April 13, 2025 • 34 mins
In this heartfelt episode, hosts Hess and Delbert share personal stories about weathering life’s storms—both literal and metaphorical. Broadcasting from their homes in Kentucky, they discuss the state’s recent flooding, the importance of community and resilience, and the spirit of making the best out of challenging situations. The duo also recounts nostalgic memories, talks about their ongoing community projects, and emphasizes the importance of supporting child nutrition and housing security. Don’t miss their charming reflections on life, love, and the beauty of Kentucky in the spring.
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Update on my friend José and his cancer treatments. After the first rounds of chemo, after new scans--the good news is that the tumor in the colon has shrunk, but they have increased in his liver. His oncologist has increasd the power of the chemo to help irradicate it elsewhere. Thank you so much for your support to Jose!
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In addition to being a podcast host, Hess is also an LCSW--if you'd like to learn more about her work as a therapist, check it out at www.jessicabollinger.com
One of her mission's is for all of our lights to shine--when we see each other and allow ourself to be seen--and we can say to the person in front of us, There You Are! the world will be an amazing place!
Delbert is a realtor in Louisville, KY, and you can find her at Kentucky Select Properties
Her philanthropic work to continue her sister Carole and niece Meghan is Carole's Kitchen. Blessings in a Backpack helps feed the many hungry students in our schools. The instagram account is: https://www.instagram.com/caroleskitchen.nonprofit?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
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Hess (00:00):
Hey, welcome everybody.
This is Hess and I am welcomingyou now to let me tell you this
about that I'm sitting in thewhite chair by my window.
Delbert (00:12):
Good morning.
This is Delbert, and I as alwaysam sitting on my green couch
looking out the picture window.
And let me tell you this aboutthat I.
There is a beautiful sunrisethis morning.
It's pink and purple.
Swirl.
Just sent the picture to Hess.
We'll try to share it.
It's gorgeous out and boy do wedeserve it.
(00:33):
Hess,
Hess (00:35):
That's right, Delbert.
That's right.
When we talked last week, it wasstill raining.
Delbert (00:41):
yes.
It was like we thought we mighthave to build an ark, but it
turns out it finally stopped.
Our topic today is making themost of a bad situation.
We've got wonderful spirit inKentucky of staying together and
taking care of each other, andwe have a wonderful governor
that reminds us about that allthe time.
(01:04):
And so we're gonna talk aboutboth of us.
Went on little trips this week.
Hess (01:10):
That's right.
That's right.
And yeah, so there was a lot offlooding in Louisville.
What's what Delbert's referringto.
And the Kentucky River floodedFrankfurt here over its banks.
A whole lot got flooded.
I.
And on my trip, Delbert, I wentdown to Aiken, South Carolina to
a friend of mine's place Bethand Kelly to their little farm
(01:32):
that they've built down there inAiken, South Carolina.
So I had to go throughAsheville, North Carolina, and
that I 40, that has beenreclaimed.
They've opened two lanes of itafter their big rainstorm last
fall.
Oh, and it's so amazing.
(01:53):
And even though there was aslowdown about four miles of the
road just needed to be rebuilt,the Pigeon River just tore out a
whole, like two lanes justcollapsed.
Hundreds of feet down into theriver and it's a really amazing
how they are building that back.
(02:14):
And I thought, gosh, it was sothere was a slowdown and stops.
I.
'cause we all went, both lanesgoing and coming only had one
lane.
So the two lanes had to go downto one, but just, it was amazing
just to drive through there.
And those workers that areworking hard and their people
from there, they're like, wewanna reclaim this.
(02:36):
We gotta get this back.
This is important for oureconomy and this is our home.
This is where we live.
Delbert (02:41):
Exactly, and you were pulling a horse trailer.
You weren't just driving throughit, you were pulling speedy.
Hess (02:49):
Right going Delbert.
I thought I saw a sign that saidit was closed and I thought I 40
East, and I thought, uhoh, okay,I'll go ahead and get off.
And my GPS said it was gonna be20 minutes faster.
It wasn't because I'm pulling ahorse trailer like you said, so
(03:10):
I'm going up winding this wayand that and going through
sulfur spring.
Not Sulfur springs, but hotsprings and then coming down,
all around.
It was like two hours and Speedysaid he did not like that at
all.
That's my horse speedy.
He said he did not like thosecurves.
He was like shiver, justtrembling a little bit.
Going around all those curves.
(03:32):
coming back, I came straight andstayed on I 40 and was in awe of
that reconstruction.
Delbert (03:40):
I am glad you listened to Speedy and came back on 40.
That's the quickest and thestraightest way to go.
Hess (03:47):
For sure.
Delbert (03:48):
I drove to Nashville and all that pour rain.
Were you, did you have any rainon your drive?
Hess (03:55):
Because I was headed east and this line of rain folks was
just like north to south on thiscorridor.
So I was driving a little biteast and when I got down down
near Corbin, it was, I was outof it.
Delbert (04:10):
I was driving Southwest and it was just hovering over us
and my youngest daughter, I wentto visit her in Nashville,
Tennessee.
And I'm always struck by howbeautiful it is driving through
that farmland in Kentucky andTennessee.
So beautiful.
And rolling, farm fields andthis time, it's just pouring the
whole time I'm driving, and wehad planned to go on a picnic.
(04:32):
We had planned to do a lot ofoutdoor stuff and we had.
Switch that to indoors.
We pivoted and made the most ofeverything.
We had an indoor picnic and justopened the blinds up in the
hotel and we were overlookingthis beautiful hillside with
beautiful dogwood trees and redbuds.
So we just, pretended like wewere there.
(04:53):
And we did a lot of spa kind ofthings and meditation and
shopped a little bit and stillgot to go to our favorite
restaurant on the river.
I.
There, there was a lot in placeto keep it from flooding there,
but in Louisville, oh mygoodness.
The Ohio River came way out ofits banks.
It just crested just the otherday and it's starting to recede
(05:16):
now.
But a colleague of mine wasdriving on the overpass.
On 64, which is way up in theair.
You're not far from being bridgelevel.
And he said he looked over hisshoulder to merge and he was
eyeball to eyeball with a crewmember of the bell of
Louisville.
That's how the Bell ofLouisville was up towards the
(05:39):
expressway overpass.
Yeah.
Hess (05:41):
my.
Delbert (05:42):
that's, just to give you an idea the bell of
Louisville is our big Steamboatand, it was up by the overpass
and they were working, to adjustall the lines and ropes and
everything to keep her safe.
We love the bell.
