Weikert July 2014 (audio)

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Pann's Creek flows through Weikert, PA

The text was posted here yesterday
http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2014/07/ghazal-weikert-2014.html

ghazal: Weikert 2014

There’s no wifi, points don’t matter
But before each meal
We pause to give thanks

Fallen tree diverted the trail
Along shaded rail line
Where folks gave thanks

Infant music box conjures
Ice cream, grass stained fun
And fire flies giving thanks

Intense or cursive the
Fire circle discussion
Solves enough to give thanks

Joy of sewing triumph fades
Quickly with news of three
Sleeping so well to give thanks

Juggling cans, crossing over
Monkey bridge where laurel
Line the path saying thanks

Composed in Weikert, PA

Note: This ghazal is composed of six individual sherku. Each will be posted separately to quietpoet.com/

Weikert Specials

Having made the fire (see yesterday's post), it is time for toasting some english muffins and in this case warming up some slices of Spam that were cooked the day before.



A Weikert Special is one of the basics of a Baslock breakfast. Toasted english muffin, spread with peanut butter and then topped with a slice of Spam. Heart artery alert! Yes. But it does power one for some good hikes later in the day, and it is not a breakfast we have year round so it works for us.



Some blueberry coffeecake topped off breakfast this morning. Ah such is life!

fungi

Back in town from a few days 'off the grid'. Nature and the wonders of the wilds are as impressive as usual.

Do you get time to get away? Really away?

Once upon a time this summer

We did go to Weikert, PA to spend sometime with our good friends, the Bastian's. Doug's father, Walter, has a tradition of making hand cranked ice cream. The old ice cream maker finally gave way last year. It was time this year to christen a new 6-quart model.

Walt's birthday happened to fall during the time we were there and I offered to be the designated photographer to record the surprise party. I finally caught up to putting together the slide show for the multiple birthday parties Walt celebrated, culminating with the big surprise one.

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Enjoy!

Hand cranking ice cream

Dolores takes her turn at the crank for the home made ice cream.

Read the sherku here.

sherku: two conversations

double d underwire
C front clasp, Mr Garter's
slither changed topics

sherku: Weikert Scrabble

mosquitoes screened out
white moth light enchanted
summer breeze plays triple word score

Weikert: Mr Garter

Weikert: Mr Garter
Originally uploaded by shersteve

We did not want to get too close.

Mr Garter choose to visit and hang around our wood pile.

I guess as we used the wood he was getting concerned.


The sherku for Mr Garter is here.

sherku: Baslock's Garter

amidst wood pile garter
slithers, pauses, sunlight
basks in Baslock's attention

sherku: Hand Cranked Ice Cream

ready the crank in Weikert
the ice man cometh
July 3rd for Walt's birthday




The Bastian's have a tradition of hand cranking a batch of home made ice cream on Doug's father's birthday.

Coming home from Weikert 2 years ago, we bought our own ice cream maker and have put it to good use for some family gatherings. The time was for Carolyn's birthday in 2005.

Weikert: Baslock adults

Weikert: Baslock adults
Originally uploaded by shersteve

The Baslock's are the result of two families growing in friendship over the years.

Pictured here are Doug and Cathy Bastian, Dolores and I

The week that was, was the first vacation time the adults have been together without one of the combined five children around.

Empty nest? Ah, but it is a good thing!

sherku: entry mat

everything has its place
this carpet segment tells
a story of the time ...

sherku: Weikert breakfast

storied fire circle
yesterday's embers bring
today's Weikert breakfast flame



This marks one of our camping and now Weikert traditions. We take it as a challenge to not use a match to start the fire for breakfast preferring to kindle one from the previous night's embers.