tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53205941784224408512023-11-16T08:55:18.649-08:00Catamount MuseumA hand made museum that deals with the Catskill's rich historyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-36968918186621604382016-11-08T17:05:00.002-08:002016-11-08T17:05:42.625-08:00The catamount People's museum ran out of livesAfter 6 years of public space service to the village of Catskill, the Catamount People's Museum has been layed to rest... It was de-installed in late october 2016.<br />
SniffUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-68766110980496748682015-04-09T08:29:00.001-07:002015-04-09T08:29:02.494-07:00Cat Spring Clean Up Day May 2nd 10 amCome on out and welcome the flowers back!!!!<br />
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<span class="dropcap">I</span>magine coming upon this 15-foot-high feline while driving through a small Valley village — it would probably take your breath away. This cat-shaped structure has been perched in its place since 2010, and resides in an aptly named part of the region, the tops of its ears level with the neighboring buildings.<br />
The idea for the unique edifice came from Matt Bua, a Brooklyn-born artist and builder who has since settled upstate. “I wanted to build something for the village, and I wanted a challenge. I had never built anything animal-shaped before,” said Bua. “And they like cats in the Catskills.” Indeed: Several local businesses and organizations helped to sponsor the project, as did the New York Foundation for the Arts.<br />
The kooky kitty — complete with a nose, whiskers, and two paws — appears to be lounging. Bua built the structure using scrap wood and tree branches for the body; the eyes (which can be illuminated at night) are made from old plates and light bulbs. Inside this trailer-sized lynx is a collection of items that celebrate the people and history of the local area: Artifacts are protected in glass cases; maps, paintings, and sheets of historical information are displayed on the walls; and a mummified cat hangs out in the rafters. A mixture of donations from the community and local historical organizations, the shack’s contents transform it into a laid-back museum of sorts, and make it a pleasant roadside stop.<br />
Do you know which town is home to this creative cathouse? Submit your answer in the form below; the first reader with the correct response wins a prize. Good luck!<br />
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Come out and add something to the People's Museum located<br />
at 21 west bridge street in Catskill NYUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-65449041138967628002013-08-16T14:17:00.001-07:002013-08-16T14:17:14.461-07:00Catamount gains 10th LIFE!
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Hudson-Catskill Newspapers | Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:15 am
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CATSKILL — The Catskill Village Board Wednesday night granted
a group of concerned citizens four months to turn the Catamount
People’s Museum into a lasting monument that the village can be proud
of.<br />
The museum, a giant walk-through cat statue on West Bridge
Street made of recycled wood and other materials, was threatened with
demolition this month after local business owners complained that it had
become rundown, overgrown with weeds, a hangout for young people after
dark and a fire hazard.<br />
A group that coalesced in recent weeks to
save “the cat” approached the village board Wednesday night to discuss
ways to turn the installation from a nuisance into an attraction.<br />
“As
somebody who’s been living and working in Catskill for a while now, I
feel really strongly about this and I would be really sad to see it go,”
said Harry Matthews, a central figure in the group. “All it might need
is just a little bit of positive clean-up.”<br />
The cat was created in
2010 by Catskill-based artist and builder Matt Bua. It was intended as a
one-year installation, but kept up due to community support, according
to Village President Vincent Seeley.<br />
“I believe that what Matt has
created could be a really iconic image of what Catskill is, bringing in
tourists and showing that Catskill is a place of and for art,” said
Matthews. “We really feel strongly about it.”<br />
A Facebook group, “Save the Cat in Catskill,” has 55 members and Matthews said it’s “growing every day.”<br />
Matthews
and others who turned out to support the cat, including Bua, asked for
the opportunity to address the board’s concerns — to clean it up, add
more gardens, possibly add lights to discourage night-time loiterers,
improve signage, and so on.<br />
“We have a group of concerned people
that would really love to see it stay and are really willing to donate
and volunteer time to, on a weekly basis, to go in there and do
whatever’s necessary,” said Matthews.<br />
The village board was
supportive, agreeing to give the group four months to make improvements
and demonstrate a commitment to maintaining it.<br />
“What is option
B?” asked Trustee Jim Chewens. “We take it down and we have an empty
