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KYgurlsrbest	Posted - Feb 03 2008 : 06:22:07 AM This is where we stay when we go there Well, I'm finishing up my last hours here in front of the roaring fire..it's mild in Kentucky today, but we're having a fire anyway! Gotta carry that wood smoke smell home with us to remind us of our nice trip, and our stay in this lovely house from 1812, with slanting wide planked floors. We've had such a lovely time, the weather has been perfect for traipsing about all over these hills. We went hiking yesterday and forded rapidly rushing Shawnee Creek (Jus ALMOST bit it) and saw beautiful birds and wildlife all around. Later, I got chased by heirloom turkeys, but that's a WHOLE other story. I think they thought I had food We ate at our favorite spot in Harrodsburg, Aunt Gravies, and if you EVER get to this little burg, you have to eat there. Good ole homecookin at its best, and the nicest proprietors you'd ever meet. They remember us every time we come in--we're the folks from the city, ya know :) I've always thought that the animals here were magical. Heirloom breeds that you just don't see anywhere else...but yesterday, I was writing in my journal, all the herbs in the medicinal/herb garden (which I planned to share in the herbal wisdom thread) when all of the sudden, this black and white tom-cat appeared right before me, without merely a mew. I was so engrossed in what I was writing, I didn't even see him tiptoe up...but then I noted he was sitting on a rather large stone--a gravestone in fact, erected and inscribed with the name of a former feline friend, "Mischief" and is date of death. It was like he was saying, "Alas, we don't get ten lives...". And then after a few minutes of following me around, rubbing his cheeks on the wintered herbs, he walked away. I took some wonderful photos (I think) and I will post some to share the beauty here. I think I'm going to make them into my own personal stationary if they turn out. And one in particular our Christmas card for next year. The fire is heating up nicely now. I'm going to drink a cup of coffee and sit down with Justin... Sad to go home, happy to see my pet clan. Wish they could come here and we could simply stay forever! Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/
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KYgurlsrbest	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 9:29:01 PM No way, Jessica...you're my kindof folks. Our favorite days are no time frame, open schedule days where we can do what we like. Usually spend the day doing individual things (he reads, plays music, I garden or knit, or read...) and then in the evening we have a nice dinner, and watch some tv, or a movie and then off to sleep. Nothing fancy to say the LEAST! Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/
kydeere40744	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 9:22:30 PM Jonni - haha, I thought you might get bored with us, but we do the same thing...not a lot of anything around here. Hubby will sit around playing his guitar and I'll work on some photography stuff. Not too exciting around here. We are like little ole people around here. haha. ~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~ Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
KYgurlsrbest	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 9:09:40 PM You're tellin' me! He's in there sawin' logs! And he loves you dearly...he will play music for you, he's been working on songs again, and it's lovely to hear him play. Shakertown is always inspirational for him. Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/
miss wilma	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 9:07:25 PM He is getting kinda spoiled but I am so glad he likes them as long as he plays music for me I will see that he sleeps well Farm Girl #96 http://www.picturetrail.com/misswilmasplace http://misswilma.blogspot.com/
KYgurlsrbest	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 9:01:43 PM Absolutely, Jessica. You probably would have thought we were boring anyway--all we did was sit by the fire! I started (and almost finished a knit hat) and we finalized our seed picks so that I can order this week. Not TOO exciting, but oh-so gratifying and peaceful. I love Springtime there...when we were last there in the Spring, there was a den of baby foxes (kits?) near the Trustees building and they would pop their little heads up every now and again. I could have watched them all day long! Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/
kydeere40744	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 8:31:29 PM Jonni - let me know the next time ya'll are coming down. We definitely want to get together with you guys. Hubby had to work and we were busy this weekend. I cannot wait until springtime with the flowers in bloom there at Shakertown. I entered some of my photographs in their catalog contest last year. It is one of my favorite places to go and photograph during the seasons. :) ~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~ Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
