THE BADGER SHOW RESULTS!

Overall - Sam was happy, and that's all that matters.  Her and Honor did very well, obtaining two fifth places, two seconds, a first and a reserve grand champion.  It's all beautiful!  We had fun and the ol' beast of a camper made it down there without breaking down.  I really think that alone makes for a successful horse show. : )

That beast is 21 years old, has a 400 Chevy engine, less then 50k miles and still purrs like a kitten. It actually sounded better and ran smoother the faster i went and the longer we drove.

 Plus the beauty of it all is that the beast wasn't the ugliest camper on the lot!

How 'bout that duct tape????

Turn down the volume on this one. So how fast am i really going?  Sam, who was in the car following me, said we were only going about 65.  Funny part is - this jumping up and down with the speedometer is actually better then it was before this trip, it used to jump up and down around 20 miles per hour!  haha!

THE FIRST ANNUAL GRAHAM FEST - BLUE MONK WAS THERE! 5/21/11

Yes, it was the first Graham Fest for the Friends of Graham Park, a group that are trying to raise funds to keep the fairgrounds around.  Bob was in charge of the band line up so it looked like the Sanborn show - all the usual characters: Ted & Mike (BE), Roger Nelson, Dianna and Kevin - well Kevin wasn't there so a friend filled in - Blue Monk and then the fabulous Jesse and the Rippers.
It was a good time and i figured i got enough images of these guys so what i did was come up with one image that just speaks volumes:

THE FIRST OFFICIAL POETRY READING IN THE BARN BAR! 5/20/11

We had our first official poetry reading in the Barn Bar! It's official this time because that was the point - poetry reading. Just that.  We've had poetry readings before when we had parties in the loft but now that we solely use the Barn Bar - we haven't had any.  Well it was time!  About 20 people showed up and nearly everyone read - it was great fun! Even Madison read one (which was unbelievably awesome - if I might add!).

THE WISCONSIN BADGER ARABIAN HORSE SHOW

today we arrived, Sam, her boyfriend Mike and I got here in Milwaukee at the Badger Horse Show for the weekend. Wasnt sure if the beast of a camper would make it but he did, those old Chevy engines were built for it. Sam and Honor have 4 classes tomorrow and 2 on saturday. I think  they will go well, he is an amazing horse! And Sam did a great job of training him.  So hard to believe we got him as a green broke horse, she just taught him everything!  Right now he is fat and sassy, she's been feeding him plenty, so she decided to enter him in a halter class tomorrow. He should fair well. I'll be back with the updates tomorrow.

THE APP'S FOR CRAP! AND THE FIRST HARVEST

Yes, i got the Blogger app and i made two posts with it only to look at my phone today and notice that it is still publishing the post - from 2 days ago!  really?  So maybe that won't work.  But here's the gist of the post:

Garden harvest!  Yes, the other day i was out there and there was just a few inches of lettuce and spinach up.  I went out today and its up to like 6 inches! YAY!  The corn, pole beans and squash are looking pretty in the Three Sister's beds too.  The asparagus is coming up, finally!  But here's the first harvest of spinach and lettuce:

So tomorrow Sam, her boyfriend Mike and I leave for Milwaukee for the Badger Horse Show.  I guarantee that the garden will be overflowing with stuff when i get back. Today i put in my lovely tomato plants i started from seed.  I have Black From Tula, White Snowball, Green Sausage, Range Pear and of course, Beefsteak.  I also have to get in some of these little melons we are trying this year.

Plus today i have a photo shoot at noon, meeting at three and if the rain holds off - a date with Khrome for a pony ride!  We'll see how that goes!

PAINTING THE BARNS!

I came back from my shoot last wednesday to find Bob and our friend painting our barn.  It's a good thing - it was overdue!  And it's looking great now, all nice a bright red again.  We've added this to a long list of things that need to get done around here.  The list for the inside of the house is REALLY long but that one will never get done 'til winter and then it never seems there is enough money in the winter to do the things on the list.  Oh well, maybe i should find another part time job….NOT!

LIVE IN THE BARN - SIX MILE GROVE AND SALLY BARRIS 5/15/11

Yes, last weekend we had another concert in the barn with our good friends Brandon Sampson and his band Six Mile Grove, and Sally Barris.  It was great fun again to have Sally back!  When i wrote to thank her for playing she wrote back, "Dawn and Bob, the Barn Bar has a special place in my heart. It's like a mini heaven; Music, food, great people, goats. Thank you for having a totally awewome venue for singersongwriters to play at."  This just makes my heart sing!


We decided this one was to be family friendly and as Brandon wrote on the flyers - Bring Your Family - Pet Some Goats - they all did!  It was great seeing all these little people running around enjoying themselves.  The way all gathering should be - kids just bring out the best in people.

We've also decided to feature a local artist's works behind the stage now, and our friend Susan Waughtal was our first artist!  She hung some amazing paintings and i love that i now have a great new background behind the performers!

one of the luckiest little boys around - he got to sing with Sally!