Monday, August 22, 2005

More Cabin


We've had a full house at the cabin. In addition to Jessica, her boyfriend Jose Miguel came for the weekend as did Kristin, Rebecca’s friend from school. We all had a blast. Miguel learned to shoot a bow and arrow, we cooked dinner one night, we’ve been riding Papa’s four-wheeler, and of course playing lots of Canasta. I even got around to doing some writing. Jessica, Kristin, and Miguel have all gone now, and it's finally time for Rebecca and I to go too. Time really has gone by too fast.

Katie

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Blackberry Picking


The other day we went blackberry picking at a local friend’s farm. Jessica had never been before and she didn’t believe us when we told her to get out and start picking blackberries on the side of a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. We suspect Rebecca ate far more than she picked. Grama made a delicious blackberry pie for dessert that night, sorry there are no pictures of that, but we ate it too fast.

Katie

Sunday, August 14, 2005

At the Cabin


Our cousin Jessica (the J in JKR Productions, for those of you who don’t know) is visiting for a few days with Rebecca and I at the cabin. We’ve been watercolor painting and swimming in the creek and just having a grand time in general.

Katie

Saturday, August 13, 2005

Riding Greyhound to Pennsylvania


So Rebecca and I wanted to take a trip to Pennsylvania to visit my grandparents at the cabin for a couple weeks. Rebecca didn’t want to fly, and with the price of gas, driving was not the most economical way. No, we decided to take the Greyhound bus. It was far cheaper than any other means of transportation. So together we set off on what was sure to be an adventure.

Right off the bat Rebecca realized that she forgot a hat, so she Magivered one out of my fan, and that’s the only picture we got before the camera died. We decided to keep track of all the interesting things we heard and saw on our trip in a little journal. Here are the excerpts:

1 (by Rebecca) Smoker in the Bathroom “That person smoking better put it out, please,” says the bus driver to the skanky man who went in the bathroom.

2 (by Katie) The toilet on the bus might have been more savory than the ones in Knoxville, TN. Upon entering one was greeted by a knocked down stall door that sat crooked on the toilet seat.

3 (by Rebecca) Words of Wisdom from the Bus Driver
“I’ve been held up with guns, knives, and bats.”
“Working for Greyhound is madness.”
“At the Greyhound training school, they teach you to run over kids, if they jump in front of the bus. Because if you swerve, you risk killing 55 people instead of 1 dead person.”
“The only accident you can’t prevent, is when a plane hits a parked bus.”

4 (by Katie) Katie took another reserved sip from her water bottle, not wanting to be too hydrated and be forced to use the tiny, stinky, sloshing toilet on the bus. “Hey, baby.” The words came from behind her. She froze and braced for a creepy hand on the shoulder or a foul smelling crooked toothed smile. The figure passed wearing a head set that obviously belonged on a computer and not a cell phone continuing his conversation. Katie breathed a sigh of relief as Rebecca laughed.

Katie

Friday, August 12, 2005

Rigoletto on the lawn


Asheville may not have much to offer in the way of work, but the town makes up for it in culture. Mom, Rebecca and I went to see Rigoletto on the lawn. There is a company that performs at an outdoor theater near Asheville. It was a great opera and everyone was jealous of the fabulous picnic that we brought. One guy that worked there even took pictures of us.

Katie

Friday, August 05, 2005

Asheville Ghost Walk


The other night I went on a ghost walk tour of Asheville with mom, Tricia, and Brie pictured here with a ghost-detecting meter. The moment the meter was turned on it peaked at the red danger level. It seemed that the spirits really liked Tricia. The ghost tour was a really cool way to see the city. I got some great night shots of Asheville. And did we see any ghosts? Is that last shot of the green woman a specter, or is Katie just being clever with her shutter speed? You decide.

Katie