But so in Louisville this week,is this the kickoff to the
(06:02):
Kentucky Derby and the firstthing that we do yesterday
should have been Thunder overLouisville, which is a big air
show.
Hess, I think we went togetherlast year.
Was it last year?
Hess (06:15):
Yeah,
Delbert (06:15):
Okay.
Hess (06:16):
went.
Delbert (06:16):
We had a big adventure on a city bus.
Yeah.
But, they had to cancel thatbecause the river was, and it's
on the waterfront.
So they had to cancel it.
And so I'm so proud of one of mycousins, Liz Lanning.
She works for WHAS and theyturned all of their advertising
that they were gonna do forThunder into a big fundraiser
(06:37):
for the Red Cross for floodrelief.
And then I was telling Hessabout just everybody along the
river and everybody in town,they're just doing so many
awesome things.
If you watch CNN a localrestaurant here called Captain's
Quarters, which is right on theriver, they flood every time.
The river gets high almost.
And the o one of the owners,Andrew Masterson, he has this
(07:02):
idea that he's, researched andhe floods his own place with
fresh water.
They disconnect all theelectrical and take out all the
equipment and move all thefurniture.
It's a huge process, but theyput clean water so that they
limit the amount of mud anddirty water that comes in.
(07:22):
And so he's got this really coolvideo that they played on CNN
where his employees are all infloaties.
After they finish doing all thework they're floating in
floaties in the bar area.
It's really cute.
So just what a great attitude,how much hard work that is.
My goodness.
Hess (07:39):
I was fascinated by that.
Delbert Andrew Masterson it'shis family.
He he's a co-owner of Captains.
Quarters Riverside Grill, andthey, that location, it's Prime.
They have all these Adirondackchairs that sit out and look at
the river.
There's a big boat that sitsthere that take, can take people
on cruises and stuff.
Or it's might maybe a, you canrent it and go out, and have
(08:02):
parties on he knows because ofthat location that he's got this
threat of flood whenever thewater gets high.
So to come up with that idea toput fresh water, he has a a well
water pump, and it brings thewater out of this auquafor under
the restaurant.
And they fill like you said,they've taken all the furniture
(08:24):
out.
Those have been all put intractor trailers.
Everything's been hauled away.
The fuse box is emptied out, allelectronics are out, all the
equipment's out, and they haulit to high ground in these
tractor trailers.
So he fills the wa, fills it up.
And that's something thatfascinated me about biology.
(08:45):
Delbert is active transport, isyour cell membranes.
That, that that when you havethis pressure outside when you
have something inside, it keepsthings from going.
the cell, so it has to be activetransport to come into the cell.
I always remember that word.
I don't know.
I forget what science teacherthat was that we had that told
(09:05):
me that,
Delbert (09:07):
Probably Sister Patrick.
Hess (09:09):
Yeah.
Delbert (09:09):
She was biology.
Yeah.
From Sacred Heart.
Yeah.
Hess (09:12):
Yeah.
Yeah.
So what Andrew does is hefigures that doing this to the
building, he doesn't have thatmuddy water in there to clean
out, and he just gets thingscleaned out.
He uses employees to help himclean everything out so they get
paid.
He says it probably saves him ahundred thousand dollars, but as
you all see in that video, ifyou look it up, captain's
(09:34):
quarters, restaurant it.
He said it only works if thewater is only like five feet in
the rest, five feet around thebuilding.
And it did get up, just belowthe roof so it got higher.
So it was an active transport.
It was just sym symbiosis wherethe water, the, some of the
(09:56):
muddy water did come into thebuilding because the water got a
little too high,
Delbert (10:03):
Has the scientific expla explanation.
I just love the floats, like theflamingo floats and the duck
floats.
And I, the joy that theseemployees had, they're making
this fun video and they're notgonna.
Have worked for a while, they'renot gonna be able to open for
Easter, which is big for them.
(10:23):
They're gonna hustle to try toget open for derby.
Hey, we're sending you goodvibes out there.
All the restaurants andbusinesses out there on the
river di Oreos.
Out there is having a bigfundraiser for all the
restaurant employees andemployees along the river that
are out of work right now, andthey have really good pizza.
(10:44):
So go see them too.
Hess (10:47):
And Delbert, you were talking about WHAS.
They televise the thunder overLouisville.
It's this huge air show andthen.
When it gets dark, and this isalong the river, right there at
Louisville.
And when it gets dark, then theyhave a huge gargantuous firework
show,
Delbert (11:04):
It's one of the largest in the world.
Hess (11:08):
And it wasn't gonna be safe because the high water and
all of the debris that gets putup on the shore and stuff, even
if the water receded.
But they were all citizens wereout there just like picking up
and picking up sticks and trashall along there, all the parks
along there yesterday.
So WHS.
Said the their, the sponsors ofthe Thunder over Louisville did
(11:30):
not retract any of theirinvestment, and did a, did it
all day, like they would'veanyway, a Televis show and it,
and they showed reruns ofThunder over Louisville and it
was a fundraiser to raise moneyfor Red Cross.
And it was amazing.
They had so much fun doing that.
Delbert (11:52):
Yeah, they did.
They showed reruns of some ofthe other shows and they still
had the drone show.
Which was, I'm like, wow.
Okay.
Romes incredible that, that wasa really fun part of the show
last year that you and I watchedlive.
And so cool to watch all theplanes fly over and all the
military and everything beforethe fireworks show.
(12:13):
So it's just an all day longfestival.
We love a party here inLouisville, Kentucky.
And we'd party for about two anda half weeks for a two and a
half minute horse race.
So this is the beginning, Derbyseason is here.
Get your hats.
Get ready.
Hess (12:32):
The first weekend in May, and if you were from Kentucky,
knows the first weekend of Mayis Derby weekend.
Schools don't have schools inLouisville, don't have school
Thursday and Friday.
Is that right?
Delbert (12:46):
Really just Friday, I, that it creeps into Thursday.
'cause now Thursday is Thurbyand then Friday of course is the
oaks.
And they do the cancersurvivor's walk.
And that's the day you dress allin pink for breast cancer
awareness.
And they have the survivor'sparade, which is awesome.
And then, of course, Saturday,the first, Saturday in May is.
(13:09):
Derby day.
So yeah, the kids don't haveschool on Oaks Day Friday, and
I'm not sure, I'll have to lookat the JCP.
That's something I'll do inhousekeeping next week.
I'll look at the calendarbecause my little darlings go to
JCPS.
And if you've listened aboutCarole's kitchen, we feed our
kiddos there too.
(13:29):
And, we have our Carole'skitchen in a lot of schools at
JCPS, and let me just tell youthis about that.
