CHICKEN COOP WARMING PARTY A Farewell Party for Kate and Bart at their Home on July 25, 2009 FAREWELL TO A NICE LITTLE HOME Kate and Bart are moving away from our town soon to increase their higher education levels. They’ll be leaving their little home with the sunflowers, chickens, vegetable gardens and strange […]
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DIZZY BAT – A GAME OF COORDINATION, SKILLS, SPILLS AND PLENTY OF LAUGHTER At Bart and Kate’s Farewell Party, July 25, 2009 CHUG, SPIN & BAT Upon our arrival, Bart explained the rules of Dizzy Bat, our featured post dinner game. Jack shows how its done. THE RULES 1. Appoint a person with a
MONCURE DECK PARTY Celebrating July Birthdays – Jason, Josh, Rachel and Tim July 18, 2009 A PERFECT PLACE FOR A PARTY Scott and Rachel’s home is a great venue for a party. The weather was perfect, too – dry, not too hot, little puffs of breeze. So party we did! On the right, Rachel,
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RIDING LESSONS AT HEAD’S UP A fine way to spend a summer Saturday morning DAVID AND REBEKAH This great couple have long been involved with the wonderful horses and ponies at Heads Up! Therapeutic Riding. When Camille began putting together Saturday morning riding lessons, they signed up and began to enjoy their
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS June, 2009 – Issue #97 NONAGENARIAN Camille turned fifty-five on June 4th and Stephanie, thirty-nine on June 8th. Together, they are ninety years old this year. SALAD SPINNER Jim and Kathryn sent Camille a new kitchen toy for her birthday, just in time for salad season! SOUTH CAROLINA GETAWAY Bob
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FLOWERING GARDEN June, 2009 ECHINACEA Bob caught some breathtakingly beautiful shots of the Echinacea at ‘golden hour’ one evening. He planted more flowers this year than last year. POPPIES AND ZINNIAS The poppies unfolded slow enough that the pods just kind of hung on in some cases. Zinnias at ‘golden hour” illustrate the
MUSHROOM MOUNTAIN A trip to South Carolina June 12 – 14, 2009 A REAL PEACHY PLACE We drove by this giant water tower peach outside of Gaffney, South Carolina. It was commissioned by their Board of Public Works and sports a jaunty seven ton, 60-feet long peach leaf on one side. Its purpose is
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA May, 2009 CHEATERS After Christine broke down on the highway and we rented another car, we drove over to Ned’s to spend the night. There didn’t seem to be any point in fighting DC traffic to end up in Lancaster four or five
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AMAZING AMOUNTS OF FOOD May, 2009 STARTING THE MONTH OFF WITH PLENTY Before we went on vacation, Bob pulled fistfulls of beets and armloads of kale from the garden. We pickled the beets, then blanched the kale and froze it for next winter. LETTUCE BE GRATEFUL Big salads are something we eat at least
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS May, 2009 – Issue #96 COLORADO – 1977 The beginning of a cheap sunglasses tradition—Bob and Ned at a Fleetwood Mac concert on May 1, 1977 at University of Colorado Boulder. FARMERS’ HANDS We stopped by Edible Earthscapes to see our friends Jason and Haruka on the first day
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