bonfire

George sent this picture of the bonfire. At least someone took one!

Joe, me, Julie, and Antone:

KBC/bonfire

Forgot to post pictures from last weekend and Saturday night at the KBC. It was fun, but I was pooped! But we had to introduce Ash to The Studio pizza and the KBC, so it just had to be done!

Here's some of the gang:

Amlan, Julie and Antone:



Ash:



Amlan:



Travis and Amlan. Damn, but they're cute!



Then we had the first official bonfire of the summer last night and do you think I bothered to take any pictures? What is up with that? We had a blast. It was the perfect weather--not too hot, not too cold, and as usual, the food was amazing. A few growlers of home-grown brew and the picture was complete.

back at the goat, meanwhile,

Adam came up with a brilliant idea for the outdoor bread/pizza oven! Since I have such an extensive tire garden, he thought it would make sense to fill some with sand, stack them, and use them as the support for the oven. Brilliant. Here's some pictures of that process:



I should explain here that they are stacked 3 high and will be covered with stones that we are in the process of digging up. The stones seen in the following pictures were dug up from behind the horse barn in front of an old cold cellar I found. Pretty cool. I also found some really big ones behind the old house. Unfortunately, I also dug up a huge bees nest. Haven't checked it out yet today. Hopefully they are no longer hanging around. Bummer that I had to mess up their nest. Sure didn't mean to!

Oh, and here's a picture of the prayer flag that I bought in Bayfield:




Me, Liz, and Ash:



Diane and Ash:



Vanna, sleeping on the job:

sunday morning in bayfield

We walked into town almost every morning for coffee and sweet rolls, although on Saturday we ended up eating at this restaurant that Robert Bly had just left! It was cool. We ended up getting Warren, from The Big Top where Bly had his concert, to join us for coffee. He's pretty cool. I'll look up that web site, too.

Anyway, here's some photos from Sunday!

Ash and Diane:




Me, Ash and Diane:



Grasshopper and Annie:

bonfire in bayfield

So after the Bly reading, we came back to the campsite and had an awesome bonfire. Erin and Scott brought their instruments, as did Jimguy. It was pretty fun!

A bottle of Jameson to pass around, and life was looking and sounding pretty damn good!

Scott, Jimguy, and Erin:




Grasshopper and Annie:



Diane:

pete, the kayaking guy

So while Diane and I were kayaking on Friday, we kind of bumped into a couple of dudes. Pete was a guide, and offered to let us hang with them while they explored some ship wrecks. It was awesomely cool. Plus Pete had a really cool boat and used a strange paddle. And because I have such a great memory I can't remember what the paddle was called nor can I remember the kind of boat Pete had. Go figure. Pete, if you read this, feel free to throw some comments in here!

Ha!!! Pete took a picture of the front of his boat!:



Diane and me and Pete's friend (I'm brain farting but will remember his name in a minute. How embarrassing!!)







Obviously, Pete is also a photographer. I'll see if I can find the company that Pete works for in Bayfield. Brainfarting on that, as well!

Here we go: Living Adventure. Pretty cool. Ask for Pete!!

http://www.livingadventure.com/home.html

july already!

Hi! You know, I thought I had posted some other pictures on here already. Strange! And if so, bummer!

So I've actually got quite a few pictures to post and info to tell, so we best get right at it!

First the kayaking trip to Bayfield. Well, to kayak and to go see Robert Bly. I drove down with Diane, and Grasshopper and Annie, Ash from Ashland, and Diane's friend Jimguy, and Erin and Scott met us there. It was a blast. Erin and Scott were there for a songwriting session and concert on Saturday night. The kayaking was fantastic on Thursday and Friday, probably made more so because it was the first time I had been out in the boat all summer. It just ain't right. And it's the middle of July and where did it all go????

Anyway, here's our site. We had 3 tents set up, and Jimguy slept on the beach.

Looking out from the campsite:



Diane:



Friday night we went to see Robert Bly. Grasshopper was so excited!! Oh, first we all met up at this restaurant called Maggie's. It was pretty awesome. Tons of great food. We thought we were going to be late for Bly's reading, but we did well. Grasshopper ran to the bathroom, came back and informed us that he had just taken a whiz with Robert Bly. Imagine!!! AND they talked. How freaking cool is that?

Here's Grasshopper and Annie:



Grasshopper, Bly, and Annie: