All the popular gods are stuff and nonsense,
but God made the cosmos!
Splendor and majesty flow out of him,
strength and joy fill his place.
1 Chronicles 16:26-27 (The Message)
Month: September 2012
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Late Summer
Last cutting of Alfalfa
The nuthatches are back.
Crepe myrtle
This small tree is growing nicely and adds beauty to our late summer yard.
Even the seed pods are pretty.
A late daylily
Our dogwood leaves are usually the first to turn colors.
Some others are also beginning to show signs of the certain arrival of autumn.
There must be grubs in our bird feeding area, because we are seeing so many skunks.
This praying mantis kept an eye on me as I got closer.
Isn't that an interesting face?
On the evening of September 5, I heard a sound that told me our landscape would be changed by morning.
We had become accustomed to the sight of tall corn.
It always makes me a bit nervous when I watch my brothers and nephews driving on the silage to pack it down because they do it all night and through much of the next day.
Just before dark they began working in the field next to our yard.
Notice the wheels of the tractor are still below the sides of the bunk storage.
The last picture I took on Wednesday evening.
Thursday morning landscape.
The tractor is now much higher on the silage.
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Thank you Lord for another year of safety!
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Bluegrass Festival
Day #2
The first day - Friday, September 1 - was cloudy, warm, and comfortable. It was an easy day to relax and listen to music.
Saturday was so hot and sunny that we had to occasionally move to a shady spot.
We heard about about Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - who were a Youtube sensation - and were anxious to see them. They are certainly talented boys and young men.
The boys are brothers - ages nine, thirteen, and fourteen, and are accompanied by a friend and an uncle.
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We listened to some of the same groups we heard the day before, so I will just include photos of the new ones.
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Evergreen - was from Maine.
I enjoyed Larry Stephenson Band - especially their fabulous singing.
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage have been a headliner at this festival for many years.
Rhonda is a sister to Darrin Vincent of Dailey and Vincent who where on the stage the day before.
This was my lobster dinner from Saturday evening's lobster bake. I ate the clams and lobster (delicious!), and Cerwin ate the corn, potatoes, and blueberry muffin. He also added a bowl of chili - from the camp store right next to where we were sitting - to complete his meal.
Sleepy Man Banjo Boys were back for the evening show.
Jesse McReynolds and the Virginia Boys have been a favorite of ours for many years - especially when he sang with his brother Jim, who is now deceased. If I remember correctly, Jesse is almost 83 years old.
The tall man in the dark suit is Jesse's grandson.
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We didn't stay very late because the weather was turning damp and cool, and both of us were in the beginning stages of getting a cold.
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We were glad that we didn't miss watching these men release sky lanterns.
It was interesting that a shooting star went sailing across the sky about the same time we were watching a sky lantern go up. I did not capture the shooting star.
It has been a long time since I saw a shooting star.
When we woke up on Sunday morning, clouds had moved in and it rained the entire time we were in church with Mark and Diane. We had packed a lunch for the festival, and Mark and Diane were going to go with us, but we decided to eat at home and play table games.
We were glad we did, because it was a cloudy, drizzly day. A few of the children went to the festival in the evening and brought our lawn chairs home.
The three of us - Cerwin, Josiah, and I left for home at 7:00 on Monday morning.
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We had a delightful time in Maine.
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Breakfast at Myers
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Canned Gift
Cerwin brought venison sausage from our freezer and grilled it on Saturday morning for breakfast.
Hezekiah watching
We had juice, fruit, and pancakes to go with the sausage.
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Canned Gift
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This was a gift from Diane for our 49th Wedding Anniversary which is coming up in a few days.
Blueberry butter, blueberry syrup, and four jars of tomato soup. I love to have tomato soup in a coffee cup - especially on cold days. I doubt that this is going to last until there are cold days.
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Bluegrass Festival
At Thomas Point Beach
Day One
After lunch, I decided to take a walk through the campgrounds. This reminded me of the osprey nest at the restaurant Taste of Maine - not too far away.
It was a warm, comfortable, gray day - a good day for taking pictures.
The gray reminded me of how Sarah of Sarah Plain and Tall described the ocean and the Maine coast to Anna and Caleb who were from the midwest and had never seen the ocean.
My camera said I took this photo at 1:52 p.m.
