Sorry...

Just needed a place to post my picture for my new Fantasy Football team... The Wrenshack Ramble....
So pay no attention unless you are a fan of the Sasquatch...

WHOA DIG-A-LYE.... It's been a while!

So we've been pouring all our energy into the big TomTEN and have been neglecting blog posts for anyone who is actually reading.

Since the big Dingwop, we've been attempting to get back to normal with some berry picking, muffin making and hay bale moving. On a sad note, in the early morning hours of the day after the party, Chloe, our oldest girl, passed on to join her siblings in the sky. She did have one helluva last night... I'm sure she had more beef brisket and table scraps than any dog should hope for. Anyway...
Our girl Chole... rest in peace...


A few pics from the big TomTEN party...








The other big news is that I did even more damage to my hand yesterday... as the folks know who made it to TomTEN... as I was preparing the beef brisket I was gonna put on the grill at 5:00 a.m. on Saturday... I was slicing some fat off the thing and sliced my pointer finger on my guitar fretting hand... and then I fire up the grill at 4:30 in the a.m. and about a half hour later I go to open a vent, not thinking the thing is hot as hellfire... and psssssssss... that's the sound of a finger burning... the same pointer finger... so I had to super glue (no shit) my finger in order to play that night... anyway, so I was washing out a glass I make cocktails in and the whole bottom busts out of it and in the confusion, I slit my finger wide open across the top knuckle... no doubt I could have used stiches... but I took it like a man and wrapped it up and will tell kids about the scar years from now... this is what it looked like today...

Oh, and lastly... RASPBERRIES... this is just the crop from the back little patch... not the big garden patch... so yeah... the berries are freakin' HUGE! Like little strawberries! Can you tell I'm excited???

The Wrenshack Victory Garden

So this year has been probably the best year for the ole garden in quite some years. We have corn that is knee high by the 4th of July... eating lots of radishes already... tomatoes are on the vine... peas are climbing the fence... squash is beginning to squash it... and DellMarie ate her first two raspberries of the season today!
So... a couple pictures...

DellMarie with a bunch of radishes...


And DellMarie with the "Popster"...


And DellMarie finding her way out of the raspberry patch... she walked into it 2 days ago and finally made her way out today!


And tongiht... a 2-fer... following up with the regular guy does good with a cover...
First up... for all you old-skool Van Halen fans... an obscure gem... Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now... Major props to the psuedo horn solo!!


And another blast from the past from the same cat... so good I couldn't resist... I LOVE HALL & OATES... And obviously I'm not afraid to admit it... once I tried to play a early H&O greatest hits tape that Mama D bought me at some Esko garage sale and everybody at the party - including my sister - told me to shut it down!! WHAT THE HELL??
So this one's for all you Hall & Oates haters...

The Countdown Is On!

Officially less than 2 weeks out from the big TomTEN!
Excitement abounds!
Final preperations are being made... new guitar strings have been purchased... tunes are being frantically practiced... lawns will be mowed... or at least our lawn will be mowed... the Love Log is being prepared for loving and giving love... beers are being chilled... well not quite yet but...

So a new twist on the song of the week... going with the cover of the week... some wanna-be rock-star... much like me... decides to cover a tune and throw it up on YouTube... so I'm gonna pick what I think are top-notch covers... for the underdogs of the world...
Let's get it rollin' with...