A weekend of canons and hairspray, rain and sun, hiking and biking, peeps and fire, gourmet cooking and camping.

 We had a great weekend with some fabulous friends from our Yahoo group: Idaho Outdoors last weekend at Lelsie Gulch on the Oregon/Idaho border.

Gorgeous Views from Leo's hike traversing the Roosters Comb.

Rock Arches

Fabulous rock formations

even time to mountain bike

a heart shaped opening in the rock

 

 After everyone was back from various hikes, hot springs and boat shuttles, the festivities could really begin with a bang....

Owen and Benoit firing the potato canons

reloading

the secret ingredient is Aqua Net

Madonna relaxing in the afternoon sun.

 The crowds gather as the sun sets and the cooking begins.

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 Tom stacks the dutch ovens while Leo supervises. There was so much food we were all stuffed!

After dinner Leo told a Peep 50th anniversary story that had to do with Leslie Gulch. and then there was the burning of the Peeps. This year there were even a couple peep dioramas.

The very disturbing "Peep Hell House"

So in case you were wondering what Idahoans do for fun on the weekend, now you know!

Stolen Art

 I had a wonderful girls art and hiking weekend at my friend Marianne's place about an hour and 1/2 northeast from town. Though it was only about 36 degrees outside we all had our coats off after a few minutes of hiking, the sun was so intense!

Unfortunetly there should be three dogs with us but one stayed in the car as she started limping and couldn't put weight on one leg. It later turned out that she had broken a chunk of bone on her toe and is now homebound for 6 weeks!

We didn't take snowshoes but started to post hole after the snowmobile tracks ran out, so we turned around and went back to our art...

the moral here is don't knit and drink

MK and Nancy working on their prints for the "Leftover" exchange

Etching in Styrofoam take out containers

printing on gelatin

The kitchen was taken over with prints...

The dining table was taken over with all kinds of projects...

 

A collage I call "10"

Here's were the "stealing" comes in. I ran out of substrates for my projects and raided the wood box outside the house. (with permission of course) but then discussion ensued with is what I do "found art" or "stolen art" see previous blog post about raiding a grand child's toy box while left to my own devices!

"B" is for Bride Assemblage on wood

"C" is for Cherry Chocolate Cake

A Pair of Pears collage on wood

Oregon Coast collage on wood

Thanks Marianne! and Nancy and Patty for a fun girl inspired weekend!