lot, and now we really have a problem because everyone walks away from
it. And then we start screaming that the property owner isn’t keeping it
cleaned up. Right now, it seems we have your attention, we have a group
of 60-some people who are willing to go over there and take care of
it.”<br />
Despite complaints that the installation attracts young
people late at night, Catskill Chief of Police David Darling said he has
never received a report of an incident there.<br />
Trustee Joseph
Kozloski suggested that the cat should function as a kiosk, where
visitors can find up-to-date information about what to do and see in
Catskill. He initially suggested the four-month reprieve, adding, “If it
goes back to what it was, then I’d say it’s time to come down.”<br />
Matthews and Bua both agreed that it should and could be a unique access point for visitors.<br />
“It
was created as a piece of art, but it’s managed to stay a little longer
and become part of the community,” said Matthews. “And now, we as art
lovers and artists and a community, need to be sure that it stays a
kiosk where information can be found and it’s welcoming. Now that it’s
evolved, let it evolve.”<br />
The group plans to organize a major clean-up in the first week of July.<br />
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To reach reporter Kyle Adams, call 518-943-2100, ext. 3323, or e-mail <a href="mailto:kadams@thedailymail.net">kadams@thedailymail.net</a><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-42352842046122453632013-07-29T20:31:00.000-07:002013-07-29T20:31:00.209-07:00a new vistor's perspective to the museum<a href="http://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/2011/05/catamount-peoples-museum.html">http://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/2011/05/catamount-peoples-museum.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-37291270810451243522013-07-29T20:27:00.003-07:002013-07-29T20:27:50.734-07:00Facebook group helps to keep the cat alive!<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/183884051771357/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/183884051771357/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-19232119681935842882013-06-14T19:32:00.003-07:002013-06-14T19:32:30.959-07:00The Cat is honored to be included on the wiki list of museums in New York<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_New_York">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_New_York</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-42890272419531662712013-06-14T19:29:00.000-07:002013-06-14T19:29:44.378-07:00Roadside America Listing<a href="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/27779">http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/27779</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-56665197362089312562013-06-07T04:47:00.001-07:002013-06-07T04:48:05.250-07:00Flowers!Special Thanks to Emily Truitt and Portia Munson for planting the Flowers:<br />
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The Cat is Happy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-59208381825425170032013-06-07T04:43:00.000-07:002013-06-10T18:47:52.192-07:00Catamount People's Museum Days Numbered<h1 style="background-color: white; background-image: none; float: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px; position: relative !important;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">CATSKILL — With several initiatives underway to reinvigorate Main Street, the village of Catskill is beginning to turn its attention to other areas, starting with West Bridge Street.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Village officials held a meeting late last month with business owners and other interested parties about what steps could be taken to make the street more vibrant and attractive for businesses, consumers and residents.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Main Street is on the move,” said Village President Vincent Seeley. “We’ve got things moving in, we’ve got a couple new shops. So probably by the end of the summer, we’re going to start moving over and aim our focus on West Bridge Street again.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As part of the West Bridge Street clean-up, the Catamount People’s Museum — the walk-through wooden cat sculpture — will be coming down. Catskill-based artist and builder Matt Bua built the museum in 2010 from scrap wood and recycled materials, and said he’s okay with the idea of taking it down. He plans to save the head, if only for himself if he can’t find another use for it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“If that’s what they want, that’s fine,” he said. “It’s had a good run.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Bua said he would also be happy to be part of a conversation about what will replace the cat, if anything.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The meeting late last month was spurred by concerns brought to the village board from those living and working on Main Street, said Seeley.