tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1563888 2013-05-25T04:00:00-04:00 Celebrating and Preserving the Culture of Appalachia. TypePad BlindPigTheAcornhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad388330191027ea6d8970c 2013-05-25T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-25T04:00:00-04:00 Tipper The bight orange hues above have been brightening my journey to and from work for the last few weeks. The Azalea grows wild throughout my area of Appalachia-I'm sure it grows beyond as well. Growing up Granny called them Flame...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=60sIx-s63pM:MI4TIXa1na4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=60sIx-s63pM:MI4TIXa1na4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=60sIx-s63pM:MI4TIXa1na4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=60sIx-s63pM:MI4TIXa1na4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=60sIx-s63pM:MI4TIXa1na4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/60sIx-s63pM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/appalachia-through-my-eyes-orange-azaleas.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad388330192aa3d29a4970d 2013-05-24T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-24T04:00:00-04:00 Tipper This post was originally published here on the Blind Pig in May of 2010. Over the past week, the Ivy around my house has started to bloom. A few of you may be thinking-what Ivy doesn't bloom? And you're right...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=8bnjOwPCnhk:c3X5G_yHX5U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=8bnjOwPCnhk:c3X5G_yHX5U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=8bnjOwPCnhk:c3X5G_yHX5U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=8bnjOwPCnhk:c3X5G_yHX5U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=8bnjOwPCnhk:c3X5G_yHX5U:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/8bnjOwPCnhk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/mountain-laurel-vs-mountain-ivy.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad38833019102517570970c 2013-05-23T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-22T13:58:34-04:00 Tipper Last weekend Miss Cindy got to visit-we always enjoy her visits! As she was leaving on Sunday afternoon, she found a snake on our front porch. We all ran out to see it-by then it had wedged itself between the...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=4bPdQxoWsRQ:xS_WZEMIVzw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=4bPdQxoWsRQ:xS_WZEMIVzw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=4bPdQxoWsRQ:xS_WZEMIVzw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=4bPdQxoWsRQ:xS_WZEMIVzw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=4bPdQxoWsRQ:xS_WZEMIVzw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/4bPdQxoWsRQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/snakes-on-the-porch.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad388330192aa1832df970d 2013-05-22T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-22T06:54:51-04:00 Tipper Photo courtesy of Al, Alice and Ruth website I've got one more story about Killy Kranky to share with you-if you missed the first 2 stories click here and here. We always have such a good time at Mountain Folk...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=O136UPD2t7k:-pM6JwKC3bw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=O136UPD2t7k:-pM6JwKC3bw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=O136UPD2t7k:-pM6JwKC3bw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=O136UPD2t7k:-pM6JwKC3bw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=O136UPD2t7k:-pM6JwKC3bw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/O136UPD2t7k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/we-brought-killy-kranky-home-with-us-well-sort-of.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad388330192aa19f489970d 2013-05-21T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-21T08:57:17-04:00 Tipper The other evening I was walking up the hill from Granny and Pap's when I noticed a Blackberry briar growing in an unlikely place. I probably would have never noticed it-except the white blooms seemed to shine in the shady...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=2Xw4D4RCnwM:jCfnKuVb2jw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=2Xw4D4RCnwM:jCfnKuVb2jw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=2Xw4D4RCnwM:jCfnKuVb2jw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=2Xw4D4RCnwM:jCfnKuVb2jw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=2Xw4D4RCnwM:jCfnKuVb2jw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/2Xw4D4RCnwM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/appalachia-through-my-eyes-reaching-for-the-light.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad3883301901c58407c970b 2013-05-20T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-20T06:18:42-04:00 Tipper Love of the Mountains written by Allen Mills Two trees on the hillside of a mountain Always looking up toward the sky Remind me of my Papa and my Moma Who lived there 80 years before they died Now the...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=22IhbjZ3Ero:GupIy93o4-8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=22IhbjZ3Ero:GupIy93o4-8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=22IhbjZ3Ero:GupIy93o4-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=22IhbjZ3Ero:GupIy93o4-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=22IhbjZ3Ero:GupIy93o4-8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/22IhbjZ3Ero" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/love-of-the-mountains.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad38833017eeb40251e970d 2013-05-18T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-17T20:49:36-04:00 Tipper We used one of the best planting days this past week-Crab-The Breast-Cancer to plant 5 rows of corn and 106 tomato plants! Whew! Seems like every weekend has been too wet or fell under the wrong sign for us to...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=f7x0POx4dLc:vhpt9p_r66w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=f7x0POx4dLc:vhpt9p_r66w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=f7x0POx4dLc:vhpt9p_r66w:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=f7x0POx4dLc:vhpt9p_r66w:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=f7x0POx4dLc:vhpt9p_r66w:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/f7x0POx4dLc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/corn-tomatoes-in-the-ground.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad38833019102187fea970c 2013-05-17T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-16T19:12:03-04:00 Tipper Today's guest post was written by Ethelene Dyer Jones. Herman Davenport, A Champion Patter written by Ethelene Dyer Jones I’m not sure if the old mountain art of hand-patting to music is vanishing from our hills. Herman Davenport (March 10,...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=aTFsdcSEBy8:-USCw8U-WBQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=aTFsdcSEBy8:-USCw8U-WBQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=aTFsdcSEBy8:-USCw8U-WBQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=aTFsdcSEBy8:-USCw8U-WBQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=aTFsdcSEBy8:-USCw8U-WBQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/aTFsdcSEBy8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/herman-davenport-a-champion-patter.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad38833017d432cc165970c 2013-05-16T04:00:00-04:00 2013-05-15T20:04:00-04:00 Tipper Each year participants of the Mountain Folk Festival in Berea, KY are given an opportunity to take part in a dance workshop of their choice. Various workshops are offered-things like Morris Dancing, English Country Dancing, Jump Rope Clog, Square Dancing....<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=Vf7QdrCdtYw:ZMMscOQKrmw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=Vf7QdrCdtYw:ZMMscOQKrmw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=Vf7QdrCdtYw:ZMMscOQKrmw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=Vf7QdrCdtYw:ZMMscOQKrmw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=Vf7QdrCdtYw:ZMMscOQKrmw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/Vf7QdrCdtYw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/the-kentucky-running-set.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ffe2ad3883301910218eaa2970c 2013-05-15T05:59:24-04:00 2013-05-15T06:02:09-04:00 Tipper Spring is the time for graduations throughout Appalachia and beyond. In my county of Cherokee, I can think of 7 graduation ceremonies which occur every year-some folks would have you think nothing as inspiring and uplifting as graduations ever happen...<br/> <br/> (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=yoKSg4eZCtY:irKZU1xjicg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=yoKSg4eZCtY:irKZU1xjicg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=yoKSg4eZCtY:irKZU1xjicg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?i=yoKSg4eZCtY:irKZU1xjicg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?a=yoKSg4eZCtY:irKZU1xjicg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlindPigTheAcorn?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BlindPigTheAcorn/~4/yoKSg4eZCtY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/05/appalachia-through-my-eyes-a-rising-tide-lifts-all-boats.html