M.........ore Organic Farm with Oscar and Camille

Springdale Organic Farm is nestled into the beautiful, rolling countryside of Wisconsin, about 50 miles northwest of Milwaukee. When Camille and Oscar joined us for our bi-weekly trip to work at the farm, they really enjoyed watching us weigh and bag the green beans (see above post), but they were most excited to see the crates of freshly picked lettuce arrive. Then they watched as the lettuce was washed, spun dry, and weighed and bagged. When we were back in Kohler, they posed with the box of fresh, organic vegetables and eggs. You can see some of the lettuce, scallions, summer squash, basil, carrots, cucumber, red and white onions, and kohlrabi. Our box of veggies also included green and yellow beans, more lettuce and zucchini. That means almost two weeks of great eating at our house! It also meant freezing some of the beans for next winter. What a great opportunity for us to "earn" some of the best vegetables in the world!

V.........isit to the organic farm with Camille and Oscar

Every two weeks, my dear friend, Judy, and I work several hours at a nearby organic farm. Yesterday, Camille and Oscar joined us as we worked weighing and bagging vegetables for more than 300 boxes that were delivered today. They brought their own carrot, but found it wasn't necessary when they saw the great variety of fresh produce...a real bunny's dream! First they hopped on our scale and found they weighed .41 pounds. (Camille is sure that most of that was Oscar and the carrot!) Then they watched as we weighed and bagged freshly picked and washed green and yellow beans. Please join us for future posts about our day at Springdale Farm!

C.........amille and Oscar go to the craft show

Last Saturday and Sunday, Camille and Oscar hopped in the car to go to a wonderful craft show in Greendale, WI. It was held a Trimborn Farms, a Milwaukee County Park, and we were fortunate to have a booth in a fantastic old stone barn that was originally built to house draft horses. You can see them (Oscar and Camille, not the draft horses) with the pine needle baskets and the Christmas ornaments before the show started. Actually, there was a small separate booth for us besides where we set up greeting cards, scrubbies and my new book, "Confessions from a Crazed Crafter". It was a successful show and we met so many new and delightful folks from the Milwaukee and surrounding areas. With more than 150 artists and crafters, the show, in its 26th year drew several thousand people. The weather was delightful and a good time was had by all. We certainly want to thank our dear sister and brother-in-law, who live nearby, for being such great hosts to us Saturday night. Oscar and Camille returned home Sunday afternoon, tired, but happy!

L.........ibrary fun with Oscar and Camille

Camille and Oscar hopped over to our unique Kohler Library today. The library serves as both the school and community library and is a favorite place for activities as well. Today we were joined by a couple of my friends and a group of "crafty" girls who participated in a Greeting Card Workshop as part of a summer program organized by the librarian. The girls posed before we began with Oscar and Camille and then got straight to work. Most of them made three completely different cards and added their own style to each one. Stay tuned for the next post where they will show off their creations! Thanks, girls, for working so hard!

O.........scar and Camille visit Title Town

They must have overheard us talking about a trip to Green Bay last night, because this morning they were in the car waiting! After a long distance shot of me with C and O, we were lucky enough to have MJ from the pro shop help set them up in a photoshoot. Thanks, MJ, that's a cute picture of you, too! They then accompanied us on a guided tour of Lambeau Field, legendary home of the Green Bay Packers. We'll post pictures of the tour tomorrow and you'll find out why is really isn't the "frozen tundra"!

T.........hey've done it again!

Perhaps it was viewing all the beautiful pink flowers in the gardens; at least that's the only reason I can think of that Camille and Oscar dramatically changed colors last night! They chose beautiful shades of pale and deep pink for their new look. Camille did keep the flower in her hair...or is it her hare...and Oscar still sports his classy bow tie. They're sure to be off on more adventures soon, so please stay tuned.

O.........scar shows his souvenirs

Oscar was thrilled with the souvenirs we brought back from the Milwaukee Brewer game Sunday, July 6. We spent a great day with David's son and daughter-in-law at the ball park. It was a beautiful, warm day and we tail-gated...as most Wisconsin fans do...ahead of time in the parking lot. DIL made delicious hamburgers and we enjoyed them with great muchies. Fortunately, our seats were in the shade, and up high enough that we caught a great breeze as well as a wonderful view of the field. We were treated to a Brewer victory with lots of scoring and several exciting home runs! Oscar's souvenirs include a visor which will soon be worn on the golf course (probably not by Oscar) and a "Barrel Man" bobble head, long a symbol of the Brewers, which was given to all fans. He's as big as Oscar! So we even have tangible memories of a great game, great company, great food, and a perfect baseball day!

F.........inally Oscar plays golf!

After more than a week of inundating rains here in Wisconsin, today dawned bright and beautiful here in Kohler. Of the many great golf courses in our area, he chose Black Wolf Run, mostly because it is within walking (or hopping) distance. He took the marked path right around the corner from our house and his two favorite clubs. You may think they're a little long for him, but remember he stands on his back legs to hit the ball. You can see the rest of his foursome on one of the holes of the Meadow's Course. The River Course was still a little under water. You can see more of Blackwolf Run here:

http://www.destinationkohler.com/golf/bwr/bwr_index.html

O.........scar's golf game gets rained out!

It's been raining for many days here in Wisconsin, and although we've been lucky to have missed the terrible storms, the weather has played havoc with Oscar's golf game! So he decided instead to show his very favorite basket (to date). I have to admit, it's mine as well. I love the teneriffe designs in the center! It is made from long leaf pine needles which are coiled around a series of wire shapes. The tenerife designs in the shapes and the stitching on the basket are done with natual raffia. It is an original design basket that measures 9"x8"x2". There is room inside for both him and Camille. He'll be back later in the week when he can tee off again!