Three views from the corner.
Trio one
Trio two
Trio three
The walk.
Mogli blends
Shenandoah
Light
Tree fire
Today, the light
January 2, 2020
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Team Tartan Takes the Cup: Leukemia Cup Regatta 2019 is YOURS
October 10, 2019
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Ten years of sailing the Leukemia Cup was crowned by another fundraising win thanks to you. We’re super pleased to announce that our final fundraising total (in our first “post baby” race) is $74,829 (a mere $171 from $75,000). That means the Leukemia Cup is Yours! A huge thanks to all of our 90+ donors.
Team Tartan Takes the Leukemia Cup 2019
Extra special red hat thanks goes to our stalwart supporter Phil Venables who donated an incredible $50,000 this year.
The Team Dog Joins in Celebration
Burgees
Team Tartan before the day
The morning started early as it always does in a regatta. On the water, our rusty sailing took over and we were clobbered in every race. Remind us that when your co-captains have a baby, they spend much more time changing diapers than sailing!
Sailing the Leukemia Cup
Team Tartan on the Water
But boy did we have fun.
Morning prep to sail in kilts
Secret weapon Stretch
Thanks from Team Tartan
Team Tartan has raised $366,066.61 since 2012! Thank you for your support and for helping us fight blood cancer.
Ancient Mariner in a Kilt
Art in the Corner
April 27, 2019
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Art in the Corner
Ever since we moved to this property in 2002, I have wanted to use one of the old rusted farm implements as an art piece. 17 years later, here is the piece pretty much exactly how I imagined it. The rock slab is a 2500 pound bluestone slab from Pennsylvania. Getting that properly staged was a thing, but it all went surprisingly smoothly.
Mogli is suspicious of this art idea
Busting Ice and Bothering Geese!
January 11, 2018
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With age does not always wisdom come. But, fun it was! We had a crazy-cold week that froze the river, and now a crazy-warm day to test out the water. Nice.
Mogli leads the way.
The mic on my phone was broken, but just imaging the sound of crunching ice.
Time for a break.
Here, imagine geese honking their displeasure! and ice popping as it melts. Hit ‘play’ and it is not upside down.
Sweet Mogli has captured a hunk of ice to take home! (Video is correct when plays)
Dirty hand is happy hand.
Exactly how i feel! :) Â
Burn Baby Burn: 2017 Winter Solstice Fire
December 24, 2017
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Cerbe meets mogli before dark
Music. Great food. Huge fire. Friends. Boilo. What more could you want?
Early birds get to see the lighting
Mmmmmm. Beer.
The lighting
Put it in perspective: 100 feet of flame.
This year the fairy ring of osage oranges turned into a warning line for fire spread. We had to get water buckets and a hose out for the first time ever.
The fire spreads
View from the field
The two (or three) pods making up the solstice party are always a good mix. Food and cheesy Christmas music in the barn. Fire and live music in the field. This year some of the real music moved into the barn during a brief rain.
Lights
Boilo causes time warps
Marco
Turn sun turn
Thanks to all who came. An excellent iteration.
You Are The Sunshine……
November 15, 2017
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Mogli
Sunshine
Mogli tends to Soupy Jr.
Soupy Junes plays coy
Sun shine
Success
One way or Another..
November 10, 2017
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Mogli, single shot
Puck, single shot, close behind.
on return.
speedy sophie
pre-sprint chill
Timeless
August 29, 2016
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It’s River o’Clock
August 29, 2016
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Years ago, my son Eli and I decided to build an art project underwater in the river. We started with the biggest rock around for hundreds of yards and built a pool around that. Then we began moving the wall of the pool out into the river in search of the late afternoon sun.
Shenandoah Blue
Here is what the river looks like.
Ultimately, we ended up with a chronograph. There’s a rock for every hour. Here’s how that ends up looking.
Anytime pool
4 o’clock rock
5 o’clock rock
6 o’clock rock
7 o’clock rock
Remember, all of these pictures were taken at 3 o’clock. So sun everywhere. Our trees are damn tall.
The peeps
The cooler
Some kind of clock
This dog has nothing to do with anything.
Puck who does not tell time
Team Tartan: Practice Makes Perfect, but Nobody’s Perfect, so Why Practice?
August 28, 2016
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Or something like that.
Team Tartan Commodore Chris and mascot Stretch
For the last eight years, my brother Chris and I have been sailing the National Capitol Leukemia Cup regatta. We mostly do this to raise money to fight leukemia (a disease that killed our mother), but we also like to win the race on the water.
Over the years we have done just a smidge better raising money than we have sailing the race. We were number one in both a few years back. But since then, our sailing has become a bit rusty even while we have taken home the fundraising Leukemia Cup for many years in a row.
This year we’re kicking ass on the fundraising front (thanks to our many donors, but especially to phil venables). So far we have raised a collective $56,207. That is a major record for Team Tartan.
If you would like to donate, you can do it now on the net.
In order to up our game on the water, we did some practice this weekend.
Sailing Practice with Team Tartan
The jib pole is always a challenge.
Sailing practice can be tiring. Here is our mascot Stretch ready to jibe.
JIBE! Er, sleep.
See you on the water.
Fin.
