Winfield

Winfield

Posted by Brit

Winfield was very wet this year.  We got drenched the first morning by a storm that lasted a few hours.  The camping was good though and we enjoyed the guys we set up camp with.  They were in a couple of different bands, Cowgirl's Train Set and Duffy McGee.  Here are some pictures I snapped while wandering the Grove.

Cowgirl's Train Set

Sombrero men of Mudstomp Records jumped up to give the Bear Fighters a proper introduction.

Shawn and Quinn of the Kansas City Bear Fighters at the Fine Time Stage.

Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy at Fine Time.

Kansas City Bear Fighters playing an afternoon set at Stage 5.

Creepy orange sky after rain storm two on Saturday night.

Again, with a faint rainbow.

More of our camp mates, Duffy McGee at Fine Time.

Crowd at Fine Time.

Cowgirl's Train Set with Molly doing some vocals!

Black light face paint.

Post storm Stage 5 was shut down - Carrie Nation took it to the street.

And then to a tent where I stomped the night away.

Construction

Construction

Posted by Brit

I knew since I wasn't planning on going anywhere for Labor Day Weekend that I needed a project to keep me busy.  I decided to build a bookshelf for our living room.  After drawing some (rough) sketches to figure out what height and width I wanted Brandon helped me refine my idea.  We ended up finding an "Instructable" for some low-waste bookshelves.  There was absolutely no left over lumber or polyurethane when I was finished with the project.  I did have about a foot and a half of all thread rod left over.  After a couple of coats of poly I cut 8 pieces of the all thread rod and assembled the shelf.  I finished it last night and moved it into our living room.

1. Drill holes through wood.  2. Place rod through holes.  3. Put shelf boards on top of rods and bolt together.

The shelf is actually pretty darn stable.  It also fits perfectly in the living room.

The site I used to find the Instructable is http://www.instructables.com/.  I highly recommend it if you like DIY projects.  I also used it last year to find a template for a homemade notebook for Tia's birthday.  There are all sorts of different projects, and they include pictures and comments so you can see how the projects worked out for other people.

Cold Front

Cold Front

Posted by Brit

The weather is better.  It's time for Winfield.  And I cannot wait.  Less than a week and I'll be happily surrounded by friends and music.  I'll be drunk and un-showered.  And maybe I'll eat a chicken salad sandwich to cure the inevitable hangover.

Last night we had a potluck at our place.  We call our place Southside (not really, but that was our intended name).  A friend is trying to re-name it Baja.  Okay, so Baja had a potluck.  For a bunch of early twenty-somethings we really did a fantastic job.  Most people brought more than alcohol to share and I was stuffed.  My favorite things were the sweet potatoes from Robbie and the corn dip from Bre.  We are going to try to keep this thing up, the potluck thing.  Next week most of that same group will be running around Winfield.  I can't wait til the next one though.

Post Winfield I'll update with some pictures!