Graduation Weekend

Cameron gets her masters from App. State. She's the
beaming blonde near the back of the line.
















Jake & Cameron after the ceremony and before Jake,
Walker and Susan drive back to Asheville.
















Finally - the "S's". Jake recieves a Distinction in Psychology
and graduates magna cum laude.
















A fist-pump in celebration of three years of late nighters,
no social life, studying on the way to and from soccer
games and being away from Sara.

Bonnets, Barns & Monster Compost

Franklin won a beautiful hanging basket of flowers for his entry in a spring hat contest. It was a fundraiser for our local 1 X month newspaper - The Town Crier. It was held at Wintersun (you can google it) in Fairview. It's a gorgeous home on a huge piece of gorgeous land.
 
Saturday, a crew of guys put together this small donated barn that we've had in storage. It was scary, hairy and very challenging. Now we just need to stain it, roof it, add a door and an upstairs spy window.
 
Susan's church, Grace Community - sent a crew out on Saturday also to pick up a field of green 'hay' and turn it into a monster compost pile. Franklin is key to this operation.
 
 

What's New in Fairview

Franklin works hard, even in his sleep.
 
Beet thinnings from the garden - sauteed up for lunch. Can't find in any store or resturaunt.
 
This year's new crow crew.
 
He came calling.
 

The "WHY"

It's not what you do but what you believe -
The real reason Apple is so innovative [video]

Spring in the Garden

Last weekend, a group from the Young Farmers & Ranchers came
to help The Lord's Acre dig beds and plant peas.
















Today, Montreat Women's Soccer Team came out to cut
and plant potatoes. Elly (second from left) is a regular
at our house. Her boyfriend Austin, is one of Jake's two
best friends. These women were incredibly special.
















They can hip check you on the field one minute and
pray with you in the garden, the next. Here's a group of
women who love one another, play hard, serve hard and
who I'm proud to know.

Janky

A few minutes ago Jake used the word "Janky" to describe a t-shirt he's making. I asked what "Janky' meant and he was shocked I didn't know. He said he'd been using it for years. I insisted it wasn't a real word and proceeded to look it up. Lo and behold, on the Urban Dictionary site (which explains WHY I'd never heard it before, was the word: Janky - (adjective) inferior quality; held in low social regard; old and delapidated; refers almost exclusively to inanimate material objects, not to people. So now you, too, have increased your vocabulary. I'll have to post a photo of the t-shirt when he's finished with it.

Susan in the Southland

Nephew Kyle, Mom and Susan


















Finally, CUBAN FOOD!!!!















Washed down with French Bavarian Chocolate














And............. geez that was rich.