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“We’ve received several complaints from business owners and landlords on the West Bridge corridor,” he said. “The atmosphere was not conducive to business, let’s put it that way.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Both village officials and business owners hope these reforms, and possibly more to come, will begin to change that. Business owners welcome the village’s efforts but are reserving applause until they see some results, putting the burden of change more on the national economy than on any individual revitalization effort.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“I think as the economy turns, we’ll see more interest, the entrepeneurial spirit will start blooming again,” said Remaley. “You’ll see people come in who want to open up different kinds of shop and stores.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And West Bridge Street is just the beginning, said Seeley.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“In planning for the future, we need to start to focus on the back streets and not ignore them,” he said. “We’re going to continue doing this. We’re going to go street by street in the village.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">To reach reporter Kyle Adams, call 518-943-2100, ext. 3323, or e-mail <a href="mailto:kadams@thedailymail.net" style="color: black; float: none !important; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; text-decoration: none;">kadams@thedailymail.net</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">and a response by Harry Matthews:</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">"Taking down" the Catamount Peoples Museum on west bridge street would be, i believe, an act of shortsighted vandalism in the name of un-thought out "progress that would do more to move Catskill backwards not forwards. "The Cat" has become an iconic image of the village, something that draws in tourists and artists, as well as business to the village, and something that should not only be preserved, but should be fought for. As Matt Bua is an internationally known artist, as well as a local resident, having a piece of his work on display in the village should be a center piece of pride for us all. Maybe all that is needed is a little bit of weeding and planting of perennials to "dress it up" a little. To remove this beautiful sculpture, that is well built and not a hazard to the public, would only tell the community, the greater Hudson Valley, and the world, that Catskill does not have a vision for the future, that artists (particularly local ones) are of little concern to the village, and that creativity and artistic beautification are incongruous with care for our, and growth of, our community. "Don't kill the Cat!"</span></span></div>
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Come on out and celebrate the big wooden cat and garlic. We'll promise you'll be going home smelling different than when you arrived! noon to 4pm Saturday November 10th! bring some! Take some! eat some! Smell Some <div>
Special thanks to Emily Truitt for garlic-a-fying the Cat<br /><br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-75740150070357918582011-09-26T15:23:00.000-07:002011-09-26T15:25:35.172-07:00Little Big Cat set to open October 1st 2011, Bring some Eyeballs!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAWz0-5FV4MxBpoLGHf5gkUpWDxtiUs4LK6PgGfZLyX8b_sScGxpWDza88QVDcihTJpkVpeOKGYQLJkH22ZJBh5YvIk6iZiL0pgOTKm4zc-AAOe7_RQu1mNFiQoPWNo7fIh_hx_ZRJSqx/s1600/bw+with+words+little+big+cat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAWz0-5FV4MxBpoLGHf5gkUpWDxtiUs4LK6PgGfZLyX8b_sScGxpWDza88QVDcihTJpkVpeOKGYQLJkH22ZJBh5YvIk6iZiL0pgOTKm4zc-AAOe7_RQu1mNFiQoPWNo7fIh_hx_ZRJSqx/s400/bw+with+words+little+big+cat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656797950395724690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCy2m4DVsBhMB5RBLrvJatvmZqHdtzT3f4e8_39jXIfzivpfP59bPVpyUKWO_-cREpE7_anj3Xta3-nZuvTQ5ZYqOxdd3Lst4OmllmkTERJIBE86JdO51aVDqGt1932qEvbD_hyI5rrgNm/s1600/black+and+white+with+people.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCy2m4DVsBhMB5RBLrvJatvmZqHdtzT3f4e8_39jXIfzivpfP59bPVpyUKWO_-cREpE7_anj3Xta3-nZuvTQ5ZYqOxdd3Lst4OmllmkTERJIBE86JdO51aVDqGt1932qEvbD_hyI5rrgNm/s400/black+and+white+with+people.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656797945475399906" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-31659148639838502402011-08-11T19:15:00.000-07:002011-08-11T19:18:02.402-07:00Little Big Cat Young Person's Museum in Progess<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7T6J9lgxMs7cvBXgA2DB1DP0S1BK9BnQ0dZRsluCPXHSxwQniX7oO1RDp2sP8eELfsNR7GVWkwoMMe1I7udk48gG8RqmTZADNL1clQC-mPloP1zutD_p7Df83DTsQrtGiQFiOTZMXf6eY/s1600/little+big+cat+collage+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7T6J9lgxMs7cvBXgA2DB1DP0S1BK9BnQ0dZRsluCPXHSxwQniX7oO1RDp2sP8eELfsNR7GVWkwoMMe1I7udk48gG8RqmTZADNL1clQC-mPloP1zutD_p7Df83DTsQrtGiQFiOTZMXf6eY/s400/little+big+cat+collage+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639787893988303250" /></a>
<br />New Young Person's Meseum set to Open <span style="font-weight:bold;">October 1st</span>
<br />Come out and help thatch this creature!
