Harvest Concert - this Saturday

posted by Helen

Just in case you haven't been on the receiving end of Dave's music email list, there is a free Harvest Concert in White River Junction at the Lyman Point Park bandshell behing the town offices on Saturday, September 30th.

The concert runs from noon until 7PM and features The Gully Boys, The New Nile Orchestra with Ethiopian singer/dancer Kiflu Kidane, Pete Meijer, and Dave (Clark) accompanied by members of Upstream. Sponsors include White River Toyota, Blue Mountain Guitar, Randolph National Bank and PointFM 103.1/107.7 Radio.

Food will be available from The Tastes of Africa and The Ott-Dog. One lucky person will win an acoustic guitar, courtesy of Blue Mountain Guitar.

White River Youth Garden Project volunteers will be on hand to help with the parking as well as site clean-up.

Monarch butterflies

posted by Helen

Is it just me or are there more Monarch butterflies out and about this year than ever before? I noticed them when we were in Quebec City, and after we came home there seemed to be a lot of them flitting around everywhere I went.


Yesterday we were sitting outside at a friend's house, enjoying the end of a perfect summer day when a butterfly alighted on Dave three times.


Dave was wearing a red shirt and cap so in the twilight, the butterfly could be excused for thinking he had found one honking huge flower, but it was very odd when he landed on Dave's mustache and perched there for a couple of minutes. Kind of creepy, don't you think?

I have been tracking the Monarch butterfly migratory progress on the Journey North web site. As of this morning, it looks like they are about a third of the way back to their home in Mexico. I'm afraid the one we saw last night might not make it.

It warms you twice

posted by Helen

Finished!

posted by Helen

Jed and Dave worked overtime on the deck this Saturday and now it is done. Wow!




The holiday weekend is over. Here we go, headlong into September. I know it officially started on Friday, but it really starts tomorrow when we go back to work. I'm not sure I'm ready for it, but at least it will be a short week.

PS - I posted new music in the Music section. Enjoy!

On-again, off-again affair

posted by Helen

I've been an on-again, off-again runner for 20 years. Scary.

Anyway, this week I stumbled on a podcast of a "Couch to 5K" running program and started up again. The guy who created the podcast is doing the program himself and recording his progress here. If you are interested in trying the program, you can subscribe on iTunes -- it's free.

It's raining here this morning. We've been loafing around, drinking coffee. I'm catching up on my New York Times crossword puzzles; Dave is playing guitar, of course. We are ecstatic that not only do we have today to relax, but tomorrow is a holiday. It doesn't mean we don't work, but it's nice to not have the phone to answer.