Author: brandnewkindof

Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.

baseball: nats @ orioles

Seven. The Wiets drove in the tying run in the bottom of the 8th and Jonathan Schoop walked off. The floppy hats were excellent.

100 foods in 100 counties: granville county

Cheese and sausage biscuit at Sunrise Biscuit in Oxford, crossing Granville County off the Our State 100 Foods list. The biscuit was fabulous and I would have eaten half a dozen plain.

the kittens have gotten big (are still dopey)

(I love Cat Summitt’s face in this one. WHAT ARE YOU DOING CAT SUMMITT.) They’re still shy, but very sweet, and very silly. Cat Summitt still only weighs about 5 pounds. ALL LEGS AND TAIL.

last minutes and lost evenings

We had a really nice 4th. Long weekend, good company, good food. Trav and I are getting pretty damn excellent at feeding people we love. You should come visit.

worth getting up for so far in 2015

Worth getting up for: Trav; Trav living in my house; Trav’s couch; the kittens; Scott Antique Market in Atlanta; the grill on my back porch; North Carolina getting green; baseball; the NBA playoffs; house concerts; Smitten Kitchen’s roasted tomato Israeli pearl couscous recipe; kebabs; my garden; the Carolina wren nesting in my watering can planter;…

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house show: caleb caudle

Caleb Caudle played in my living room on Friday, doing a lot of songs from last year’s stunning Paint Another Layer On Your Heart, and a bunch from his upcoming Carolina Ghost, which looks to be even more stunning. You didn’t come to this show, but you should have.