, Connecticut, and even further up north. Pickleworms are excellent migratory insects”

Sanford? Did I miss Captain Chaos using an Executive Order to create a new state? And since when are Michigan and Connecticut southern states?

Wordle: five, a very disappointing five, my starter was WAGER

I am glad the Tour de France is back, but I really miss the commercial-free feed Peacock used to offer its paid subscribers. I am probably going to watch a lot less of the tour because the commercial breaks annoy me so much.

Wordle: four, my starter was TINGE

Happy Independence Day. Don’t hurt yourself, or anyone else, with fireworks today.

Wordle: four, my starter was BLAST