April's also the anniversary ofwhen my sister and my niece
passed and we launched ourInstagram page.
My niece Lizzie helped me launchthat.
This month we did it exactly onApril 2nd, and then Megan's
(13:51):
birthday is on the 21st ofApril.
And April is also Global ChildNutrition Month.
And so I wanted to make sureeverybody was aware of that.
And it's so important to takecare of our children, to satisfy
their nutrition needs.
It's the most basic human need.
(14:12):
We need to make sure our futureof our country and our world are
fed.
They're, they have nutritionmentally and physically.
It's gotta be physically first,and then we feed them so they
can learn and they can be thebest person they can be.
Hess (14:30):
Bert, I sent you an article from the Lexington
Herald leader this past week,and they're making sure, they're
trying to make sure that in ourschool budget that's about to be
passed, that we keep the fundsfor people, for the students who
have housing insecurity, and thenumber they speculate the
housing insecurity is a thousandpeople.
(14:51):
And as you reminded me.
Those are the only those arethose thousand kids are the ones
they know about,
Delbert (14:58):
and whenever we go into a school and start, a pantry,
that's what the family resourcecoordinators are so vital for
those kids.
And they'll always tell us, wehave 70 students that are
homeless.
That's who we've identified.
They always say that afterwards.
They say that's who the oneswe've identified.
(15:19):
And so throughout the schoolyear, they usually identify
more.
But one thing I've got a updateon my website and on our
Instagram is, pre pandemic, wehad 60,000 kids in Jefferson
County at risk for foodinsecurity.
And a lot of those, children hadhome insecurity as well.
(15:40):
Now I'm looking at the Blessingsin a backpack website and now
they cooperate a lot with NoChild Hungry.
A lot of the national programsthat deal with childhood hunger.
They, it's 80,000 now inJefferson County, so just since
the pandemic it's grown 20,000.
That just gives you pause.
(16:01):
Made my brain scramble a littlebit, but,
Hess (16:03):
that's Delbert.
That's 20% increase.
Delbert (16:07):
That's just my little, that's my little thing I'd like
people to concentrate on for therest of this month of April.
And if you'd like to go we'rerelaunching our website.
It's taken a little longer thanwe thought.
We're still working on it, butour new Instagram is up, it's
Carole's kitchen nonprofit, andit's Carol with an E.
(16:28):
And you'll see our logo that'sgot our apron and our arrows.
It's black and white.
If you wanna read a little aboutour story or help us feed some
kids right here in JeffersonCounty, that would be awesome.
Hess (16:43):
So Carole's kitchen, C-A-R-O-L-E, kitchen.
Delbert (16:48):
Yes.
Hess (16:49):
Got it.
And that's the Instagram andthat's a new, and I'll have it
tagged you all on the bottom ofthe information on our pod.
So it'll be down there and youcan click on it.
Wow.
Delbert (17:03):
So another thing that I did this week, Hess it's been a
big week.
I had happy hour with FatherFlynn.
Our priest that we grew up withwho just made such a difference
in our lives.
He made us aware of the worldaround us.
He made us wanna be involved andactive in our communities.
(17:25):
And gosh, growing up we talkedabout the guitar masses that we
had at Mother of Good Counsel.
We talked about Joey t wheneverwe get together with Hess's
cousin Joey, we talk about thosescrolls that we would do on the
overhead projector and playmusic, protest in the war in
Vietnam.
So he just got us so involvedand told me a little bit, if you
(17:48):
grew up in Louisville, Kentucky,your family probably started out
in the west part of of.
Louisville down by the river,either Portland, that's where
most of the residential area ofLouisville was.
And so my mom and all hersiblings grew up down there and
so did Father Flynn and hissiblings.
And we were laughing about, allthe growing up there, being
(18:10):
Catholic and Irish and, nothaving a lot of money and just
making the best, like when Italked to my mom and her sisters
and talked to Father Flynn andhis sister, my friend Linda's
mom was there, you they'retalking about how fun, all the
fun they had.
All the good times, making themost of, just finding any little
(18:33):
thing, kick the can down theroad or, just any little thing
that they just made the most ofit.
And I just, I love that.
I love that about life.
When people can pivot towardsthat joy can move towards that
joy in their life.
And so Father Flynn his lifemission was, battling poverty
(18:55):
and helping people who lived inpoverty.
And as he is gotten older andgotten really involved in
climate change he really, hesends out all sorts of
information to people aboutclimate change in the world and
how it really affects thepoorest in our world, these
(19:16):
global climate changes.
And
Hess (19:17):
absolutely and Father Flynn is now, did you say he was
95?
Delbert (19:21):
He's 95.
He's gonna be 96.
Still just sharp.
Just so full of wisdom.
You could just sit there andtalk to him for hours and I
just, I was so thrilled to getto see him.
I hadn't seen him for a while.
We do have the same Walgreens.
We do see each other in theWalgreens every once in a while,
but but it was just so great.
Any time you see him is just sowonderful.
(19:44):
And there's books.
His name is Father James Flynn.
There's been books written abouthim, his activism he's just a,
he's had an incredible life.
And
Hess (19:54):
He was at Mother of Good Counsel and then he went to
Anchorage and opened a newchurch.
There.
That was.
That was pretty cool.
Church.
What was the name of the one inAnchorage?
Delbert (20:03):
called Epiphany and the how they named that's in one of
his books that I've read.
Is they were walking thegrounds, they were looking for a
location for a church and theywere walking the grounds and
they were thinking about a namefor it, and they were actually
walking the grounds on the Feastof the Epiphany.
So it's cold, right afterChristmas.
(20:23):
And so they named it Epiphanyand it was the coolest church.
It I think it's still around,but.
We used to love to go when wewere young after he built it
because it was completely glassand you were just looking out
into nature.
So he's always had this love ofhelping people and of nature and
in the world and the gift thatnature is.
(20:45):
And you could, whatever theseason was like if it was
snowing out, and like deer wouldrun by'cause you're facing the
woods.
It was springtime, all theselovely blooms.
Yeah.
So it was just a really coolchurch.
And we were talking about theguitar masses, that really
brought a lot of young peopleback into the faith.
And my dad, he said, oh, bigStanley let you all go to five
(21:06):
30 mass on Sunday.
That was big'cause bigprocession of us all, seven of
us coming into church.
And my dad liked the guitarmass.
All the modern song Joe Wise andthe Agape Singers, all the cool
songs with the guitar.
So I was so glad my parentswould let us go on Sunday night.
Not only could I sleep in alittle bit, gave us a little
(21:26):
extra time to get ready.
