Blogs from Kentucky, United States, North America - page 29

Today we stepped back in time and spent the morning touring the Amish farms and business's. We did a self guided tour with a mp3, it was very informative. We visited Drygood, hardware, fencing, quilt, garden & grocery business's. We purchased fruit and nuts, pumpkin bread, oat and raisin cookies, fabric and a deadblow hammer ! and a few other bits and pieces ! The fields are bare at the moment, the men and boys are working with their horse and ploughs sewing their fields. The ground is just starting to warm after the long cold winter. I had a find in a mennonite quilt shop..... my background fabric for "Dear Jane".... I couldn't find it anywhere in Melbourne, but the 1st shop I walk into in Arthur has it..... $4.95 per yd..... can you beleive ... read more

Ready for another chronicle of adventures traipsing across the globe? We are! Tomorrow we head for Europe. Yeah, yeah we were in Paris just a few months ago but this time work is sending us to Poland for a week. Then since we will the there already and can't pass up the opportunity, we will take a week of vacation and whip through Budapest, Vienna and Prague. So tomorrow we shall cross the great pond as we sleep (or try to) and wake up bleary-eyed in Paris. From there we head to Warsaw. We'll spend one day there and then head south. So, we are just letting you all know that this blog is being resurrected once again. At least it will give me something to do in the late evenings after dinner and I can ... read more

Lexington, Kentucky Horse Park and Keeneland Race Course Kentucky is beautiful in the spring. Returning to the Horse Park RV Park feels like home. Diner at Le Deauville, in downtown Lexington, is very French and VERY delicious. Niece, Kate McMahon, who sells stallion seasons for Darley Stables, picked up the tab for seven of us (since we all around the table have “shares in mares” I guess we are her clients). Great company, great dinner escargot, moules & frittes, Chateau Neuf de Pape, and so much more! Merci beaucoup, Kate! Sunday is the first time we have seen the sun since leaving Florida almost a week ago - It is a beautiful day for the races at Keeneland. That McMahon hospitality picks up right where Kate left off with Michael having five of us as his ... read more

Yea! We’re back into shows for real! Sort of. There’s two teaser shows here in Danville, then 4 days off, then real tour. But today was good. It’s our first show short Rachel, so a lot of jobs shifted. I am now the ALD, ME, board op, master carpenter. So, along with my normal in jobs, I have to make sure the bounce, cyc, scrim, and header get hung and the ground row gets built. And I have to double-check that the screen and projector get done (which Kyle does) and Sarah handles the flags. There was a ton of multi-tasking doing today! I was running at least two crews all morning and fixing things. Crazy. There was one thing Kyle and I couldn’t figure out, though. Our own jobs that we usually do in the ... read more

We sort of got to sleep in today. I guess Ruthie came in around 8 asking Sarah if they were allowed to be awake yet. Vegged. I actually took two naps before going to work. Yea! We finally had a show today! So exciting. Not really a real show, but a church show in a real church. I’ll put pictures up soon. Tonight, I was learning quiet humility as I asked the house techs intelligent questions and getting answered like I had never done lights before in my life. But I was actually good! I just listened and was kind and moved on. The show went well. The us. (How do you spell that word? You know, the first syllable of “usual”?) Use? Usch? That. It was great seeing all the kids today; it seems weeks ... read more