CUMBERLAND VALLEY FAMILY VISIT A visit with Mom, John and Darla in Shippensburg May 14 – May 17, 2010 MOM, DEAR! The first thing we did upon our arrival in Shippensburg was have lunch with our Mom. She had fixed up a splendid lunch of soup, fresh vegetables and sandwiches whichincluded sautéed mushrooms. Yum! After […]
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DICKINSON COLLEGE FARM VISIT A visit with Matt and Jenn on May 13, 2010 ALWAYS READY FOR A WALK Especially if you are a dog or if you’ve just sat in the car for a few hours. Pinto Bean waits patently on the path he assumes we’ll take as we finish saying our greetings with
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Norwood Park HistorySANDY HOOK AND WEST LONG BRANCH May 17 & 18, 2010 SANDY HOOK This year cousin Mark, brother Jim, Bob and Camille took a side trip to Sandy Hook, a place full of wonderful memories. Many a summers day was spent at Sandy Hook enjoying the great swimming beaches when we were
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HANGING OUT WITH NED IN CABIN JOHN May 19 & 20, 2010 GOOD FRIENDS NEVER GROW OLD Camille felt honored to take the customary photo of Ned and Bob in their sunglasses. It’s become a time honored tradition, reaching back thirty years. A FIXER UPPER Ned’s house was a construction zone when we arrived
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BARNYARD AND FIELD – SPRING BABIES Nothing says spring like new life March, 2010 FRIESIAN CROSS MILK SHEEP AT LAUGHING STOCK FARM A couple of miles down the road, good friend Lisa is raising dairy sheep. This breed is easily identified by their distinctive “rat tail.” Her dairy cow makes too much milk so she
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TWO THOUSAND POUND OF MANURE (aka A SHIT TON) AT BLUE HERON FARM ALPACAS In which Jason, Haruka, Bob and Camille drive over to Nancy’s place in search of some good soil amendments and drive off with at least two thousand pounds of poo March 28, 2010 THIS BE THE SH-T! Nancy proudly shows
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WALK TO ABEYANCE WITH JASON AND HARUKA There’s nothing more fun than a walk with good friends and a destination. On this pretty Spring morning we were headed through the woods to the nearby community of Abeyance with our good friends and next door neighbors. March 13, 2010 IRRIGATION POND EXCAVATION Our first stop
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RICE PADDY-MAKING CROP MOB AT EDIBLE EARTHSCAPES February 28, 2010 EARLY MORNING RICE PADDIES Crop Mob is a growing phenomenon in our neck of the woods. Started by friends of ours who sought to tackle large tasks with a large labor force while solving the problem of isolation, crop mobbing reminds us of Amish barn
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A TRIP TO ASHEVILLE TO SEE YONDER February 6, 2011 ROOM WITH A VIEW Bob drove Camille, Amy and Garth west for three and a half hours where we unfolded ourselves from the car and took our bags up a room with a view of Asheville, the largest city in Western North Carolina with
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DIGGIN’ OUR NEW DIGS January, 2010 WELCOME! It took us seventeen years and fourteen moves, but we may have finally settled down. Bob painted the front door red to symbolize our good fortune. When you step into the house you are in the living room with its propane log fireplace. At some point, we will
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