Gerome becomes a Blue Grass Fan

A week ago we loaded up our camper and headed to Upperco, Maryland for the Arcadia Blue Grass Festival. It is our third visit to a festival there and as usual we had a grand time though it was a bit different this time, cause we had Gerome along.

Upon returning home it took a while to get the pictures ready for the blog. But here they are.

As most of the GSOLFOT members who have hosted Gerome know.... he loves food. So naturally he was at the center of things when we stopped for lunch on our way to the Festival. This was at a favorite spot... The Interstate 83 Diner, near York PA. Of course he is standing right in front of a picture of dessert.

A tradition when we camp is to have french toast, sausage and scrambled eggs for breakfast. Gerome was right there for it!

Finally the concerts began. The first group we saw was one of our favorites, Aspen Run. If you look closely you will see Gerome, sneaking on stage. If you click on these pictures you will see them better.

Another group we love is called the Blue Grass Brothers. They put on a wild show. And of course Gerome was getting braver and moved to center stage.

The final group Gerome bothered was Gold Wing Express. They had apparently set up a table and he jumped right on it.

After three days of watching great blue grass entertainers perform Gerome now he thinks he is a blue grass entertainer too.

There will be a final installment tomorrow.

Apple Pie says fall to me

APPLE PRALINE PIE

I thought I would get everyone's mouth watering with a picture of a pie I made today. We have several apple trees in the back yard. This is the last pie I can make from our harvest this year. The deer got their share as well!


I usually make an apple pie with the good old tried and true recipe in the Betty Crocker cookbook I got for a wedding present MANY years ago.

But for this one I decided to try something different. I found the following recipe from the Pillsbury Website.

While the pie was baking I worked on pictures of the Blue Grass festival and the rest of Gerome's trip. I should have that for you tomorrow.

Trip to a Blue Grass festival

Gerome joined us for a wonderful four day trip to a BlueGrass festival in Maryland. Festivals are our new favorite thing to do..... this will be our fifth and final (I think) festival of the year. I will have a LOT of pictures when I get some time to post them. But for now here is Gerome peeking out of our camper, ready to go.

Hi Ho, its off to work Gerome goes.

Gerome decided he wanted to work in my Antique Shop. He started by welcoming guests at the Open sign by the front door. The he came inside and helped me at the desk. He seemed pretty pleased with himself in this venture.

Gerome didn't sell a whole lot but got a lot of laughs and curious questions. I bet when the folks come back they will want to know where he is then.

Getting to know his surroundings

Gerome wanted to get acquainted with his surrounding during his visit and so he headed outside. His first stop was to see about that strange looking pink bird sitting among some of my Hostas. He indicated he thought they were mostly in Fla. not up in PA. But I told him this pink bird actually found his way into my garden when we lived in Maine.. and then we brought him with us here...... So yes, a strange bird.


Next he spotted the birdhouse sitting on the bench by my garden shed. I had to tell him the story about how the chickadees lived in it last summer but didn't come back this year. He looked like he was thinking about moving in but changed his mind.

And finally on his first visit to my yard he tried to get into the screen door that decorates the side of my garden shed. I guess he didn't realize it wasn't really a door and wouldn't help in get inside.

So wonder what he will do tomorrow.

Gerome comes for a visit

I belong to GSOLFOT......... We are an international group of miniature makers, collectors and enthusiasts with a bit of insanity thrown in. If you click on the link you can learn about us, even more perhaps than you wish.... We have daily chats and I am often sitting here chatting with folks from UK, Netherlands, Germany, Australia and all over the US including Hawaii.

One of the special "members" of our group is Gerome, a gnome, who travels round the world visiting the members and joining in their lives for a week. Instead of using the TARDIS like they did in Doctor Who, the British TV show, Gerome comes from our printer................ and proceeds to change our lives.

Over the next week I will share with you his adventures

Gerome arrived at my house yesterday. He got here just in time for dinner naturally. Here he is checking out the menu. .

We had oven roasted chicken, homemade potato salad and a veggie melange of zucchini, mushrooms and red peppers, sauteed greek dressing.

After dinner Gerome claimed he needed to chat with the other gnomes that live here so a meeting was held.

And next he visited my very messy GSOLFOT office. I think he wanted to know why I didn't straighten it up before his arrival. Well, I imagine I had better do that pretty soon. A number of the items in the office were made by other members of GSOLFOT in our occasional "makes. " A Makes is a project that we sign up to complete without knowing what we will be making nor to whom it will go..... Our illustrious leader, Noni the Oz, makes up the rules and we must follow. Usually it is quite a challenge. But oh so worth it.

My "GSOLFOT" Official Title is called the Keeper Of Antiquities and Other Old Junque. This came about because I run an antique shop in real life. So a lot of the items in the "office" represent my title.

WE are in the midst of a "MAKE" period so I can't talk about what I am doing but will document it and show all once it is allowed.

Oh what a tangled web.....

You never know what will be on my blog.....
This morning we were looking out the kitchen window and discovered a lot of spider webs that had been made visable because of the fog. The bits of moisture in the air seem to show the webs much better. Not sure how the spiders feel about it.

I was impressed with their artistry though this one got a bit over blown I think.