Sitting by Flat Creek at Ole's Guacamole Sunday for lunch.
The soothing calm waters were interrupted by visiting begging Mallards...and some folks were throwing them pieces of chips. I was adamant that they didn't get any from us.
I even tried growling and saying firm NO to the ducks, while my friend said sweet things to him. Geese, Do Not Feed Wild Animals people food! The very first tenant learned in relating to natural animals!
Why do so many people in Black Mountain have trouble with black bears getting in their garbage? The cans are available, sitting all over town, and the bears can get in at least half of them. So the bears have a good taste for people food. They grow well, have more cubs as a result, and the next year, they teach the cubs where rich food is available. Poor bears.
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On Saturday I stopped to see the Grand Opening action of our local hardware store which opened a branch in Swannanoa, the next town down the highways.
It has a completely different flavor from the old building in Black Mountain, where actually 3 stores are linked together with their wood floors. In BM they sell lots of touristy needs...toys and gifts, kitchen things, everything to the kitchen sink I bet. Here the focus is on hardware!
Great parking, and now I want to go back and see what the ghost sign says on the wall.
It has a completely different flavor from the old building in Black Mountain, where actually 3 stores are linked together with their wood floors. In BM they sell lots of touristy needs...toys and gifts, kitchen things, everything to the kitchen sink I bet. Here the focus is on hardware!
And I gladly accepted the treat of a rootbeer float with which to go home.
Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences. -Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (1850-1894)
Sharing with Tom's Tuesday Treasures
I think you enjoyed that lunch, both the setting and the food.
ReplyDeleteI should have saved the ducks for my critter post on Saturday. But then there was also the chicken I ate with the sauce...another form of critter! I'm a happy lover of fowl both ways!
DeleteI plan on going to the new Ole Guacamole when we next visit. And I do love that hardware store. We usually buy something for the boys there. But what's the deal with the Bible verses in the new one?
ReplyDeleteThis is the one in Black Mountain...but you're right, another is somewhere in Asheville. I didn't even notice Joshua's words in the ceiling! OMG! It does give one pause, especially if you stop to read them! I never knew they promoted religion. Not sure I like that at all!
DeleteI meant the Ole's in Black Mountain, as the Town Hardware is only shown in Swannanoa here.
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ReplyDeleteYour meal look yummy! It is not good to feed any wild animal, most people do not think what they are doing is wrong. Take care, enjoy your day and the week ahead.
About the only wild critters I would agree to feed would be birds...only with seeds not with bread crumbs!
DeleteBlack Mountain seems to be thriving! Such a nice town!
ReplyDeleteI do hope so...there are new businesses everywhere this time of year!
DeleteA small town hardware store. Amazing to see what with Home Depot and Loews cornering the market.
ReplyDeleteIt is popular with tourists in Black Mountain, having quite the old store ambiance, but all that you might need...including toys and games from yesteryear. There used to be an ACE hardware in Swannanoa until the flood sent it into Asheville....well, it closed in Swan, and a new one opened in A'ville.
Delete...I wish the Town Hardware good luck, being a small local hardeward is tough these days!
ReplyDeleteMe too. Having just expanded to another town is a sign it's doing well.
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