It wasn't until five 30 at nightand my dad would make us all
pile out in the front of church,and we were always just a couple
minutes late,
Hess (21:37):
yeah, it takes a while to pile in and pile
Delbert (21:39):
It didn't go unnoticed when the whole Watson Gang came
in the back door of Mother ofGood counsel for sure.
So we just had so many greatmemories and he just inspired us
as kids and he just keeps oninspiring people.
If you.
Hess (21:54):
You said you've seen him standing on the side of the road
in protests, holding up signslike for
Delbert (21:59):
Yes.
He's very active in climatechange.
He also did a lot of work inLatin and Central America, and
he protests a lot on behalf ofthe immigrants and refugees.
And he's, if you are drivingthrough Louisville and you see
this sweet man.
Holding a sign that says,refugees welcome, honk and Wave.
(22:20):
That's Father Flynn.
And I say, I'm so proud.
That's my priest.
Hess (22:27):
Yeah.
Okay.
So he lives at a little placeand they have their happy hour
every night for half an hour,
Delbert (22:35):
you gotta get there at five.
'cause five 30 they wrap it upand you might miss it.
But actually we, I hadn't seenhim for so long and I hadn't
seen.
Honestly, I hadn't seen Linda'smom since I was a kid.
You'd see her standing therewaving to the kids when they got
on the bus, and so it was great.
I got to talk to her.
So we did talk until about seven30.
(22:56):
So I was really honored thatthey, elongated the happy hour
timeframe for me.
Hess (23:01):
So like from five to seven 30.
Delbert (23:03):
yeah, about growing up in the West end, growing up
Catholic, all the wonderfulthings that we remembered about
mass with Father Flynn.
Remember?
He taught us the song to thedesiderata A new version of
singing the, our father thatwas, to a guitar, just all the
songs he taught us.
And, we talked about when he andFather Robin would walk through
(23:26):
the cafeteria, you would'vethought they were from
Hollywood.
Everybody clapped and screamedand everybody wanted to hug him.
Of course you couldn't do thatnowadays.
But yeah,
Hess (23:35):
That's funny.
Delbert (23:36):
just a good way to grow up.
But yeah, climate change and, wecould have Father Flynn on to
talk about this more, but whenhe was in Central America
working, it damages the crops,of the poor, the coffee crops in
central, in South America reallyaffects them.
And so they migrate here becausethey don't have a living
(24:00):
anymore.
They don't have to make aliving.
Hess (24:03):
yeah, for sure.
Delbert (24:05):
come here and work on our farms,
Hess (24:07):
these big weather events, neil Degrasia, I was listening
to him talk about this Delbert,and I can't quote him exactly,
but it was really something hesaid, oh, it's gotta be a global
to, to go after climate.
It's gotta be something globallybecause it's like having a pool
(24:27):
and only having one section ofthe pool that you're allowed to
pee
Delbert (24:30):
And nobody wants to go to that pool.
It doesn't matter where you.
Hess (24:34):
And he said, it's just it's the covid, you can't see
it.
And then people say, oh, I'mtired of being inside.
I'm gonna go on outside and goto the target and shop.
It's, it, he says it needs to beit the climate.
The climate change, it needs tobe something like pur not
purple.
He said, that's too pretty of acolor, but a brown sludge or
(24:55):
something so people can actuallyreally feel it and see it so
that everybody will take anaction for it.
Delbert (25:04):
And this is, mother Earth, this is our home.
We've gotta take care of it.
Just like we take care of ourown homes.
And I think, isn't it April,also Earth?
Earth, yeah.
Hess (25:17):
Earth
Delbert (25:17):
Earth Days in April.
But we should celebrate theEarth all year long.
Hess (25:22):
Yeah.
Yeah.
So you know, we're talking aboutthe all of this rain and the
floods and the devastation.
What happened in North Carolinalast fall?
What happened with this month onthe Ohio River, Kentucky River,
all these swollen rivers,Falmouth in Kentucky, and it's
(25:42):
all part of the climate change.
It's here and that's where weare and that's the oxygen we're
breathing is right here, rightnow, all around us.
Delbert (25:54):
And once all that rain's gone and we clean it all
up, as I was driving back fromNashville and the sun was out,
it was beautiful.
My eyeballs were red drivingthere because it was raining so
hard and I'm straining so hardto see that, had this beautiful
weekend and we made the most ofit through the rain.
(26:16):
And then I'm driving back and Icalled our friend Teri
Shaughnessy on my way back.
'cause I'm like, Teri, it lookslike Ireland.
I'm driving through Ireland andit's just so lush and green and
the sky's so blue.
You understand why so many.
Irish immigrants settled here.
Just the landscape is sosimilar, especially in the
springtime we've been trying tovisualize this green grass and
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it is here.
It is so beautiful lush andGreen and I.
Hess (26:43):
Just think three weeks ago, I said
Delbert (26:45):
I know,
Hess (26:45):
getting
Delbert (26:46):
right?
Exactly.
You're like, I'm trying.
I'm concentrating on just thepatches around the mud.
Yeah.
And it is here baby.
It is here.
It's so gorgeous.
Springtime in Kentucky is sobeautiful and I.
I was just like taking it all inand thinking about how beautiful
it was, and then every so oftenI'd pass a barn that was like
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almost completely underwaterwith just the roof sticking out.
I'd be like, okay.
All right.
All right.
It'll get there.
Hess (27:14):
And then unfortunately yesterday morning, Delbert, it
was 28 degrees, which is apretty
Delbert (27:19):
Oh
Hess (27:19):
frost.
And I hope that, it might not, Imight not have peaches this year
if there were, if
Delbert (27:27):
man.
Hess (27:27):
I'm it's my peach trees green, so maybe my blooms have
already come and that'd be good.
There's a lot of blooms on theapple trees I see right now.
Wow.
Yeah very green and the drivewas so beautiful, right when you
were coming back
Delbert (27:44):
Oh my
Hess (27:44):
Nashville and
Delbert (27:45):
So lush and beautiful and green.
Yeah it's always a beautifuldrive.
I, nevermind making it, and ofcourse I'm always so excited to
get there to see my daughter.
And then, the drive back, I justlistened to music, but this was
particularly beautiful.
It's beautiful land.
It's beautiful country.
But this was just so lush andgreen from all that rain.
(28:07):
And then I came home and mypeony bushes had just peeked
outta the ground when I left,but there was so much rain.
They were like a foot tall.
And I'm like, oh my goodness.
And then it was like the freeze.
So I had to put pillowcases over'em.
And, I hope, I don't know.
Hess (28:22):
They did.
They did.
They did.
Yeah.
when they come up,'cause I justplanted some, a few years ago
from my mama's yard.
