My dear friends, it is with great pleasure that Harvey, Rascal, and myself (with the ever present support of @SummRidge , of course) bring you our first BIG COZY CONTEST! My most beloved season is Autumn, then Winter, Spring, & Summer. In that order. SO, when Ken suggested to our venerable X wholesome poster, @OldHollowTree , that he sweeten up one of our giveaways, and the good man buzzed at the opportunity, deciding to offer up a Humming Meadow mug, I got excited and decided to try and rope in a bunch of wholesome Americana to help us get through this last bit of summer heat and look towards autumn. With great generosity of spirit we, all of us, considered breaking the prizes up and, perhaps, next time, we will. However, they all compliment each other so very well that I simply cannot do it. THERE WILL BE ONE WINNER OF THIS GRAND HONEY POT!🍯 If I were to tag each of our wonderful participants in this post X would see to it that this post got very little algorithmic traction. That we cannot abide. So, I have included their name and handle next to each their items. GO GIVE THESE SWEETIES SOME LOVE! DO THE THINGS! This will run until the following Monday, as always. First, Rascal has for you a Browning AB3 Hunter in .308! If you do not already know how to play along, read the comments and or ask around, our community is kind and will help you out. It is everything you might guess! Love you all, Love this community, and I love a big cozy autumn. Cheers my friend, and a big southern hug. Let the festivities begin.

Another appearance from Half A Pond (KY Rebel Scum) sauce! Live Free Or Die Candle Company Sons of Liberty Scent Candle! Catholic Pipe Company St. Hubert's pipe with tamper! And a Front Porch Leather co. stock cover for the Browning!

In honor of Dolly, one of the great pride's of East Tennessee, we are giving away what, according to lore, could well have been a type of gun she carried. Especially when being pestered on the streets of NY. One thing we do know for sure, Dolly was a pistol herself and definitely kept one handy, especially in the days before she could afford personal security. For this rare and occasioned Harvey's Memorial Giveaway we and @SummRidge present a Smith & Wesson 36 Classic snub chambered in .38 Special. It will not surprise you that this is a "9 to 5" giveaway and will run from 9am eastern today to 5pm eastern on Friday. The replies to this post are what count and will be drawn from. Say somethin' nice about Dolly or share a post as a reply that you’ve come across over the last 24 hours that was especially insightful and or meaningful to you. Even post a song or clip of Dolly, that you love. For fear of overdoing it and becoming tacky and dishonoring I will aim for this to be my last focused personal Dolly post for a time. Love y'all and rest easy Tennessee Girl.

Found Rascal out back passed out next to the picnic table. I was worried he'd been into the sauce again. Turns out he had but thankfully this time it wasn't the full on hard stuff, just that tasty @Half_A_Pond Kentucky Rebel Scum sauce! We have a few more summer days left and a few more bbq's left to enjoy! This week Rascal wants to give you a fireside 6" Colt .357 Python and is including some sauce so good it made his hair stand up! As always we thank @SummRidge for helping us make these happen every week! I am depending on you kind folks to tell the people what to do and how to participate! Don't dawdle and miss out on the sauce! Get in on this one, my friends!