Trotta & Ronstadt

We went to the Border Inn last Saturday to watch a trio of musicians who called themselves Trotta & Ronstadt. They were making their way around on tour and Denys was able to arrange it for them to appear in Snake Valley in support of the water network. The three guys played cello, guitar, harmonica, and mandolin. I guess you could put their style in the country/folk genre. The cello player is a nephew (I think) or somehow related to the singer Linda Ronstadt. They were really entertaining to watch and their music was equally great. Everyone had a great time. Especially when they invited the local Snake Valley musicians, who wanted to, to share the stage. Lois, Bryan, and Cruz jammed along ~ while the kids bounced around the stage :)
Before we knew it, 3-4 hours went by........

 

 

 

Here are a couple of videos I took that evening:

 

 

 

 

Good times :)

 

Harvesting Season

It's the tail-end of the gardening season. Lucky for us gardeners in Baker, there is no chance of a freeze in the forecast this week. With the cooler, shorter days it's taking extra time for the tomatoes to ripe and everything else to mature. I'm getting my freezer stocked with fresh garden goodness :)

The beginning of September was full throttle for my garden. I went out and picked a table full of veggies the Saturday before last........
The next day, I picked what I missed the day before....... which was a lot! I ended up making another batch of spaghetti sauce.  I love that our grocery list is cut in half in the Summer/Fall season. In addition, do you know how much longer garden-picked veggies last in the fridge? WAY longer than store bought!

This year we grew our own pumpkins, and they are already huge! Their stems and leaves have traveled far and beyond their borders. These pictures were taken last week and the pumpkins are turning orange now. It's going to be fun to tranform them into jack 'o lanterns next month..........................

 

 

Whether you are hunting meat or veggies: "Happy Harvesting Everyone!"

 

2012 Wheel-a-thon!

The Baker & Garrison Schools had the Wheel-a-thon on September 11th. Thankfully, the event wasn't cancelled due to the weather. It did sprinkle on and off; but we were all prepared. The K,1, 2 grades did 8 miles and the 3-6 grades did 16! The older kids had to battle through a headwind the first 8 miles and got some relief after turning around; eventually catching up with the little kids at the finish line. It was great to see all those little feet pedal so hard! They all did great!

 

Walking from the Garrison School to the starting point; safetly  ;)

 

 

Hooray!
Way to go kids!
Thank you, Gretchen, for helping me take some of these photos! :)

Ava's Third Posted Art Gallery

Ava's Art Gallery continues with round three. I can already see changes in her pieces.  Even her horses have morphed into a different style. Also, she's been experimental with other creatures of the wild. This has been kinda fun. This is going to be so much fun to show her when she's older!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Until next time!


Here is the link to Ava's first Art Gallery:
http://bjaihamilton.blogspot.com/search?q=ava%27s+art+gallery
Here is the link to her second Art Gallery:
http://bjaihamilton.blogspot.com/2012/06/avas-second-posted-art-gallery.html

Snake Creek

Last Saturday we went and met up with some friends up at Snake Creek. We roasted hotdogs and hung out by the campfire. Bryan brought his guitar and played songs.  It's so nice to kick back in the aspen forest.......



"Throw me a stick!"

 

 

 

 

 

This is the time of year that the nights are cooler ~ and you appreciate dancing flames :)