So they can remind me of my momwhen I come in the driveway.
But yeah, they just shot up andI said, oh, good.
They're looking really healthy.
They're so they're really fullGood deal.
Delbert (28:41):
You did a good job transplanting those'cause
they're hard to transplant.
And the last time I was there inthe spring, they looked really
good.
So yeah, you're good job on, Isay peony, but you say peony.
I like that I.
Hess (28:58):
Yeah.
All right.
You all is just look for thesunshine.
Look for the pink swirls.
Do good.
Do the next best thing.
And we love you.
Thank you so much for listeningthis morning to let me tell you
this about that subscribe,share, and leave us a comment.
Delbert (29:16):
Yes, we love you friends.
Peace and love.
Hey, welcome everybody.
This is Hess and I am welcomingyou now to let me tell you this
about that I'm sitting in thewhite chair by my window.
Delbert (00:12):
Good morning.
This is Delbert, and I as alwaysam sitting on my green couch
looking out the picture window.
And let me tell you this aboutthat I.
There is a beautiful sunrisethis morning.
It's pink and purple.
Swirl.
Just sent the picture to Hess.
We'll try to share it.
It's gorgeous out and boy do wedeserve it.
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Hess,
Hess (00:35):
That's right, Delbert.
That's right.
When we talked last week, it wasstill raining.
Delbert (00:41):
yes.
It was like we thought we mighthave to build an ark, but it
turns out it finally stopped.
Our topic today is making themost of a bad situation.
We've got wonderful spirit inKentucky of staying together and
taking care of each other, andwe have a wonderful governor
that reminds us about that allthe time.
(01:04):
And so we're gonna talk aboutboth of us.
Went on little trips this week.
Hess (01:10):
That's right.
That's right.
And yeah, so there was a lot offlooding in Louisville.
What's what Delbert's referringto.
And the Kentucky River floodedFrankfurt here over its banks.
A whole lot got flooded.
I.
And on my trip, Delbert, I wentdown to Aiken, South Carolina to
a friend of mine's place Bethand Kelly to their little farm
(01:32):
that they've built down there inAiken, South Carolina.
So I had to go throughAsheville, North Carolina, and
that I 40, that has beenreclaimed.
They've opened two lanes of itafter their big rainstorm last
fall.
Oh, and it's so amazing.
(01:53):
And even though there was aslowdown about four miles of the
road just needed to be rebuilt,the Pigeon River just tore out a
whole, like two lanes justcollapsed.
Hundreds of feet down into theriver and it's a really amazing
how they are building that back.
(02:14):
And I thought, gosh, it was sothere was a slowdown and stops.
I.
'cause we all went, both lanesgoing and coming only had one
lane.
So the two lanes had to go downto one, but just, it was amazing
just to drive through there.
And those workers that areworking hard and their people
from there, they're like, wewanna reclaim this.
(02:36):
We gotta get this back.
This is important for oureconomy and this is our home.
This is where we live.
Delbert (02:41):
Exactly, and you were pulling a horse trailer.
You weren't just driving throughit, you were pulling speedy.
Hess (02:49):
Right going Delbert.
I thought I saw a sign that saidit was closed and I thought I 40
East, and I thought, uhoh, okay,I'll go ahead and get off.
And my GPS said it was gonna be20 minutes faster.
It wasn't because I'm pulling ahorse trailer like you said, so
(03:10):
I'm going up winding this wayand that and going through
sulfur spring.
Not Sulfur springs, but hotsprings and then coming down,
all around.
It was like two hours and Speedysaid he did not like that at
all.
That's my horse speedy.
He said he did not like thosecurves.
He was like shiver, justtrembling a little bit.
Going around all those curves.
(03:32):
coming back, I came straight andstayed on I 40 and was in awe of
that reconstruction.
Delbert (03:40):
I am glad you listened to Speedy and came back on 40.
That's the quickest and thestraightest way to go.
Hess (03:47):
For sure.
Delbert (03:48):
I drove to Nashville and all that pour rain.
Were you, did you have any rainon your drive?
Hess (03:55):
Because I was headed east and this line of rain folks was
just like north to south on thiscorridor.
So I was driving a little biteast and when I got down down
near Corbin, it was, I was outof it.
Delbert (04:10):
I was driving Southwest and it was just hovering over us
and my youngest daughter, I wentto visit her in Nashville,
Tennessee.
And I'm always struck by howbeautiful it is driving through
that farmland in Kentucky andTennessee.
So beautiful.
And rolling, farm fields andthis time, it's just pouring the
whole time I'm driving, and wehad planned to go on a picnic.
(04:32):
We had planned to do a lot ofoutdoor stuff and we had.
Switch that to indoors.
We pivoted and made the most ofeverything.
We had an indoor picnic and justopened the blinds up in the
hotel and we were overlookingthis beautiful hillside with
beautiful dogwood trees and redbuds.
So we just, pretended like wewere there.
(04:53):
And we did a lot of spa kind ofthings and meditation and
shopped a little bit and stillgot to go to our favorite
restaurant on the river.
I.
There, there was a lot in placeto keep it from flooding there,
but in Louisville, oh mygoodness.
The Ohio River came way out ofits banks.
It just crested just the otherday and it's starting to recede
(05:16):
now.
But a colleague of mine wasdriving on the overpass.
On 64, which is way up in theair.
You're not far from being bridgelevel.
And he said he looked over hisshoulder to merge and he was
eyeball to eyeball with a crewmember of the bell of
Louisville.
That's how the Bell ofLouisville was up towards the
(05:39):
expressway overpass.
Yeah.
Hess (05:41):
my.
Delbert (05:42):
that's, just to give you an idea the bell of
Louisville is our big Steamboatand, it was up by the overpass
and they were working, to adjustall the lines and ropes and
everything to keep her safe.
We love the bell.
But so in Louisville this week,is this the kickoff to the
(06:02):
Kentucky Derby and the firstthing that we do yesterday
should have been Thunder overLouisville, which is a big air
show.
Hess, I think we went togetherlast year.
Was it last year?
Hess (06:15):
Yeah,
Delbert (06:15):
Okay.
Hess (06:16):
went.
Delbert (06:16):
We had a big adventure on a city bus.
Yeah.
But, they had to cancel thatbecause the river was, and it's
on the waterfront.
So they had to cancel it.
And so I'm so proud of one of mycousins, Liz Lanning.
She works for WHAS and theyturned all of their advertising
that they were gonna do forThunder into a big fundraiser
(06:37):
for the Red Cross for floodrelief.
