winterfest

When winter gives you snow what do you do?

You have a Winterfest! ...and a Polar Bear Plunge.
Brrr..... shivering as I think about it.

Sherwood Inn, Skaneateles, NY

Dog sled demonstration.

Getting ready for the Polar Bear Plunge.

Water temperature 34 degrees. Brrrrrr.....

Firemen at the ready.

The first one in.

Milli Petters daughter of Cindy Petters 

at Hidden Pond Farm.  She was so brave.

Stopped at the Creekside Books and Coffee

to listen to music by "Edgy Folk".

 There were 20 ice sculptures around town.

A speedboat.

Old style Ford truck.

Back to the Sherwood Inn for lunch.  

We ate onion soup and chili and had

turkey reuben sandwiches with warm German potato salad.

Mmm... good.

sharon springs, ny harvest fest part 2

The Roseboro Hotel on the main road through Sharon Springs.

Stairs to the Roseboro Restaurant.

Waiting in line to meet Josh and  Dr. Brent 

for autographs and pictures.

Josh and Dr.Brent. The Beekman Boys.

The lady who runs this store makes the soap that is sold at 

The Beekman 1802 Mercantile.

Honeycomb soaps. I bought 4 of these for Christmas gifts. 

Shh, don't tell.

 Poster for the Beekman Boys show on the Planet Green, autographed and hanging in the soap shop.

 

The American Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY.  

Owned by Garth and Doug friends of Josh and Dr. Brent.

I so want to spend the weekend here.

 

The festival and the town was a lot of fun.  

Meeting Dr. Brent was fabulous.  

We then drove a few miles out of town to find the Beekman House.

History of the Beekman Mansion.

The Beekman House. 
This is as close as we could get.

The farm wasn't open for tours that day.

The barn that houses the goats and the llama Polka Spot.

Farmer John's house. 

The caretaker and keeper of the goats.

Farmer John's cat.

This is the only view I could get of the big porch. 

I hope to someday be able to tour the house.

Hope you enjoyed my trip to the Harvest Fest

at Sharon Springs, NY.

If you want to see more pictures of my trip with Tami  go to

here and here.

sharon springs, ny harvest fest part I

A few months ago I discovered the show "The Fabulous Beekman Boys" on the Planet Green channel.  I immediately became a fan.  The show follows the lives of Josh Kilmer-Purcell, a writer and  his partner Dr. Brent Green.  To read all about the show and the Beekman Boys go here and here.  One of the episodes is about a harvest festival they started in the small nearby town of Sharon Springs, NY.  So, my friend Tami and I had to go to the this year's festival hoping that we would be able to meet one of the Beekman Boys.  The weather was perfect for a drive on scenic Route 20.  Within a half hour of our arrival in Sharon Springs we were on the porch waiting in line to get into the Beekman 1802 Mercantile.  Once in the store we bought Josh's book the Bucolic Plague, a Beekman 1802 shirt and some Blaak Cheese. We made our way outside to meet the very charming Dr. Brent.  We chatted for a moment, he signed our books and posed for a picture with us.  What a wonderful day.  PS - we heard Rosie O'Donnell was at the festival - didn't see her though.  I did see a picture of her on Facebook  taken on the porch with Dr. Brent and Josh.  Maybe next year Martha Stewart will be there. Wouldn't that be Fabulous!!

Our day started out with a good breakfast 

at Quacks in Madison, NY.

Look at the line of people waiting to get into

the Beekman 1802 store run by the Josh and Brent.

Dr. Brent Ridge.

All who enter this area are consenting

to be filmed for their TV show.

Waiting on the porch to get into Beekman 1802. 

Dr Brent was so friendly with everyone.

Beekman 1802 poster as you walk into the mercantile.

Meeting Dr. Brent.

More to come later...... Part 2

the bucolic plague

Coming soon pictures from my trip with my friend Tami to the Sharon Springs Harvest Fest and our meeting of Dr. Brent Ridge of " The Fabulous Beekman Boys".  Don't know who they are?  Find their show here on the Planet Green Channel or read their book "The Bucolic Plague".  Stay tuned.......

ladies night

Last night I saw Kool and the Gang at the Great New York State Fair.  For the price of $6.00 (fair admission) I got to see this legendary band.  The band was jumping, the people were jumping and I forgot my camera.  So, let's get into the way back machine and listen to Kool and the Gang singing of my favorite songs to dance to....

antique roadshow

 The countdown begins.

Four days until Bouckville!

lavender fest

What do you do when a friend asks if you want to go to a lavender fest?  Why, you say yes! After a wonderful drive along scenic Skaneateles Lake we arrived at the Lockwood Farm Lavender Fest.  The sun was shining and the skies were blue with white puffy clouds. The smell of lavender was everywhere. Upon arriving we went straight to the tent of our friend Cindy from Hidden Pond Farm to say hi and see her way cool handmade jewelry.  I wanted to buy everything but once again tried to restrain myself.  Well, her jewelry is so beautiful I had to buy a necklace and a bracelet.  So much for restraining myself.  So, I'll have to be frugal the next two weeks until my next paycheck.  After we were done cutting the lavender we walked down to the barn and watched the sheep coming in from the field.  The owner of the farm Karen Lockwood went into the barn and came out with a black baby lamb.  How cute!!  I'm so glad I said yes to the Lavender Fest invite and look forward to next year!!

The doors on the farm house are painted purple.

Vendors.

Cindy of Hidden Pond Farm 
and her way cool jewelry.

Cutting lavender.

Cooling off in the shade.

The sheep were so funny running
and bleating at us.

 Look at the little lamb.  How cute!

 

 Karen Lockwood and a cutie pie
black lamb named Blanket.

If you want to see more pictures of the
Lavender Fest go to Hidden Pond Farm