The Shire in morning light
Foto by Vanessa Lillian
Walking Big Mav down one of the little roads on our property, the bottom land looked like a scene from the Lord Of The Rings. Nice… very nice.
Home for a week doing home stuff. The day before Easter we all took a long hike over by Ginger’s house in Athens County.
Another beautiful rock outcropping
Things are just starting to green up. No poison ivy yet… great hiking.
Then on Sunday, Virginia took us all out for Easter Dinner at the OU Inn.
The Big Buffet
Foto by Ginger Gagne
Then, as the afternoon waned… Vanessa and Izze and I did what most Jews would do on Easter or Christmas… went for a Chinese dinner.
Yummy.
Today I got to spend some time with Izze in the field.
A girl and her bow
This was Izze’s first archery outing of the year and she acquitted herself nobly. The sound of her field tips penetrating that target snap like a rifle shot. I love it.
That’s my girl.
The young mule skinner
Then it was time for her driving lesson and she drove me around the property in the mule for about 30 minutes. Well done… she didn’t scare me once.
Flying...
Then she logged some time on the electric Razor circling the Beatrice Love Kitchen. My Mom would have love it.
Last but certainly not least… It was Vanessa’s birthday and we took Mom out to dinner…
Happy Birthday Vanessa! May you have many more!
The girls
Selfie by Vanessa Lillian
A fitting end to a fine day!
Jorma will you be at the Ranch for the Arts and Mind Festival July 16 and 17?
I certainly will…
@Susan
Back in the day, The Grateful Dead opened for Tuna in Brooklyn.
http://dithob.blogspot.com/2008/01/obscure-brooklyn-rock-venues.html
Wow, Izze is driving! I’m sure you’ve heard it a million times, but they grow up so fast. Treasure these moments.
Must’ve missed your April Fools post. Last year, fell for it, hook, line and sinker. Peace.
Your Pal
More:
Aunt Mary in Reno, last of the old guard, turned 96 a couple of days ago
She had 4 boys with Uncle Norm, my dad’s best friend. Oldest doesn’t work, second has a medical practice in Reno, third lives off the grid, the youngest Kris works on an oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Man, having kids must be hard; still, she persists.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on 04.02.16 10:05pmreply flag
Turning 96 is awesome.
I would also read a book or watch a movie about the intersecting lives of those four kids. Those descriptions are like four different Springsteen songs.
by Eric Stephen on 04.02.16 10:08pmup reply rec flag
Twice a year Kris flies out from Atlanta and we spend a few days at Mark’s cabin in the woods near Quincy, Ca. Mark generally brings his 4 kids, and often Mary. We wait till they’re in bed, then we spin pretty much true yarns until near sunrise. It’s kind of perfect.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on 04.02.16 10:18pmup reply flag
This is like a Springsteen song.
This is what goes on at True Blue LA, a so called Dodger baseball blog:
Had a listen to a Rory posthumous acoustic CD over the past week, FB, Wheels Within Wheels.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on 04.02.16 7:33pmup reply flag
Nice
I’m on a Linda Rondstadt kick the last couple of days. What a voice.
by Franklin Brock on 04.02.16 7:50pmup reply rec flag
So sad her Parkinson’s is so bad she can’t sing at all anymore.
A Bruin from Rapid City
by Steve SD on 04.02.16 7:51pmup reply rec flag
Really is.
by Franklin Brock on 04.02.16 7:53pmup reply rec flag
Yes, but thankfully it doesn’t take away from what she gave us, the sweetest, purest, most powerful voice most of us were lucky enough to ever experience, good on you, Linda Ronstadt.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on 04.02.16 8:13pmup reply flag
Amen, brother . . . amen.
A Bruin from Rapid City
by Steve SD on 04.02.16 8:14pmup reply rec flag
Absolutely!
by Franklin Brock on 04.02.16 8:15pm
You got me with your April fools joke…….tuna opening for the dead in New York would be phenomenal!
“Foto by Vanessa”, I see that. The Kaukonens have a talent for photography.
Happy Birthday Vanessa.
@Barbara Jacobs
Happy Birthday Vanessa! You rock.
Fish on Captain. Do you ever share your secret spots with visiting ranchers?
Nothing like a day on the water to soothe the soul.
OT
Many thanks for moving this summer’s Electric show from the NYCB Theatre at Westbury (Westbury Music Fair). That venue had TERRIBLE acoustics and was a definite downer last year.
Now you’ll be performing in August at the Space at Westbury. Much better. And only standing room tickets are left! Bravo!
I love this blog-post, Jorma!
Your photo, “The Shire in morning light” is excellent in its composition,
coloration and feeling of being one with nature. I am not there with you, as you take that photo; but still have a sense of sharing that time and place with you.
Love your blog, Brother Jorma! Are those ‘little roads’ on the FPR property? Lovely.
Rock on.
Trout season opens Friday! I’m going up to the Catskills this weekend – been waiting all winter for April 1st.
@JB
Jorma- Do you fish? Any trout in that stream?
Yes… but not in this stream… nearby lakes and ponds… and lager rivers… Awesome!
beautiful land,beautiful family…..I was born on Ohio,but have no memory of it…need to go back…born in Warren,and everybody tells me it’s a dump,but I don’t believe them…hey,me,Dave Grohl and Jerry Douglas are from Warren….two outta three ain’t bad!
Jorma, I trust you serenade Vanessa with an appropriate version of Happy Birthday Ms President. 🙂