And then I was telling Hessabout just everybody along the
river and everybody in town,they're just doing so many
awesome things.
If you watch CNN a localrestaurant here called Captain's
Quarters, which is right on theriver, they flood every time.
The river gets high almost.
And the o one of the owners,Andrew Masterson, he has this
(07:02):
idea that he's, researched andhe floods his own place with
fresh water.
They disconnect all theelectrical and take out all the
equipment and move all thefurniture.
It's a huge process, but theyput clean water so that they
limit the amount of mud anddirty water that comes in.
(07:22):
And so he's got this really coolvideo that they played on CNN
where his employees are all infloaties.
After they finish doing all thework they're floating in
floaties in the bar area.
It's really cute.
So just what a great attitude,how much hard work that is.
My goodness.
Hess (07:39):
I was fascinated by that.
Delbert Andrew Masterson it'shis family.
He he's a co-owner of Captains.
Quarters Riverside Grill, andthey, that location, it's Prime.
They have all these Adirondackchairs that sit out and look at
the river.
There's a big boat that sitsthere that take, can take people
on cruises and stuff.
Or it's might maybe a, you canrent it and go out, and have
(08:02):
parties on he knows because ofthat location that he's got this
threat of flood whenever thewater gets high.
So to come up with that idea toput fresh water, he has a a well
water pump, and it brings thewater out of this auquafor under
the restaurant.
And they fill like you said,they've taken all the furniture
(08:24):
out.
Those have been all put intractor trailers.
Everything's been hauled away.
The fuse box is emptied out, allelectronics are out, all the
equipment's out, and they haulit to high ground in these
tractor trailers.
So he fills the wa, fills it up.
And that's something thatfascinated me about biology.
(08:45):
Delbert is active transport, isyour cell membranes.
That, that that when you havethis pressure outside when you
have something inside, it keepsthings from going.
the cell, so it has to be activetransport to come into the cell.
I always remember that word.
I don't know.
I forget what science teacherthat was that we had that told
(09:05):
me that,
Delbert (09:07):
Probably Sister Patrick.
Hess (09:09):
Yeah.
Delbert (09:09):
She was biology.
Yeah.
From Sacred Heart.
Yeah.
Hess (09:12):
Yeah.
Yeah.
So what Andrew does is hefigures that doing this to the
building, he doesn't have thatmuddy water in there to clean
out, and he just gets thingscleaned out.
He uses employees to help himclean everything out so they get
paid.
He says it probably saves him ahundred thousand dollars, but as
you all see in that video, ifyou look it up, captain's
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quarters, restaurant it.
He said it only works if thewater is only like five feet in
the rest, five feet around thebuilding.
And it did get up, just belowthe roof so it got higher.
So it was an active transport.
It was just sym symbiosis wherethe water, the, some of the
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muddy water did come into thebuilding because the water got a
little too high,
Delbert (10:03):
Has the scientific expla explanation.
I just love the floats, like theflamingo floats and the duck
floats.
And I, the joy that theseemployees had, they're making
this fun video and they're notgonna.
Have worked for a while, they'renot gonna be able to open for
Easter, which is big for them.
(10:23):
They're gonna hustle to try toget open for derby.
Hey, we're sending you goodvibes out there.
All the restaurants andbusinesses out there on the
river di Oreos.
Out there is having a bigfundraiser for all the
restaurant employees andemployees along the river that
are out of work right now, andthey have really good pizza.
(10:44):
So go see them too.
Hess (10:47):
And Delbert, you were talking about WHAS.
They televise the thunder overLouisville.
It's this huge air show andthen.
When it gets dark, and this isalong the river, right there at
Louisville.
And when it gets dark, then theyhave a huge gargantuous firework
show,
Delbert (11:04):
It's one of the largest in the world.
Hess (11:08):
And it wasn't gonna be safe because the high water and
all of the debris that gets putup on the shore and stuff, even
if the water receded.
But they were all citizens wereout there just like picking up
and picking up sticks and trashall along there, all the parks
along there yesterday.
So WHS.
Said the their, the sponsors ofthe Thunder over Louisville did
(11:30):
not retract any of theirinvestment, and did a, did it
all day, like they would'veanyway, a Televis show and it,
and they showed reruns ofThunder over Louisville and it
was a fundraiser to raise moneyfor Red Cross.
And it was amazing.
They had so much fun doing that.
Delbert (11:52):
Yeah, they did.
They showed reruns of some ofthe other shows and they still
had the drone show.
Which was, I'm like, wow.
Okay.
Romes incredible that, that wasa really fun part of the show
last year that you and I watchedlive.
And so cool to watch all theplanes fly over and all the
military and everything beforethe fireworks show.
(12:13):
So it's just an all day longfestival.
We love a party here inLouisville, Kentucky.
And we'd party for about two anda half weeks for a two and a
half minute horse race.
So this is the beginning, Derbyseason is here.
Get your hats.
Get ready.
Hess (12:32):
The first weekend in May, and if you were from Kentucky,
knows the first weekend of Mayis Derby weekend.
Schools don't have schools inLouisville, don't have school
Thursday and Friday.
Is that right?
Delbert (12:46):
Really just Friday, I, that it creeps into Thursday.
'cause now Thursday is Thurbyand then Friday of course is the
oaks.
And they do the cancersurvivor's walk.
And that's the day you dress allin pink for breast cancer
awareness.
And they have the survivor'sparade, which is awesome.
And then, of course, Saturday,the first, Saturday in May is.
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Derby day.
So yeah, the kids don't haveschool on Oaks Day Friday, and
I'm not sure, I'll have to lookat the JCP.
That's something I'll do inhousekeeping next week.
I'll look at the calendarbecause my little darlings go to
JCPS.
And if you've listened aboutCarole's kitchen, we feed our
kiddos there too.
(13:29):
And, we have our Carole'skitchen in a lot of schools at
JCPS, and let me just tell youthis about that.
April's also the anniversary ofwhen my sister and my niece
passed and we launched ourInstagram page.
My niece Lizzie helped me launchthat.
This month we did it exactly onApril 2nd, and then Megan's
(13:51):
birthday is on the 21st ofApril.
And April is also Global ChildNutrition Month.
And so I wanted to make sureeverybody was aware of that.
And it's so important to takecare of our children, to satisfy
their nutrition needs.
It's the most basic human need.
(14:12):
We need to make sure our futureof our country and our world are
fed.
They're, they have nutritionmentally and physically.
It's gotta be physically first,and then we feed them so they
can learn and they can be thebest person they can be.
