Corn Husk Doll Commission

Acorn Hill's Sarah Daffodil was commissioned to make a corn husk doll nativity.

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Fern Folds

Have you ever seen a basket of laundry fold itself? On this rare occassion, as much as Acorn Hill citizens avoided the clothes, it wasn't happeing at The Main House either.

Then one evening, Sarah Daffodil and Autumn Fern got to business. Daffodil explained to Fern how you have to fold a washcloth in half and have the corners meet. Then it has to be folded in half again and have the corners meet. Fern took her turn at folding by herself. "Fern folded fantastically," said Daffodil.

Fern also had time to enjoy the company of Pastor Eli Hemlock that evening.

Arkansas Travelers

Main House President Dad and Nathaniel Barn Loft recently returned from a trip to Arkansas' Ozark Mountains, where they enjoyed fine trout fishing and a fun mix of music. The main purpose of the trip was a writers' gathering hosted by Gaston's White River Resort (http://www.gastons.com/) - an outing that provided Dad good opportunities to gather fishing stories and photos. However, the musically inclined folks in the crew, including Barn Loft, spent an evening playing instruments, passing the mic after each song and playing backup for one another. As part of the same trip, Dad and Barn Loft visited the Dulcimer Shoppe in Mountain View, Ark., which is where Barn Loft's dulcimer was made.

Fabulous 14!

Fourteen daffodils were among the festive decorations that popped out at Sarah Daffodil for her fabulous fourteenth birthday party. It was quite a surprise.

Citizens celebrated her birthday on the 6th since some would be on a trip today- her birthday. She had just gotten home, a little tired, at the end of teaching her class. Once she opened the Main House door her eyes filled with green and yellow streamers hanging from the ceiling, matching balloons dancing on the floor and gifts wrapped in flowery paper. Everyone had a flower shaped brownie at their seat with a candle. Citizens took turns making wishes for Daffodil then blew out their candle. "I'm so glad that Sarah came to Acorn Hill. I remember the day well- she was purple," said Main House First Lady Mom.

Among her gifts were plain T-shirts for decorating, wooden knitting needles and double-sided sticky tape.

With all of the festivities behind her, Mom made today special having suggested that Daffodil sleep in. Daffodil did indeed.

The End of Class

Yesterday, March 5th, Acorn Hill's Sarah Daffodil taught her last EAGLE's corn husk doll making class. Here's a sample of what the students did.

-Sarah

Dulcimer Surprises

Nathaniel Barn Loft enjoyed a weekend filled with big surprises at a dulcimer festival in southern Mississippi. Tops on the list was a brand new spruce and walnut McSpadden Dulcimer, which was presented to him by Jeff Hames, the 2006 National Dulcimer Champion, the featured performer at the festival and Barn Loft's favorite musician. Hames also worked with Barn Loft on several songs, dedicated "Black Mountain Rag" to him during the Saturday afternoon concert and invited him back to his camper to jam together after the concert.