THE END OF THE YEAR 2011 IN PICTURES

It's been picture perfect! Just another day in paradise.  : )

and to recap the year…. in no particular order:

Percy still thinks she's funny

Louie is still always beggin' for meat

Edie is forever wondering….

My birthday with friends

the hell of the well and pipes going out

me teaching Jen Koski  (local writer, editor)
how to make cheese for Rochester Magazine

Pig, happy by the fire

We lost our dear friend Aphrodite this year

me, I got in the paper (again)

Maddie got a full page monthly article to write in the local paper, Exposed

Bob and the boys called BE performing
 at the open mic night at the Rochester Civic Theatre

KSMQ TV came out and interviewed the characters
 from Barn Bar for a special show called Off 90

We always went to the Americana nights at the Civic Theatre

Dana Cooper (who performed last year in the Barn Bar)
and our friend Brandon Sampson

Sam competed with Honor at Sahara Sands

always a lot of peace, love and sleeping done

Sally Barris came back to perform in the Barn Bar, yay!

and for the first time we had the whole Six Mile Grove band play too

Bob painted the out buildings

I helped paint the mural in the skyway downtown for the Farmer's Market

We took the old camper out to Milwaukee and
Sam & Honor won big at the Badger Arabian Horse Show

While in Milwaukee we got to see our good friend's brand new baby Hadley

we were at it at Farmers Market again, peddling the wares of the farm

With the help of Michelle Fimon, we created a wonderful
series of images based on her poems for an art exhibit

the great, fun duo called Patchouli played in the Barn Bar in June

Louie suffers from gravity

more open mic nights

Maddie turned assistant photographer a couple times for me

BE had their album release party in the Barn Bar

the tomatoes in the raised bed
grew to high and broke my strings

our band Blue Monk played at the county fair

BE at the downtown weekly art & music fest Thursdays on First

our band at Thursdays on First

Dex and I competed at a local benefit show
 in the Egg & Spoon class

Bob performed with Kevin & Dianna, aka 12 Strings at ArtiGras

our band at the open mic night

Maddie's hair randomly changed colors

Whiskey tasting at Irish Fest

the view from our front porch still looks good

the camper died

BE opened for Patchouli when they came back in October

Madison performed performed in the play Aria de Capo this summer with our friend Ethan Savage

I took a trip to the Boundary Waters for a little rest and relaxation

hard to believe Maddie turned 17 this summer and
will be graduating with her associates degree next summer

we had our notorious Halloween party in the Barn Bar again this ear

yes, this is how i work

another view from the front porch - it never disappoints us

from the back pasture

these were works displayed at a large art show I helped put on in November

opossum break in in the barn caused a ruckus

the work is never done!

but it sure looks good when it is!

we visited granddaughter Riley, Bob's
daughter Kristi and her husband Wes in March

Tiki is still not too brave to go outside, unless the pig is with her

in the spring, the garden was bloomin'

my office, ever so changing,
hard to believe it was once a rabbit breeding room

some new raided beds in the garden - I seem to never stop adding on

we had a good harvest of strawberries this year

and tons of veggies

we got a couple new chicks for the flock

the job is never done

pig got a field trip out to the apple trees

Bob, Kevin and Dianna opening for Pat DiNizio from the Smithereens

I got the pleasure of having my image on the cover of our
local magazine Rochester Women

Maddie was on the cover of Exposed, twice

and I now have the privilege of being the
food photographer for Rochester Women mag. YEAH!