Spring at Last

Wow..finally some warm sunny weather...everything is in bloom and looking super.
We are concentrating on getting a lot of outdoor farm work done and none of it is easy.
Lots of art shows coming up. So I am spending a much of my time in the studio as well. Art at the Mill in Millwood Virginia is on now..in June, the North Mountain show in Hedgesville, then the show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, a miniature show in Little Washington, VA, Arts Soiree at the Old Opera House in Charles Town and the Palette Project for Main Street Martinsburg.
I have two art websites going...http://www.katstudio.com...was just updated and really improved by my web guru, Bryce Timberlake. The other site, http://www.katstudioart.com is a much leaner basic show place and price list for all the stuff currently available.
The goats have had their spring "tune-up" and are happy to see grass and shrubs growing. They are happily munching away on all the new clover and making plans for a very lazy summer..lucky goats.
Today we are off to buy some garden stock...I have a few seeds started, but am searching for herbs and some 18th C style stuff to plant at the B&B garden.
Last weekend we went to the Market Fair at Fort Frederick. What a great event. We go every year and find lots of great things for the B&B AND ourselves. This year I finally splurged on some 18thC shoes and a few fancy things for my 18thC wardrobe..and Ed bought a great new hat and hunting coat. He needs to get in some serious target practice with his long rifle.
The picture here is of some of our Patuxent friends enjoying their 18th C dinner here at Cider Mill House.

The Latest News

OK..well a little bit of warm weather and things really start to pick up around here.

The goats are growing some nice fluffly cashmere to replace what we sheared off so are out of their little warm up coats and back to being real animals again. They have been getting their Spring tune-up meds and the Doc is coming to give them their annual vaccinations this week.

We are having fun at the B&B. Good to see some returning guests as well as new visitors. This year's new fun thing is personalized Cider Mill House M&M CANDIES!

We are not having so much fun with a local developer who wants to build a fly-in community nearby..grrrr. Fly-in communities may be fine, but this has disaster written all over it. The wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time. For the most part those of us out here in the backwoods have been pretty philosophical about the development in the area. Everybody has a right to utilize or sell their land, I guess, but this fly in is not well thought through.

On to happier stuff...lots of great things happening in the area this spring and summer...art shows, theater festival, craft fairs, bluegrass festivals a little something for everyone...and as Uncle Wiggly would say, if Fred the goat doesn't eat all the ginger snap treats and make Tillie goat sad...I'll be back with some information on all the events happening around here soon!