The Horseshoe Tourney

Carol here ~ 

Sunday was the 36th Annual Horseshoe Tournament started by my mom, Avis Coolidge, a champion horseshoe pitcher.  Sister Terri has kept the yearly event going since our mom passed.

There were 10 teams, pitching was pretty much all day.  I still don't know how they decide who's out and who continues.  Up the pond neighbor Dick keeps track of everyone on this score sheet.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

In the studio. It was a rather odd day today, weather wise. I went to bed this morning with the forecast of cloudy most of the day with thunder storms in the afternoon. Wrong, we had a thunder storm then it rained most of the morning, then turned out half decent this afternoon. Neighbors have a horseshoe tournament on Sunday so Carol and I have been keeping an eye on the weather. An interesting concept, at least it would seem so anyway. A couple days ago the forecast was for rain most of the day. Now the forecast is for a cloudy and mostly dry day. There is still a few days before Sunday, you got it time will tell.

I am rather disappointed with many of my plants this season. While almost everything looked good for a while for some reason much has fast forwarded to near dead about four weeks earlier than I would have expected. 

 

Upta Rangeley

Carol here ~ 

We went up to Rangeley last Friday to attend the DIVA show.  Daughter Erin has been directing and participating in this show for years, not sure how many but I'm guessing at least twenty.  

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening, it’s a bit windy so I’m inside. Quite the roller coaster ride with the weather. First it’s unbearably hot now it’s almost chilly out. Hard to believe where the summer is going. Oh well, I did go swimming once.

I went to pick blueberries today. The picking is still fantastic, almost better than last time. The fields they are picking now are just right. None that are real soft. Good tasting berries. Picked my two big buckets full in about 45 minutes.

Carol here ~

Well, I made it to another birthday, it was Sunday.  Thanks to those of you who sent me birthday wishes.  My usual birthday treat is a Sam's Whoopie Pie but I changed it up this year.  We went out to the Log Yard Dairy Bar in Poland and had frozen custards.  Yum ~ just right.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening, not a whole lot going on around here. This is tonight’s sunset. 

 

Carol told you about me weeding and swimming. Well I wed for a while today but saw no need to swim again. The water has receded on the far end of the beach and it is hard to believe that I had it all cleaned up last fall. The twigs and pine cones extend in a band 6’ wide just offshore. Oh well, something to whittle away at.

This and That

Carol here ~

I finished the binding on quilt #7 for 2024.

On Sunday while I was working on #8, Dan was out in the pond pulling weeds.