Scenes From the Mountain Homeplace : 2012

In my previous post I shared several photos of the people who served as "Interpreters" for the Mountain Homeplace Heritage Days  during this past Thrusday, Friday, and Saturday. 

In this post I want to share some great shots of various scenes, mostly without people, that make up the Mountain Homeplace in Paintsville, Kentucky.  Our friend Tracy Stephens took many of the following pictures on Thursday and Friday and posted them on Facebook.  I think she has a very good eye for photography and the pictures were so good I had to borrow them. ( By the way, many of the pictures of the people I used in the previous post were taken by Tracy as well.)  Just sit back and enjoy the scenery!

I liked seeing what the home place looked like on an early foggy morning. 

First up is the McKenzie Cabin:

The little white church in the valley:

The old barn:

The corn crib and another out building:

The one-room school:



The sun came out with a gentle breeze and all three days were absolutely beautiful!

Inside the church:

Inside the school:

 

Inside the cabin:

Around the barn:

 

The guests had a great time!

I'll end with a few more shots of Timothy in action wearing his "Dan'l Boone" hat.  He was a good boy all three days and had a blast!

The People of the Mountain Homeplace : Heritage Days 2012

The Mountain Homeplace in Paintsville had their annual Heritage Days Event this past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and we were happy to have a part in it again.  Here is the ad that ran in the paper twice a week for the past month:

This is a pretty big ad in the paper, measuring 8 1/2" x 7 1/2" and, yes, they used Christina's picture from last year as the top picture in the ad, which was pretty cool!

I am going to use this post to introduce some of the "Interpreters" at the Mountain Homeplace this weekend.  It was fun to be among them.  I'll do another post showing some of the scenery and grounds of the Homeplace at a later time.  Here are the folks who made this weekend happen:

Bobbi-Jo cooking in the kitchen:

Wanda helped in the cabin:

 

Esta Moore demonstrated old fashioned doll making:

Debbie Connelley with her 150 year old spinning wheel:

Wayne Whitaker with his grist mill:

The Bruno children demonstrated cow milking and butter making:

Betty Lemaster and Jane Boggs took care of most of the talks in the church:

Eddie Castle worked as the black smith:

 

For some reason I was more enamored with the chair maker this year compared to last year.  Terry Ratliff makes and sells his hand made chairs and other wood items for a living.  These are high quality durable chairs made completely by hand.  I think they are beatiful in their simplicity, but I doubt I will ever have a set of them unless I build them myself.  One of Terry's simple homemade kitchen chairs like the one below sells for $425! 

Here he is splitting white oak wood during a chair making demonstration.  I thought it was fascinating:

Christina spun on a spinning wheel and worked the loom:

Christina's friend, Kalen Stephens, helped in the weaving room:

 


 

Here is a neat shot of one of the spinning wheels in action:

 Lisa did most of the talks at the McKenzie Branch one-room school:

Simon worked in the barn shelling corn and telling about the animals:

Matthew could only make it on Saturday this year.  He helped out in several areas including the Sorghum press, the small grist mill, and the barn:

Here are a variety of other good shots of the Mountain Homeplace people enjoying the work and fellowship of the weekend: