BBQ and the Night Lights

Pa holding the flag on the Veterans' float in the Fountain Run BBQ Festival. 

While at Mane and Pa's, Dudeboy and I (with the help of Dr. J and Uncle Vic) did some light painting photos.  Above is the ancient pear tree at the end of the field in front of the house.

In the woods at night . . .

Kingdom of Fife Videos

Because I am such a dumb-bunny, I somehow deleted our youtube account.  I have now re-uploaded most of our videos to a new account on Vimeo.  I hope some of you enjoy these projects as much as Dudeboy and I did making them. 

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In celebration for V-E Day we headed south to Nashville for the day.  We went to the exhibit Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.

 Then we ate lunch at a restaurant/aquarium.  More for the atmosphere than the food.

And then we went to the Nashville Adventure Center.

While we were there, we got to see the 360 degree sky dome film Natural Selection: Darwin's Mystery of Mysteries.

11th Annual ASSES RRG Weekend

This weekend Dudeboy and I joined the rest of the A.S.S.E.S. (Arch Seekers of the SouthEastern States) for Larry's 11th Annual Red River Gorge Weekend. It was a fairly strenuous few days of hiking, but it was worth it for the sites visited and the camaraderie. Here is a sampling of what we saw.

Guinea Pig

Dudeboy was my guinea pig for a photo assignment. Just learning some of this stuff, but so far I am pleased with the direction I am headed.

Out and About

Dudeboy and I joined Uncle Vic and a couple of friends on a hike in the Cumberland Falls area. We saw a really nice natural arch, and then I took them to Maxewell Branch Falls (Vic in photo for scale).


Dudeboy for scale . . .

Along the way . . . I am starting to get a decent collection of demented dolls found while hiking.

Seeing the Elephant

It is appropriate that our first major reenactment was Shiloh, as this was the first baptism of fire for the 9th Ky. and our ancestor Joel "Top" Simmons. In his records, it is recorded that "He fought well at Shiloh." Above are some of the fellows from the modern 9th that we fell in with this past weekend.

As Dudeboy and I were busy discovering our new hobby, Dr. J took over the job of being the photographer. She apparently thought the juxtaposition in this photo was very amusing. Dudeboy served as a runner for the Chief of Staff in the battle. Here they are heading towards the battlefield.

I am the one who is out of step with everyone else.

In this photo, the 9th Ky. is under the far off Union flag engaged with the "Secesh."

Like above, our distant flags show we are engaged at close proximity with the enemy . . . a little too close to their loaded cannons at one point.

At camp with some of the 9th. They are probably discussing the substantial hailstorm they weathered the night before.