We went to the
Farm at South Mountain
I'll give you a little history of the farm
The Farm's vision of sustainability was originally conceived by Dwight Heard (benefactor of the Heard Museum)
During the early 1920's Heard acquired a large parcel of land, subdivided the property into two-acre parcels which sold for $1,150.00 with the distinct purpose of promoting self-sufficiency. Heard offered a cow and 50 chickens with each purpose.
Ten acres were planted with 100 peacon trees. For over 40 years it was nurtured by a retired cattleman by the name of Skeeter Coverdale.
According to Goumet Magazine dining beneath the pecan trees at the farm............is a spiritual experience for those who journey to the 12 acre organic oasis.
We sat outside for breakfast then went for a walk around the property
This is the organic garden
Over to the left is where the chickens are housed
We had delightful chat with this artist
Inside the cottage
I would like to live in this sweet little cottage
This is why I was on a mission
to find...........
This tree
(photo taken 3 years ago)
I asked the artist and the lady in the cottage where the tree was located
however
neither of them knew of it
I thought about it for a minute then
realized the photo was taken in 2008
The knitting would have disolved by now
No wonder they did not know of the tree!!
We then went to the Pueblo Grande Museum to take in the 35th Annual Indian Market
You can see the belt of bullets around this gentleman's waist
In front of the tin box is his gun sitting in the holster
A Navajo rug is being woven
The rug at the left has a price tag of $4,000.00
Worth every penny I'm sure
'in time'
Christmas decorations grace this bush
A future artist
I noticed this piece of 'art work' on the table and asked the young boy if he was the artist?
I am he said
What is your name?
ETHAN
We then told Ethan we have a grandson Ethan
He had a big smile on his face!
Ethan's Dad had him put his tribe symbol on the
back of the paper
He belongs to the 'Reed' tribe
Children in the family take the name of their Mother's tribe
The Dad was saying that he along with his tribe members are not allowed to marry within their tribe
When this gentleman first saw me and knew he was going to have his photo taken he immediately stood up and put on his ball cap
I told him I liked his hair
He grinned
His wife grinned
Joe purchased the corn cradle doll
from Ethan's Father
He also picked up the cradle doll on the top right
I picked up another pottery mug
Came home to this
Bing and Susie are the best cuddlers
Sunday night it started to rain
It rained off and on all day Monday
The colours were sooo vibrant
It rained throughout the night
Tuesday morning no rain until around 9 a.m.
The backyard was sunny
The front yard was
Getting quite dark
Another rainbow
It has continued to rain off and on all day today
The sky has been everchanging over the
past few days
One minute it is raining
One minute it is sunny
One minute it is cloudy and overcasat
Then it starts all over again
Will end my story with showing you our
new Christmas wreath
Joe won it yesterday at the Monday morning meeting!
Guess what?
It is raining tonight
I think it is raining everywhere in the world!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos.....what works of art.
I loved Ethan.....what a pleasure for you both to see this boy.
P & C
What a variety on the post this time. I'm sad to think the yarn tree is gone. that was on my list to see. Your Christmas wreath is lovely in its new home. I love going along on your little trips in the valley.
ReplyDeleteI'm sad the crochet tree is gone and I love the mug! Very strong rainbows in your neck of the woods. Wonder what that means?J
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