Happy Holidays from my neighborhood to yours.

Doesn’t this just rock?

especially in my neighborhood!

In the coming days, spouselet and I hope to have a video of our neighbors house for all to enjoy.

Our neighbor works on this project all year long and every year it gets a little bigger. The first year he had one song, then two and this year there are three.

You can’t tell from the picture but he has a count down to Christmas clock. He has also installed a screen and Santa walks in the front window checking his list all night long. He has the music programed on a station so you can hear it as you sit in your car.

We think it is an amazing project and a bonus to our community.

Not everyone agrees.

Last year some jack-leg shot out the count down clock. I hope he got coal in HIS stocking.

I am also pretty impressed with my blackberry’s ability to take images at night.
wow.

Do you have a beloved Grizwold in your neighborhood?

Or more accurately would be the people driving during the first snow of the season.

I saw 2 cars jump the median on my way home and…you could still see the grass!

Look at this:

And here is the big traffic jam in the middle of my small town….

Do you see the road-those are not hazardous driving conditions anywhere else in the world EXCEPT Pewee Valley Kentucky.

I am glad I am home safe now away from all the drivers who forget season to season how to drive in the white stuff.

Today I ran by the Red Pepper for my favorite sandwich (and found out that with out mayo it is less than 500 calories-so yay) and Joe, the owner asked what happened to my voice.

Because apparently I TALK alot when I am in there too!

So, he gave me this awesome Lemon Ginger Tea to bring home and make so I will feel better. GAVE TO ME. Didn’t charge me one bloody nickel-just go home, try this.

He said he makes all his employees drink this stuff when they are under the weather and it works! I can tell you this, I don’t know about getting better, but I do know it is Yummy!

Have I mentioned in the past 3 weeks that I LOVE The Red Pepper?
Well I do.

Them’s good people.
The food’s good too!

This morning the dogs and I went on our walk to the “other” cemetery. It is directly across the street from the Confederate one, however, this one is referred to as “black” on the links that mention the sites.

When I was a child this cemetery was so over grown if it weren’t for the brick entrance with the chain across the road, you would have never known anything was in all that brush. Sometime in the past 20 years people have gone in and cleaned up. There is a definite difference to the “energy” between the two places.

This one, much more colorful-there are flowers (even if they are plastic) on several of the graves. The stones are not as elaborate; many of them are just metal markers with long since faded card inserts. The image above is the “fanciest” and who ever is buried under all that color was mighty loved. There isn’t a marker, just the brick wall and a garden stone with a quote (and all the flowers)..

The personality in this place is evident everywhere you look. This one defined by cedar fencing and a small garden edging. I am not sure if the man buried there is really tall or they just had that much “fence”.

Everyone always asks me who is in charge of upkeep on this cemetery-as if I am the official caretaker knower-er in this area.

I don’t know.
I do know that this side of the street is much more creative than the other side.

OH, now I know why I like this one more.
(some days I am just slow I tell ya)

It reminds me of my mama’s family grave yard in Tennessee. Many of her relatives didn’t have the money to get fancy stones and they used what they had. One of her relatives is buried under a roof. I kid you not. i wish I had a picture of that. Two pieces of galvanized roofing and a triangle of lattice made up his monument. Much love there too.

OOOO. I almost promised no more cemetery stories for awhile, because there aren’t any in walkin’ distance, but there ARE.

Until next time my pretties.

One of the places I have been taking the dogs to roam is the Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery. Part of the cemetary is dedicated to men who were residents of the Pewee Valley Confederate Home and many of them were Civil War Veterans.

Now there are more civilian graves, than veterans.

One of my favorites. Mainly because I have seen similar monuments at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, but this one, is right down the road.

I have lived in this area MOST of my life and as a child my sister and I would bring the girls who came to our house to spend the night up here. They would get all freaked out-so much easier to walk up the street than spend all night tellin’ ghost stories! And trust me when you are 12…you can freak out many a friend just by walking around the circle.

Yes, we were evil.
We were 12!

I have walked by these stones for years. But only yesterday, did I realize the date span on this one.

Precious Baby.
So simple. So beautiful.

Many of these graves are over 100 years old. But recently, they have expanded the grounds and more sites are open. My son has a friend who’s mother is there.
I “visit” her several times a week.

I love a cemetery. Probably because I grew up with two of them very near where I live. I will post about the other one another day.

What about you?
Fasinated or Feared?

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Here is another link I found on the Confederate Home-information I didn’t know. Cool.

Today, I really was the girl in the middle! I had lunch with my mom and my sister-I am not the oldest OR the youngest-how perfect.

We went to Sisters Tea Parlor & Boutique!

I am not normally a fan of pink, but for a tea room, it works.

I am a fan of hot tea. (mine was some kind of chai-and very tasty) Even a bigger fan of hot tea that tastes good with OUT sugar or honey! I am also a HUGE fan of ginger snaps. Ever had a ginger snap with lemon curd? Well, you should. The cottled cream wasn’t bad either-I just love tart!

Aren’t the dishes and presentation of everything just precious?

The food was incredible-finger sandwiches, scones and deserts…to yummy.

We could have dressed up if we wanted-they have a room full of hats, furs and shiney jewelry…I can see little girls going totally nutso over this place.

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I have to say that The Red Pepper is one of my most favorite places to eat.  There are two locations in Kentucky, one in LaGrange and the newer one in Crestwood.  Same menu so going to either one is a great treat.  I will say that the Crestwood location has both indoor and out door seating and more tables than the smaller LaGrange Store.

And they are incredibly friendly-of course, it doesn’t hurt that I am in there at least once a week eating.  The other day I was meeting some co-workers for lunch and when I pulled up Laura said “Oh, Look, here comes Molly again.”  My co-workers were in awe!

They also know my standard order and occassionally try to steer me to try something new.  But, honestly people, the Miss Madison is the BEST sandwich ever created.  Check this out:

• Whole Grain Bread
• Turkey
• Spicey Mustard
• Mayo (that I sometimes ask them to old)
• Red Onion (that I also ask to be held)
• Benedictine
• Lettuce and Tomato

Heavenly.

I have tried other things and Laura hasn’t been wrong on what is delicious yet.  So, if you are ever in the area or even driving on Interstate 71 through Kentucky, head on over, you will not be disappointed.

Around the Corner: Laura Chism Photography

There is a place I go at least twice a week for lunch.  I honestly should feature them as my first “around the corner” but, when I saw the photographs that my friend Laura took.

I was speechless.
They are breathtaking.

Now trust me people. (you can ask my family) I am a bit of a design star (snob).  That also tends to bleed over to my personal opininon of photography AND photographers by extension.

This woman can shoot.

Don’t believe me?  Check her out for yourself.
Oh and she has a blog-go give her some love!

I have been thinking about this since I started blogging.  Even before “the girl in the middle”. 

I wanted a way to celebrate my community.
People I know.
Places I frequent.

Part of that need comes from working in various service industries most of my adult life. 

I have not yet decided if it will be a weekly thing-that occurs on a specific day or, if I will just blog about people, places and things when they pop up.