Hess (14:30):
Bert, I sent you an article from the Lexington
Herald leader this past week,and they're making sure, they're
trying to make sure that in ourschool budget that's about to be
passed, that we keep the fundsfor people, for the students who
have housing insecurity, and thenumber they speculate the
housing insecurity is a thousandpeople.
(14:51):
And as you reminded me.
Those are the only those arethose thousand kids are the ones
they know about,
Delbert (14:58):
and whenever we go into a school and start, a pantry,
that's what the family resourcecoordinators are so vital for
those kids.
And they'll always tell us, wehave 70 students that are
homeless.
That's who we've identified.
They always say that afterwards.
They say that's who the oneswe've identified.
(15:19):
And so throughout the schoolyear, they usually identify
more.
But one thing I've got a updateon my website and on our
Instagram is, pre pandemic, wehad 60,000 kids in Jefferson
County at risk for foodinsecurity.
And a lot of those, children hadhome insecurity as well.
(15:40):
Now I'm looking at the Blessingsin a backpack website and now
they cooperate a lot with NoChild Hungry.
A lot of the national programsthat deal with childhood hunger.
They, it's 80,000 now inJefferson County, so just since
the pandemic it's grown 20,000.
That just gives you pause.
(16:01):
Made my brain scramble a littlebit, but,
Hess (16:03):
that's Delbert.
That's 20% increase.
Delbert (16:07):
That's just my little, that's my little thing I'd like
people to concentrate on for therest of this month of April.
And if you'd like to go we'rerelaunching our website.
It's taken a little longer thanwe thought.
We're still working on it, butour new Instagram is up, it's
Carole's kitchen nonprofit, andit's Carol with an E.
(16:28):
And you'll see our logo that'sgot our apron and our arrows.
It's black and white.
If you wanna read a little aboutour story or help us feed some
kids right here in JeffersonCounty, that would be awesome.
Hess (16:43):
So Carole's kitchen, C-A-R-O-L-E, kitchen.
Delbert (16:48):
Yes.
Hess (16:49):
Got it.
And that's the Instagram andthat's a new, and I'll have it
tagged you all on the bottom ofthe information on our pod.
So it'll be down there and youcan click on it.
Wow.
Delbert (17:03):
So another thing that I did this week, Hess it's been a
big week.
I had happy hour with FatherFlynn.
Our priest that we grew up withwho just made such a difference
in our lives.
He made us aware of the worldaround us.
He made us wanna be involved andactive in our communities.
(17:25):
And gosh, growing up we talkedabout the guitar masses that we
had at Mother of Good Counsel.
We talked about Joey t wheneverwe get together with Hess's
cousin Joey, we talk about thosescrolls that we would do on the
overhead projector and playmusic, protest in the war in
Vietnam.
So he just got us so involvedand told me a little bit, if you
(17:48):
grew up in Louisville, Kentucky,your family probably started out
in the west part of of.
Louisville down by the river,either Portland, that's where
most of the residential area ofLouisville was.
And so my mom and all hersiblings grew up down there and
so did Father Flynn and hissiblings.
And we were laughing about, allthe growing up there, being
(18:10):
Catholic and Irish and, nothaving a lot of money and just
making the best, like when Italked to my mom and her sisters
and talked to Father Flynn andhis sister, my friend Linda's
mom was there, you they'retalking about how fun, all the
fun they had.
All the good times, making themost of, just finding any little
(18:33):
thing, kick the can down theroad or, just any little thing
that they just made the most ofit.
And I just, I love that.
I love that about life.
When people can pivot towardsthat joy can move towards that
joy in their life.
And so Father Flynn his lifemission was, battling poverty
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and helping people who lived inpoverty.
And as he is gotten older andgotten really involved in
climate change he really, hesends out all sorts of
information to people aboutclimate change in the world and
how it really affects thepoorest in our world, these
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global climate changes.
And
Hess (19:17):
absolutely and Father Flynn is now, did you say he was
95?
Delbert (19:21):
He's 95.
He's gonna be 96.
Still just sharp.
Just so full of wisdom.
You could just sit there andtalk to him for hours and I
just, I was so thrilled to getto see him.
I hadn't seen him for a while.
We do have the same Walgreens.
We do see each other in theWalgreens every once in a while,
but but it was just so great.
Any time you see him is just sowonderful.
(19:44):
And there's books.
His name is Father James Flynn.
There's been books written abouthim, his activism he's just a,
he's had an incredible life.
And
Hess (19:54):
He was at Mother of Good Counsel and then he went to
Anchorage and opened a newchurch.
There.
That was.
That was pretty cool.
Church.
What was the name of the one inAnchorage?
Delbert (20:03):
called Epiphany and the how they named that's in one of
his books that I've read.
Is they were walking thegrounds, they were looking for a
location for a church and theywere walking the grounds and
they were thinking about a namefor it, and they were actually
walking the grounds on the Feastof the Epiphany.
So it's cold, right afterChristmas.
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And so they named it Epiphanyand it was the coolest church.
It I think it's still around,but.
We used to love to go when wewere young after he built it
because it was completely glassand you were just looking out
into nature.
So he's always had this love ofhelping people and of nature and
in the world and the gift thatnature is.
(20:45):
And you could, whatever theseason was like if it was
snowing out, and like deer wouldrun by'cause you're facing the
woods.
It was springtime, all theselovely blooms.
Yeah.
So it was just a really coolchurch.
And we were talking about theguitar masses, that really
brought a lot of young peopleback into the faith.
And my dad, he said, oh, bigStanley let you all go to five
(21:06):
30 mass on Sunday.
That was big'cause bigprocession of us all, seven of
us coming into church.
And my dad liked the guitarmass.
All the modern song Joe Wise andthe Agape Singers, all the cool
songs with the guitar.
So I was so glad my parentswould let us go on Sunday night.
Not only could I sleep in alittle bit, gave us a little
(21:26):
extra time to get ready.
It wasn't until five 30 at nightand my dad would make us all
pile out in the front of church,and we were always just a couple
minutes late,
Hess (21:37):
yeah, it takes a while to pile in and pile
Delbert (21:39):
It didn't go unnoticed when the whole Watson Gang came
in the back door of Mother ofGood counsel for sure.
So we just had so many greatmemories and he just inspired us
as kids and he just keeps oninspiring people.
If you.
Hess (21:54):
You said you've seen him standing on the side of the road
in protests, holding up signslike for
Delbert (21:59):
Yes.
He's very active in climatechange.
He also did a lot of work inLatin and Central America, and
he protests a lot on behalf ofthe immigrants and refugees.
And he's, if you are drivingthrough Louisville and you see
this sweet man.
Holding a sign that says,refugees welcome, honk and Wave.
