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A summer view of this scene. You can see a few other photos I took in Pennsyltucky this past weekend on my Flickr stream.
And the title is just a musical reference. Don't read anything else into it.
The future is bright. Alison and I are very fortunate.
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This is a photo of cherries on the little tree in our front yard.
As I mentioned in the previous post about it, Mike told me that he wasn't sure it would bloom its first season, but it did. And it is now covered in fruit. Not enough fruit to make a pie, which is what these tart cherries would be good for.
But as fast as the tree is growing (It's grown over a foot since we planted it in August), perhaps we will be able to bake a pie next summer.
I think Jo Ann would be pleased.
On the Saturday following Memorial Day, a ceremony was taking place at the Lexington Cemetery to remember those who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, and who are buried there.
Alison and I happened upon it by accident. I don't know what organization was holding this memorial service, but it was a surprising sight to see these flags and flowers planted by each gravestone.
These soldiers are all buried in one section of the cemetery, near to, but not a part of the section that serves as our National Cemetery.
I guess whoever was doing this did not want these men, who were someone's children, brothers, or fathers, to be forgotten.
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Mr. Jones is handsome, and he knows it.
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Posted for the Friday Ark.
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This is the haul for our first week's garden and meat shares from Elmwood Stock Farm. Elmwood is one of two (that we know of) CSA Farms in our area. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.
We've been talking about participating in this program for a while, wanting to do what we can to be more responsible consumers. And we found that we had been buying more of our food from local farms at the Farmer's Market.
So this year we finally signed up.
Included in our basket this week were:
Asparagus
Green Garlic
Spinach
A mixture of three lettuces
A quart of fresh strawberries
A pound of ground beef
A free-range roasting chicken
All of these are organically raised. The newsletter included in the box said they also had radishes, but they must have had limited quantities, as we didn't get any. But that's okay.
We are very pleased with what we did receive. It was more than I expected this early in the season.
We ate the lettuce last night, and today at lunch. We had strawberries for dessert. Tonight, Ali roasted the hen, and some of the asparagus. It was all great. We're going to eat very well this summer.
This is a photo of a troupe of fire dancers called Foxfire Hypnotica, who performed during the FreeKY Festival, a free festival of music, art and exhibitions of eclectic culture, held on April 26 in downtown Lexington. It was the culmination of Alternative Music Week, sponsored by WRFL, the independent, commercial free, student run radio station at the University of Kentucky.
The entire week of concerts, art shows, and other events also served as 20th anniversary celebration, and a fund raiser for the station, which plans to increase their power, and reach a wider audience.
Alison and I attended several of the events during the week, including a concert feathering Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, at The Dame the Saturday before FreeKY, a bluegrass music show at Al's Bar, and a concert and art show held at our friend Lori's shop Isle of You.
The FreeKY Festival began at 11 a.m. and continued until almost midnight, featuring a number of bands, an art exhibit, vendor booths, and community group exhibitions. The musical headliners were Jolie Holland, and The Apples In Stereo. We hope that they decide to throw another party like this next year.
Ali and I got there around 3, and stayed until it ended. We took our cameras, and we both took tons of photos. You can see her set here, and mine, here.
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Took this Friday night at the Little Kentucky Derby Balloon Glow.
All of the participants in the next day's hot air balloon races inflated their balloons and displayed them until after sunset for the enjoyment of the public.
The fire engine was a bonus.
Apparently the balloons did not race on Saturday due to the weather, so I am glad I got to see them the night before.
There are a couple of more shots from the event on my Flickr photostream.
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Extension tubes are cool!
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