A Weekend Get Away

We took a trip to Lake George, NY this past week to attend the Adirondack Car Show. (Click on Link to see more of my photos of the show). It's a three day event with so many cars I couldn't believe my eyes!! We settled in to our motel room right on beautiful Lake George and with only one other family there at the time, it was lovely and quiet.  We went to the show on Friday morning at 8 AM and didn't leave until about 1:30 PM.  Lots of walking and snapping pictures along the way.  So many cars to see that Ron and I both got a little tired of taking pictures and decided to just walk around and observe, and enjoy the show.

We ran into two detours on our way to NY.  As most of you know, Vermont was hard hit by the storm, Irene.  Large trucks hauling stone and dirt were all around us as we traveled.  They've done a good job making most of the roads accessible but there's still a lot to do before winter hits.  On the way home I took a few photos of a house that lost their front yard to the river and across the street from the house, a big chunk of the hillside was washed away due to the river's rushing water.  The roadway was repaired so that it was in use, but there's still a lot to do.  We saw similar sights all along the route of our travels.  Water is a most powerful element!

I haven't done too much art lately. I've been focused on getting photographs taken of the vintage items I've picked up at Davisville Flea Market and some yard sales.  I have a vintage shop on Etsy as well as my shop selling photo note cards and photographs in several sizes.  I enjoy working on my shops, changing them around and adding new items.  We stopped in Whitehall, NY at one of our favorite antique shops.  We learned the owners are retiring and looking for a buyer for the place or it will close in December.  Sure hope they find a buyer, it's a great shop.  Many of the booths were having sales and I got 50% off some of the things I bought!

A Very Busy Time

This has been a very busy month!  We took our exhibit down at the Studio on the 8th.  Ronnie is happily crafting frames for some of the photographs.  He does a nice job!  We will be in a craft fair coming up soon in Bristol and we expect to have some framed photos available for sale along with note cards and deer antler jewelry.

On Saturday I went to the Salisbury, NH Old Home Day.  We had a cookout and birthday celebration at my daughter's house.  We all enjoyed the parade and the grandkids filled their bags with candy thrown from the floats.  It was also celebration for my SIL's birthday.  AND he won the Fireman's Raffle!!

The Mancuso Quilt Show is this Friday, Sat. and Sun in Manchester, NH.  This is one of my favorites.  I have a meeting on Friday morning so I'm planning to go to Manchester to see the show after.  I'd love to go with some friends this weekend, but I'm too busy.  You see, my oldest daughter is getting married!  She's having a small wedding at home with family and on Sunday they've invited just about everyone they know to a cookout to celebrate!  Let's hope for some fair weather.

Time To Clean The Pond!

Today was finally the day.  I have a small garden pond (Lowe's made) and it's been in need of cleaning for some time.  It was just to hot and muggy lately to consider getting out there to do it!  I use my shop vac to pull the water out and I was very careful not to get the little frog that enjoys the pond.  He stayed on the far end and when almost all the water was drained, he hopped out!  I had tried to catch him before I started the draining process, but he was just too quick.  Good thing he is quick, the neighbors have a cat that visits the pond and she would probably love to get her claws into him.  So far, so good! 

So there I am draining, emptying the vac, draining some more, emptying, draining...well you get the picture. When the water was quite low I noticed something swimming around!  Was it a polliwog?  Maybe.  Nope, it was a small fish!  I did suck one up into the vac but saved it and put it in a pail of water until I was finished.  Guess what, another fish!  I managed to miss that one and he stayed in the pond until I was all set and ready to add the fresh water.  The plants have returned, the fish are fine, the fountain has returned, but not the little frog.  Maybe tomorrow.