Remember that time.
Someone enjoying the beach.
Some of the area is surrounded by beautiful marshland.
Fishing
The campground was filled with lots of campers, motor homes, and tents.
I love walking through a campground and smelling food and campfires.
An interesting decoration at a campsite.
Free banjo lessons anyone?
I was beginning to think about having a late lunch and Maine Lobstah Roll sounded perfect.
Oh my! Lobster, french fries and bluegrass music.
Later in the evening I took pictures of the same area at low tide.
As I was walking through the campground I met our friends Wayne and Betty Chesley and their farm and garden wagon.
Remember I told you that our daughter Diane was baking blueberry cakes for the festival. You can see one on the right.
Enjoying the bay.
Remember the boat in water at 1:52 p.m. It is at the same place in the bay during low tide at 5:41 p.m.
Can you guess what he is doing in the sandy mud flats of Thomas Bay?
Or him?
They are clamming.
Thomas Bay is one of the largest natural clam beds in the State of Maine
My favorite group of the day was Dailey and Vincent.
I enjoyed their talented musicians and that about half of their songs were gospel. They also did a selection of songs where they imitated other groups. They were incredibly good.
I enjoyed when Vincent (right) honored his wife (seated) because this was the day (twenty-one years ago) that they met for the first time at Thomas Point Beach.
Someone lit several sky lanterns.
We left a bit early because it was getting cool, and everything was still damp from the afternoon rain.
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It was a wonderful day.
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Hezekiah's Workplace
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Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival
Before going to the bluegrass festival, we took Heze to work at Wendy's - about a mile from their home. He also works part-time in an auto repair/maintenance shop and is in his second year of going to vo-tech to learn auto mechanics.
He was going to be on the grill, so I took a quick photo before he went behind the scenes.
Cerwin was hungry for a hamburger, so I went outside to see what I could find to photograph.
I think these are crab apples.
Because we are not far from bays, inlets, and the ocean, the area abounds with seagulls.
This one was quite noisy.
The Katahdin Valley Boys were on stage when we arrived at Thomas Point Beach shortly after noon on Friday.
Acoustic Heartstrings are from Moncton, New Brunswick, not far from one of TFC's chapels. They and some of their friends were sitting in front of us. We talked to one couple who was familiar with the chapel.
The Bluegrass Museum bus was on the grounds for touring.
This is a replica of Flat and Scruggs first bus.
This classic 1955 Flexible Bus was manufactured in Loudenville, Ohio. it is called a Visaliner or "Clipper" because the radiator shroud is located on top, at the back of the bus like a clipper ship sail. Flatt & Scruggs had a 1948 Flixible bus, the bodies are very similar. This bus is powered by a (4) stroke 8.2 Liter/500 c.i. Detroit Fuel Pincher Diesel V-8 engine with a 4 speed Allison AT-545 automatic transmission.
There was no indication of whose banjo this was.
Don Clark, the owner and operator of the Bluegrass Bus Museum has collected bluegrass and country music memorabilia for the past thirty years. The bus museum includes hundreds of autographed photos of musical legends ranging from Flatt & Scruggs to Nickel Creek.
The museum features vintage clothing worn by musical stars such as Ralph Stanley, Jimmy Martin and Johnny Cash. The museum is covered from floor to ceiling in musical items that date back to the 1930’s.
The Thomas Point Beach clock kept us aware of the time from all sides.
There are very few of these - four-faced Westminster Chime Clocks - in the country
Returning to my seat just behind the lady (light blue shirt) on the far left.
Lost and Found was on the stage when I went back to my seat.
I liked the mountain-style folksy bluegrass of the group called Della Mae. By the time they got on stage at 2:30 p.m. the skies were beginning to darken, then it looked like the rain was going to miss us.
Then, almost before we could run for cover it poured!
Della Mae went inside the store and sang the rest of their set there.
Lydia went to our chairs to see if we had forgotten anything.
Before long the rain stopped, but everything was soaked.
I could not get a good shot of Della Mae, so stood on a bench, but the yellow bouy on the left has their faces covered.
By the time the rain stopped Mountain Heart was ready to sing. We covered our chairs with plastic bags so we wouldn't get wet clothing.
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More about the festival and Thomas Point Beach tomorrow.
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