The Archives - August 2006

String Camp & More…

The boys attended their second Sforzando String Camp this year up in Chicago-land, and it was not only a time of intense learning, but it was also a real blessing, as the whole program is put on by Marquette Heights Baptist Church, and has a strong emphasis both on sacred music and on the character of those who perform.

Chad and Tyler both auditioned and each secured second chair in their respective sections (Chad on viola and Tyler on cello). They both also performed in two separate quartets. The music was challenging, and it was amazing how the whole orchestra was able to come together to a high degree of accomplishment in just one week.

Photos of the week follow - lot's more below those, so keep scrolling!

Click Play to listen to Tyler's quartet:

Oshkosh, b'gosh!

The annual fly-in and airshow at Oshkosh, WI was the same week, so I drove up for a day to spend some time with old friends from Atlanta before heading down to the boys final concert on Friday night.

The following photo is of a very rare British Lancaster bomber from WWII which was flown down from Canada:

I also caught a beautiful sunset Thursday night:

A CORNucopia of Fun!

Remember back in the spring when I posted a photo of our freshly plowed corn patch? Well, here's what it looks like now:

We're already enjoying some of the best sweet corn you ever did put in yo' mouth, and still haven't finished picking it all. The taller corn in the foreground is field corn, which will be left on the stalks to dry before we harvest it as feed for the chickens.

We have to be careful of how we store any feed around here, as it tends to attract critters like these:

Jungle Baby

Cat Eyes

Men's Cake Bake-off

Neither of us won, but it was good eating, none-the-less!