Welcome to the Shire

Our February party was our largest ever during the winter.

pics:

http://gallery.me.com/jschmill#100326
http://gallery.me.com/mike.barskey/100632

vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHl7JWijEWc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TpRBgC-fIo

forum threads:
http://forum.freekeene.com/index.php?topic=2315.msg29847#msg29847
http://nhunderground.com/forum/index.php?topic=19876.msg318645#msg318645

The Grafton Welcome Wagon will be hosting the second Grafton Apple Festival on September 20th again. Sunday 9/20/09 from 10am until sunset.

This is how it turned out:

Barskey's pictures http://gallery.me.com/mike.barskey#100550&view=mosaic&sel=0

Ashley won the apple dessert contest.

forum:
http://nhunderground.com/forum/index.php?topic=14947.msg308940#msg308940

by Mike Barskey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UNCCEN_aAM

High Resolution versions of these photos are available for $1 donations to this site (bookish_lass@yahoo.com for paypal russellkanning@yahoo.com for photo)

gallery
http://welcometotheshire.com/?q=image/tid/2

his website:
http://antonlee.redbubble.com/

The first Grafton Web Cam has good and bad features

Good:
Fast Loading
Mobile
all of the past pictures are available
archive http://welcometotheshire.com/?q=image/tid/1

Bad:
Updates daily

The Grafton Welcome Wagon holds picnics or indoor potlucks each month so visitors can meet locals.

Next event:

Grafton Apple Festival

forum topic:
http://nhunderground.com/forum/index.php?topic=14947.msg327563#msg327563

last event:

Burning Porcupine 2010

The picnic
June 28th 4-7pm was very cool. The rain didn't come and only some of the bugs.

In February the Luau was huge:
http://welcometotheshire.com/?q=node/212

In January we had a UN Flag burn that got pretty big because the weather was nice.

December potluck was cool

Bonfire night was very successful even with snowflakes in the afternoon.

Grafton Apple Festival was great
http://welcometotheshire.com/?q=node/73

at Jerry's place Sept. 6th

event August 29th 2009
http://welcometotheshire.com/?q=node/85

Hoyt Farm
31 Hoyt Road
Grafton, NH 03240

Directions:

Take Highway 4 to Grafton. Turn on Prescott Hill Road (Opposite the fire station). Veer to the left onto Slab City Road. After a mile, Slab City Road makes a right turn, across a little bridge and continues as a dirt road. Turn left at driveway at 31 Hoyt Road.

yahoo maps:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ard=1&q1=31+Hoyt+Rd+Grafton+nh&ds=n&na...

if you follow your GPS you might enjoy many dirt roads, dead ends, and a much longer ride than you anticipated

facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=66833941238

discussion on the NH Underground
http://nhunderground.com/forum/index.php?topic=17568.0

discussion on the Free State Project forum
http://forum.freestateproject.org/index.php?topic=17392.0

August 1st 2009 picnic:

Current King of the Doofuses

Cardinal of the Shire

Ambassador of the Schism