Notes from the Prairie Blog

Do you ever wonder what all those people at festivals do when you leave and they are on their own for the night?  Well at Rock Spring, we swap stories, sit around the campfire, eat campout cookout foods, but mostly we spend time together. 

After two days with 15 or 20 others who share the same love of nature and craft - we bond pretty strongly - and we also share some amazingly crazy stories.  Two members of the group had traveled out west and came across the "Donner Party Cookbook" at a museum gift shop.  They neglected to buy it, thinking they would come across it later in their travels.  No such luck - well Saturday night we started imagining the recipes one might find in such a book.   I can only remember a few right now, finger food, comes to mind.  Apple Betty Brown, Suzie Sushi, Patty potatoes, BarbaraQ.  We had a darkly hilarious time thinking up horrible names and recipes.  Don't think poorly of us, we couldn't stop once we started and it seemed particularly funny as we sat outside on the edge of a woodland and prairie on a early fall evening with an almost full moon rising and coyotes and owls not far away.

I've added a picture of my new smaller "downsized" wedge tent - it all fits in my Mini-Cooper too.  Amazing.   Also a picture of one of my bee landscapes! 

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Heading off to Rock Springs Park in Decatur for a lovely small festival to celebrate fall.  We will be camping out and hearing owls and coyotes each night.  there are miles of trails and a wonderful pine woods and of course the restored prairie beckons.  During the day there is music, demonstrations, wonderful traditional crafts and living history.  The fun really extends into the evenings when we play music and have a great dinner together.  Come on out and visit this gem of a festival - on Sunday there is an old fashioned baseball game with the Rock Springs Ground Squirrels.  I have finished another bee landscape to take along and will be happily stitching all weekend.  

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After a weekend festival in Jerseyville, IL where day 1 was 101 degrees, it was quite a relief to have the temperature drop more than 25 degrees overnight.  That made Sunday and Monday lovely days to be sitting outside stitching and visiting with those attending the festival.  Looking forward to more fall days.  This is my first attempt at a blog - just hope I can find a good place for it on my website.

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