My best xmas present this year is a painting of Eli that our dear friend April Claggett painted.
Eli is pictured on the couch at the Stick in his standard pose. There are many ineffable things about this picture that make me love it.
Where’s Aubrey Video
December 20, 2011
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Just posted this video from the 1/28/11 show in Purcellville on the Where’s Aubrey website. The show at Franklin Park Arts Center benefitted the Blue Ridge Hospice and the Leesburg Rotary Club. The sold-out show raised $3000. This video features a pair of songs from the blue21A CD.
Our upcoming 1/28/12 performance at the Barns of Rose Hill will feature songs from our new CD luminous.
Turning the Sun: Winter Solstice 2011
December 19, 2011
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The solstice party was an absolute blast this year. I think we may even have managed to get the sun turned around a few days early. As always, the fire was critical.
Before the lighting.
The lighting. Turn sun turn!
A short (sideways?!) video of the lighting:
Thanks to Drew Kilbourne and Jim DelGrosso for the bits.
BAWK!
December 15, 2011
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Jack wins science fair with chicken project.
BAWK! HAWK!
Solstice party map
December 15, 2011
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A few party iterations ago (6? 7?), we started asking everyone to park in the field across the creek and walk across the rope bridge to the party. Please don’t park along the road as the authorities frown on that. Enter the field from Castleman Road where the yellow arrow is (not the driveway where the red do not enter thing is).
Enter parking field at yellow arrow gate. Park, then walk across the rope bridge.
—-[canned directions]—-
Our place is on the Shenandoah river at 754 Castleman Road, Berryville, VA 22611 around 60 miles from Washington (NOTE that most GPS systems and google maps have the house in the wrong location.)
Directions: From DC, get on the Dulles Toll Road (267 West). Then Take the Dulles Greenway Toll road (267) to Leesburg. Get on Route 7 West bypass and go past Leesburg, past Purcellville, and over the Blue Ridge mountain (20 miles). Just after you cross the Shenandoah river on the big bridge, take the first right on route 603 (castleman road).
Castleman winds down by the river. When the road veers back away from the river to the left, our house is the first on the right.
Apothecary Solstice
December 14, 2011
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The apothecary shed has gotten into the solstice spirit. Here is a preview of what you’ll see around here on Saturday night during the annual frozen solstice party…other than the huge bonfire of course.
Even the bridge is into the act.
Civil war thingy on Saturday
December 9, 2011
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The Clarke Daily News wrote a blurb about Saturday’s upcoming Civil War event at the Barns. The event is particularly interesting, because it is about brotherhood and coming together and includes both black and white participants. You go Jesse! Great idea.
Here is some grainy video of a practice session we had last weekend.
Come see us Saturday from 6-7:30pm at the Barns of Rose Hill.
Some video of the final event can be found through the Clarke Daily News.
luminous
December 8, 2011
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Where’s aubrey’s 6th CD “luminous” was just released.
We will perform songs from the new CD at our 1/28/12 show at the Barns of Rose Hill. Come see us!
For more about Where’s Aubrey, see http://wheresaubrey.com.
The Landcluiser Returns
December 7, 2011
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Our ancientmost car here in Apothecary-Shed-land is a Toyota Landcruiser (dubbed the “Landcluiser” by Eli some years ago). We were getting ready to head down to the Stick in June when the poor thing died.
We took it in to get fixed…in June. I just picked it up from Big Daddy’s 6 months and one new Distributor later. Hopefully it will last through the winter even with its 193,268 miles! (Sadly the mosquito-esque S2K is a piece of junk in the snow.)
The view from the kitchen window now includes the Landcluiser again.
Solstice Prelude
December 2, 2011
What better to do on a clear crisp Fall day than burn brush? This fire pales in comparison to the solstice fire, of course, but it is a good warmup.
Beginning.
MIddle.
End.
See you all for the solstice bonfire in 15 days!
