Sunday, December 25, 2011

Pictures from the Fall

Banjo Barb - I've been playing claw-hammer-style banjo for about 2 years. Homespun Tapes and Mike Iverson's website are my primary sources of instruction. The right hand banjo technique is so dang counter-intuitive to the guitar, but strangely enough I can switch instruments without missing a beat. Dan isn't impressed...he says the banjo just sounds all the same.



Mom and Dad celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on December 18th at the Starlight Inn. As Dad says, "57 and counting!" I got to join the celebration which was done in true George and Ann style.





This autumn picture was taken from our deck overlooking the pond and Tom's corn. We don't rake leaves on the farm because they simply blow away in good time.






Labor Day weekend.








Here is Tom playing the ever-popular "Stump" game which originated from northern California.

















Karen is pretty good at the game. She has to wear sunglasses to ward off the Stump paparazzi.







I'm more of a chump at Stump.








Craig








This Stump player usually delivers lots of laughs with his style.

1 comment:

MaryEtak said...

Hi Barb,

My name is Mary Kate and I'm an editor for a college newspaper in Virginia. (James Madison University's The Breeze) We're doing a spread on lawn games and I was wondering if we could have permission to use your photos of people playing "Stump" for a spread we're doing about tailgate games.

Please let me know as soon as possible if this is something you can help us with. You can call/text me at (540) 256-7444 or email me at breezearts@gmail.com.

Thank you!