KYgurlsrbest	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 8:16:04 PM Miss Wilma!!!! No, silly goose, it's those beautiful pillows that a dear one made for us, he can't wait to get to sleep at night.... Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/
miss wilma	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 8:11:51 PM Bet I know why he is sleeping Farm Girl #96 http://www.picturetrail.com/misswilmasplace http://misswilma.blogspot.com/
KYgurlsrbest	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 8:06:24 PM I'm so glad you like them, Miss Wilma....and yep, Jus sure does like those apple pies (and YOU!). He started his new job today, and I think, after our fun weekend, is pooped! He's already asleep, so I'm taking full advantage of the quiet and I'm stealing some time with the girls! Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/
CountryBorn	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 6:29:57 PM Jonni, those pictures are wonderful. I would love to visit there. I am so glad you had such a good time. Mj There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark
miss wilma	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 5:22:17 PM Jonnie Jus is slim but thats okay,, and he does like my fried apple pies, he is one of my favorite musicans, Didnt take long for you two to win my heart So glad to see the beautiful pics you did great, It has been about 10 years since I was there Farm Girl #96 http://www.picturetrail.com/misswilmasplace http://misswilma.blogspot.com/
CabinCreek-Kentucky	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 3:38:35 PM rhonda .. doe run inn isn't too far from kathy (sugarbucket's) home! hank and i spent the night before thanksgiving a year ago there and had thanksgiving dinner there .. THEN .. stopped by kathy's for yet MORE FOOD! it is a sweet place .. i didn't think the food was the best i've ever had . .but the grounds are beautiful .. and well worth a visit! True Friends * Frannie HEAR MY STORIES come, visit my: "GATHERING ROOM" .. http://freedomvalleyfarm.blogspot.com adopt a 'rag-chile' http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com treasures .. new and olde .. up for adoption: http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
abbasgurl	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 1:40:13 PM Beautiful Photos Jonni! Hubby & I took a trip to PH YEARS ago...It was one of the neatest places I've ever been. The whole area is gorgeous. There is a little Inn, near Bardstown (?), called Doe Run. Very charming, and wonderful meals served on a screened porch overlooking the creek. Frannie has been there. Anyone in the area should look it up too. Thanks for sharing your trip with us Jonni. It sure "took me back". Rhonda I will sing at the top of my lungs, and I will dance even if I'm the only one... http://www.kattywhompus.etsy.com
KYgurlsrbest	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 1:00:58 PM Aww. Jo that was so very sweet...like I said, tis not hard to take a good picture when the subject is SO gorgeous!!! Janice and all the other Kentucky girls who've never been, I say we meet up there one day and tour the grounds, hike, etc...It's such a lovely experience, and one that I take with me all day long when I get back to the "real world". Ah ha! You've eaten at Aunt Gravy's, Hannah! Great! Must have been a heck of a shopping trip if you remember the purchases over the food :) I, unfortunately or fortunately, always remember food wherever I am...my husband, who is a stick (Wilma can vouch) always laughs because I dictate where we visit and always have our dining worked out before we get there. What can I say? I love food! We find little to eat in Lexington proper except for Ramses, and the Flagg Fork Cafe which I adore but Jus finds a bit too "girly"....um, also there is very little meat, so it actually may be that! The Atomic Cafe used to be good but the last few times we've been there, it was marginal at best...Al La Lucie was decent, but not for the finicky eater or non adventurous palate (like my husband :)). He's happiest at Aunt Gravies, for sure! We really like the winter kitchen at Pleasant Hill for lunches--they have lighter fare, because even though the dinner menu is delightful, I can't eat all that "family" style food, so often, we eat lunch at Pleasant Hill and one night go to dinner and the other keep leftovers (usually fried chicken and biscuits from Aunt Gravies) Amie--the slanted stone wall is the only version of it's type at Pleasant Hill-the rest are the "norm". They believe it was set by a Scot who had joined the sect in the mid 1800's. Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/
Amie C.	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 12:50:44 PM What a beautiful place. What's up with the stone walls set at a slant? Is that a special Shaker way of doing things? Glad you had such a nice weekend trip.