(22:20):
That's Father Flynn.
And I say, I'm so proud.
That's my priest.
Hess (22:27):
Yeah.
Okay.
So he lives at a little placeand they have their happy hour
every night for half an hour,
Delbert (22:35):
you gotta get there at five.
'cause five 30 they wrap it upand you might miss it.
But actually we, I hadn't seenhim for so long and I hadn't
seen.
Honestly, I hadn't seen Linda'smom since I was a kid.
You'd see her standing therewaving to the kids when they got
on the bus, and so it was great.
I got to talk to her.
So we did talk until about seven30.
(22:56):
So I was really honored thatthey, elongated the happy hour
timeframe for me.
Hess (23:01):
So like from five to seven 30.
Delbert (23:03):
yeah, about growing up in the West end, growing up
Catholic, all the wonderfulthings that we remembered about
mass with Father Flynn.
Remember?
He taught us the song to thedesiderata A new version of
singing the, our father thatwas, to a guitar, just all the
songs he taught us.
And, we talked about when he andFather Robin would walk through
(23:26):
the cafeteria, you would'vethought they were from
Hollywood.
Everybody clapped and screamedand everybody wanted to hug him.
Of course you couldn't do thatnowadays.
But yeah,
Hess (23:35):
That's funny.
Delbert (23:36):
just a good way to grow up.
But yeah, climate change and, wecould have Father Flynn on to
talk about this more, but whenhe was in Central America
working, it damages the crops,of the poor, the coffee crops in
central, in South America reallyaffects them.
And so they migrate here becausethey don't have a living
(24:00):
anymore.
They don't have to make aliving.
Hess (24:03):
yeah, for sure.
Delbert (24:05):
come here and work on our farms,
Hess (24:07):
these big weather events, neil Degrasia, I was listening
to him talk about this Delbert,and I can't quote him exactly,
but it was really something hesaid, oh, it's gotta be a global
to, to go after climate.
It's gotta be something globallybecause it's like having a pool
(24:27):
and only having one section ofthe pool that you're allowed to
pee
Delbert (24:30):
And nobody wants to go to that pool.
It doesn't matter where you.
Hess (24:34):
And he said, it's just it's the covid, you can't see
it.
And then people say, oh, I'mtired of being inside.
I'm gonna go on outside and goto the target and shop.
It's, it, he says it needs to beit the climate.
The climate change, it needs tobe something like pur not
purple.
He said, that's too pretty of acolor, but a brown sludge or
(24:55):
something so people can actuallyreally feel it and see it so
that everybody will take anaction for it.
Delbert (25:04):
And this is, mother Earth, this is our home.
We've gotta take care of it.
Just like we take care of ourown homes.
And I think, isn't it April,also Earth?
Earth, yeah.
Hess (25:17):
Earth
Delbert (25:17):
Earth Days in April.
But we should celebrate theEarth all year long.
Hess (25:22):
Yeah.
Yeah.
So you know, we're talking aboutthe all of this rain and the
floods and the devastation.
What happened in North Carolinalast fall?
What happened with this month onthe Ohio River, Kentucky River,
all these swollen rivers,Falmouth in Kentucky, and it's
(25:42):
all part of the climate change.
It's here and that's where weare and that's the oxygen we're
breathing is right here, rightnow, all around us.
Delbert (25:54):
And once all that rain's gone and we clean it all
up, as I was driving back fromNashville and the sun was out,
it was beautiful.
My eyeballs were red drivingthere because it was raining so
hard and I'm straining so hardto see that, had this beautiful
weekend and we made the most ofit through the rain.
(26:16):
And then I'm driving back and Icalled our friend Teri
Shaughnessy on my way back.
'cause I'm like, Teri, it lookslike Ireland.
I'm driving through Ireland andit's just so lush and green and
the sky's so blue.
You understand why so many.
Irish immigrants settled here.
Just the landscape is sosimilar, especially in the
springtime we've been trying tovisualize this green grass and
(26:40):
it is here.
It is so beautiful lush andGreen and I.
Hess (26:43):
Just think three weeks ago, I said
Delbert (26:45):
I know,
Hess (26:45):
getting
Delbert (26:46):
right?
Exactly.
You're like, I'm trying.
I'm concentrating on just thepatches around the mud.
Yeah.
And it is here baby.
It is here.
It's so gorgeous.
Springtime in Kentucky is sobeautiful and I.
I was just like taking it all inand thinking about how beautiful
it was, and then every so oftenI'd pass a barn that was like
(27:07):
almost completely underwaterwith just the roof sticking out.
I'd be like, okay.
All right.
All right.
It'll get there.
Hess (27:14):
And then unfortunately yesterday morning, Delbert, it
was 28 degrees, which is apretty
Delbert (27:19):
Oh
Hess (27:19):
frost.
And I hope that, it might not, Imight not have peaches this year
if there were, if
Delbert (27:27):
man.
Hess (27:27):
I'm it's my peach trees green, so maybe my blooms have
already come and that'd be good.
There's a lot of blooms on theapple trees I see right now.
Wow.
Yeah very green and the drivewas so beautiful, right when you
were coming back
Delbert (27:44):
Oh my
Hess (27:44):
Nashville and
Delbert (27:45):
So lush and beautiful and green.
Yeah it's always a beautifuldrive.
I, nevermind making it, and ofcourse I'm always so excited to
get there to see my daughter.
And then, the drive back, I justlistened to music, but this was
particularly beautiful.
It's beautiful land.
It's beautiful country.
But this was just so lush andgreen from all that rain.
(28:07):
And then I came home and mypeony bushes had just peeked
outta the ground when I left,but there was so much rain.
They were like a foot tall.
And I'm like, oh my goodness.
And then it was like the freeze.
So I had to put pillowcases over'em.
And, I hope, I don't know.
Hess (28:22):
They did.
They did.
They did.
Yeah.
when they come up,'cause I justplanted some, a few years ago
from my mama's yard.
So they can remind me of my momwhen I come in the driveway.
But yeah, they just shot up andI said, oh, good.
They're looking really healthy.
They're so they're really fullGood deal.
Delbert (28:41):
You did a good job transplanting those'cause
they're hard to transplant.
And the last time I was there inthe spring, they looked really
good.
So yeah, you're good job on, Isay peony, but you say peony.
I like that I.
Hess (28:58):
Yeah.
All right.
You all is just look for thesunshine.
Look for the pink swirls.
Do good.
Do the next best thing.
And we love you.
Thank you so much for listeningthis morning to let me tell you
this about that subscribe,share, and leave us a comment.
Delbert (29:16):
Yes, we love you friends.
Peace and love.
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