the CC farm

I helped Mel at the CC Farm the other day.  It was a beautiful day to pull weeds and feed chickens. Farming is hard work, but really rewarding.  We made a frittata for lunch that day from the eggs we collected earlier in the morning!  And for all of you folks at CC this summer: the farm could always use volunteers to help with planting, weeding, and other things!

farmer mel feeding chickens and talking on her iPhone

hello

yummy chicken feed

DUCK EGGS

frittata made with eggs from the farm

yummy frittata for lunch

graduation

Some photos from graduation last Monday at Colorado College.

http://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/cc-celebrates-the-class-of-2012

catching up

Oh boy, I'm pretty behind on posts here...CC has been really bopping with graduation parties and barbecues so I've been busy.  Let's see what I have for you...

Ok yes, so last time I posted I said that we were headed to Front Range BBQ to see Paper Bird play--turns out we had the wrong day...so we improvised!  With margaritas and pasta and some elk and bean salad.

grace and ben get down with margs and bean salad

dinner and discussion

Moving on to graduation parties...

Dirk had a barbeque at his house, and his whole family was there--including all of the little guys.  There was so much good food and company.  Lucky me because I get to hang out with all of them in August at Hunyuck Fest in Buena Vista.  There will definitely be a post on that later on this summer...

It's great to have so many parents and family members in town, but it makes me miss mine!

dirk and some nuggets

charlotte and the love of her life, waffles

The boys (Sebastian, Ian, John, Adam) of Grace and Roz's house are also graduating.  They've been raising chickens since January, and the time came to kill some of them...  I unfortunately missed the killing part, but I showed up just in time to watch the aftermath.

even becca (a vegan!) helped out

beauties

4 nice chickens

1229 weber--so sad to see you guys go!

at the 1229 fiesta later that day

gracious, queen of crafts, gives john another hair wrap

making nachos with all the leftover chips, cheese, and veggies

first days of summer

It's been a smooth transition into summer.  Not having to go through the nightmare of moving out helps--while everyone scrambled to clean their apartments and pack their lives up into duffle bags, I just had some sun tea on my stoop.

Sun Tea

2 quarts water

tea bags (black tea works best)

OR

chopped/shredded ginger

and let the pitcher sit in the sun to steep

I drank sun tea on the stoop with this unicorn!

Mel is working at the CC farm this summer, and has already started the job.  Yesterday, I helped her bring tomatoes and basil from the greenhouse to the farm.  Hopefully I'll have a free moment today when I can go down there and help out in exchange for some eggs.

I went on a hike yesterday with Mel, Grace, Roz, and Ian to Section 16.  We took our sweet time hiking up, pausing to touch and smell things on the trail--a casual nature walk if you will.  We got back to campus around 9 PM and had dinner around 10--I love summer late night dinners!  It means that you've taken full advantage of all the sunlight.  We made fajitas with homemade flour tortillas, shredded cabbage and carrots, chicken, peppers, avocado, and onion.  Delicious!

Corinne left for India this morning.  She's been sick the past few days and only packed this morning.  Mel and I made her a raw vegan cake, which is basically a massive Lara Bar.

massive lara bar

Tonight, we are planning to go to Front Range Barbeque for dinner.  They have the best brisket in town and the band Paper Bird is playing.

HERE'S TO SUMMER!

the start of summer

Today marks the end of school until the fall! The seniors popped their bottles of champagne on the quad.

Then we played the apple game in Rastall--check out that forked apple in mid-flight!

Stories, adventures, recipes, photos, and more coming soon!!