New England	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 12:07:45 PM Jonni, I finally remembered to mention to Art about eating at Aunt Gravies next time we go up that way and he quickly said "we've eaten there"! He remembers EVERYTHING - I have a SELECTED memory. He mentioned we ate there a few times when we would go to that antique mall that was housed in an old school there on that little side road - do you remember that mall? I can tell you everything I bought and didn't buy there but didn't remember the (name) of the restaurant but I did remember eating there... I immediately told him we had pork chops the first time we went and he agreed! And at that time we had lived in the Low Country of Charleston, SC and ate at so many country type places and we were looking for Kentucky HotBrowns and Bourbon Chicken!! I think we've managed to find every popular restaurant in south central Ky and more, except for the cities...we just are not city folks. We did live in Lexington about a year, across from Bella Notte' (sp) so of course we ate there repeatedly along with several other favorites in the area. We use to like Marys out in western Ky with the 12" (just kidding) pork chops but they WERE thick.... that little village grew into a tourist mecca so we stopped going. Friends here in town tell us we've traveled more in Kentucky in the years we've lived here than most natives have all their lives. We've done that in every place we've lived, we were always so excited to live in a new state, states we never thought we would even visit. I can hear someone asking if we had a favorite....I'd have to say it was Vermont. The first year Art fulfilled his wishes of working for a family owned maple sugar/syrup operation, the second year as a logger on one of the skiing mountains and the next year we were both working at the Vermont Country Store, also daughter Kathleen...she was not old enough to work but the Orton Family would allow all employees children to work in the store and treated as 'Orton Family' as they felt that is how children develop strong work ethics, to start when they are young. And that was true...to this day our daughter will mention something she learned years ago at the Vermont Country Store and never forgot it. (the kids worked as store runners, sweepers etc.) Now, Aunt Gravies is a long way from the Vermont Country Store so I guess I got carried away just now. I love when one event triggers the memory to several others. HANNAH BE SURE TO LOOK AT OUR NEW WEBB PAGE...Thanks and enjoy every minute of this day!! Hannah http://www.picturetrail.com/HannahsFriends
Miss Bee Haven	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 11:19:11 AM Beautiful photos, Jonni. I've never been there and lived in KY all my life. It's sure on my list now! Miss Wilma's right about Justin's CD. It's on my permanent play list as I drive to and from the farm in Irvington(an hour each way). It's in the top three, along with Levon Helm's new 'Dirt Farmer' cd and the 'Best of the Band'. So he's in heady company! Farmgirl Sister #50 "If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" 'Br.Dave Gardner'
Hideaway Farmgirl	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 10:41:43 AM Wonderful photos, Jonni. Thanks for sharing your weekend with us. You know, I keep reading from you and others about how talented your DH is, musically, but girlfriend, you take my breath away with your photography! Jo "Wish I had time to work with herbs all day!"
KYgurlsrbest	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 07:10:06 AM I'm so glad you girls enjoy the photos. It's REALLY easy to take them there because it's just so stunning. EVERYWHERE you look is something that takes your breath away. Yes, Frannie, that's Justin trying NOT to fall down in the Shawnee Run. Swift currents this time. Sometimes there's very little water at all. The photographer NEVER gets their picture taken A few years ago, my husband was trying to get "his headspace" right for recording a new cd (the one Wilma has) and he took his band and their spouses, kids, etc...and we, all of us, rented a 4 bedroom house at Pleasant Hill with a communal kitchen, double parlors and large farm table. I was very nervous because these are "band" people and well, just because Justin and I love Pleasant Hill, that doesn't mean they would, too....well, what a transformation in these 3 men and their spouses and the relationships between them!!! It was like magic--as soon as the crossed the palisades on the Kentucky River, all of the "goo" from the real world simply melted away. While the guys played music all day, the girls did what we wanted, shopping in Bardstown, Lexington, what have you and then at night, we all cooked dinner and sat down to more music and fun. We all spent downtime flying kites, and reading, or writing or hiking, and when the long weekend was over, it was quite literally like someone had died--these people who are used to fast paced city life quite literally cried while leaving, hugging each other, making promises to return soon, and felt gloomy for a week when they returned to Cincinnati. So, Pleasant Hill can really turn your life around, I think Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/
a rose	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 07:00:22 AM Oh.....such beautiful photos. Hats off to the photographer! Remember me as a rose.
Lainey	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 05:52:13 AM Beautiful pics Jonni! I love that cat sitting on the kitty friend's grave. Farmgirl Sister #25 http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/
bohemiangel	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 05:17:10 AM How fun! I especially love Mischief and the cat on top :-p fun fun!!! ~~Farmgirl Sister #60~~ "... to thine ownself be true." http://liggygirl.blogspot.com/ http://liggygirlslonggreen.blogspot.com/
peggysue	Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 01:26:20 AM seeing those pictures makes me want to pack up my bags and move there.... it looks like a piece of paradise on earth... so peaceful. visit me at my blog mousiesmom.wordpress.com
farmgirl blessings	Posted - Feb 03 2008 : 10:33:08 PM {sigh} it looks simply divine. So glad that you had a good time, Jonni and thanks for sharing. Blessings, Lea www.farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com www.farmhouseblessings.etsy.com www "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot
New England	Posted - Feb 03 2008 : 7:30:26 PM Jonni, your photos are absolutely wonderful and for those who have yet to have the opportunity to go to Pleasant Hill, well - I can tell you that Jonni has captured the simplicity and beauty of this very special Shaker Museum. I can read just how much you appreciate what is there. Thanks for the recommendation of Aunt Gravies, it's sounds perfect for those impromptu antiquing trips up that way, have already put the directions in our traveling notebook and look forward to stopping. HANNAH BE SURE TO LOOK AT OUR NEW WEBB PAGE...Thanks and enjoy every minute of this day!! Hannah http://www.picturetrail.com/HannahsFriends

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