Warm Morning

I love the name of this stove I found in a disused wash house on Smith Ridge. "Warm Morning." Perfect.

In Remembrance

Chimneys of Abandoned Coal Camp Houses, Jewell Valley, Virginia. Mawmaw stopped the car at every place like this and let me take pictures. "They might not still be standing next time we come down here," she said.

In remembrance. 9.11.01

Going up Chicken Ridge

Going up Chicken Ridge! Some folks said they wanted photos of Chicken Ridge, so I took these snaps on our visit two weeks ago. Mawmaw Ann was driving and even she said, "I hope we don't meet a coal truck comin' the other way!" You know it's a curvy narrow road if she says that. We did meet the school bus and we were on what Billy calls the "air side of the road." Mawmaw and I both sucked in and tried to make ourselves feel narrow. Enjoy!

Color with Jeni & Billy

Report from Soup & Song Headquarters, Marriottsville, Maryland: Lily, first child to complete the Jeni & Billy Coloring Page! I like my green shoes, the fact that she gave the Chicken Ridge chickens some eggs, and made a song for the Robin. I'll have to make this a download on our website! I want to get a collection of these completed by all of our Jeni & Billy small fry fans! 

Round up!

Tonight, round yourselves up and come along to the Hanover Tavern in Hanover, Virginia, just north of Richmond for Jeni & Billy music. 7pm. Lovely setting, yummy food, reservations not essential, but recommended (it's small). See you soon!

Reunion

Report from Stanardsville, VA: What a beautiful thing to be part of Herb & Bev's family reunion and meet their church family, too. Thank you, friends. We love you! 

Thanks to sweet Brandy for the gorgeous photo of us closing out the show with Frankie on the sax and the whole group singing "Will the Circle Be Unbroken.

Arm & Leg

Report from I-40 in Tennessee heading east: Sewing up an arm and a leg in the passenger seat of Bebe the Jeep while Billy desperately searches for an NPR station and cracks me up imitating the car commercials and truck songs.