<br />More details to follow...
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-30432291803849285142011-06-14T15:07:00.000-07:002011-06-14T15:10:04.767-07:00The Little Big Cat: <br />A Hand-Built Young People’s Museum <br /><br />www.bobcathouse.blogspot.com<br /><br />*** Free Summer Art Program ***<br />Open to All Catskill Area Youth Ages 10-18<br /><br />What? You know that big cat made out of wood on Bridge St. in Catskill across from the pizza place? That’s the Catamount People’s Museum and this summer there’s going to be an “off-spring” >>>The Little Big Cat Young People’s Museum!<<<<br /><br />Join local artists Matt Bua and Laura Anderson this summer for a weeklong Building Intensive where we’ll create a smaller cat, next to the big one, made out of things found and discarded. You’ll learn how to use hand-tools, how to select and connect materials and how to design and build a unique sculptural structure. <br /><br />Once built, The Young People’s Museum will house a collection of materials found and created by young people in the Catskill Area including; drawings, photos, maps, zines, interviews, special objects, sound recordings, etc. Through these displays visitors will get to view the talent and creativity of local youth and get to experience stories of what this area looks like through their eyes. You can start working on your submission to the Museum now or you can come to one of several Create and Collect Events throughout the summer (TBA). You could also work with Matt and Laura to create a collection event of your own.<br /> <br />When?<br />Orientation<br />Sunday, July 3rd 5-7pm @ The Catskill Community Center, 344 Main St.<br /><br />Building Intensive<br />(lunch and cold drinks provided)<br />Monday- Saturday, July 11th-16th, 9am-2pm @ 21 W. Bridge St.<br /><br />Creation and Collection of Display Materials<br />Throughout the Summer, Dates, Times and Locations TBA<br /><br />Opening Celebration<br />September, Date and Time TBA<br /><br />How to get involved: Contact Laura Anderson (570-560-0463, lalarky@gmail.com) or Matt Bua (917-291-7404, mattbua@gmail.com) to sign up and come to the Orientation on July 3rd. <br /><br />*This project made possible with public funds from the Decentralization Program of the NY State Council on the Arts, administered through the Community Arts Grants Program by the Greene County Council on the Arts.*Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-83511836918505801242010-12-09T19:17:00.000-08:002010-12-09T19:46:37.835-08:00Halloween Party 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcsBvx25pzrcfmyaR3Y9_6CYjxIv3VqAssfG3xhF6BdLrLPMzmrlkTPA9cCHY7n4UXNI4_pe3ik1sTNa2l8jVrV4T8uJNorKaufcJh0ihdiFVjEToRbThosCr5v1Ntl-071v1qQDrJEmF/s1600/halloween+flyer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcsBvx25pzrcfmyaR3Y9_6CYjxIv3VqAssfG3xhF6BdLrLPMzmrlkTPA9cCHY7n4UXNI4_pe3ik1sTNa2l8jVrV4T8uJNorKaufcJh0ihdiFVjEToRbThosCr5v1Ntl-071v1qQDrJEmF/s400/halloween+flyer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548894980698727282" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykKHT-7KmW18ayR7r8Vr1qIETH4jBPjXYQl2Bh5l-CXahU3w9rhkAqSF6k2Zh4q_1kjwjlHIPHRXEOvo-PtA1BWf6dt6rIoZCFaapcPZmvhVAHH9mxIsGl-8fS1qcQHScJSwBwjYwWO16/s1600/sam+sebren+halloween.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykKHT-7KmW18ayR7r8Vr1qIETH4jBPjXYQl2Bh5l-CXahU3w9rhkAqSF6k2Zh4q_1kjwjlHIPHRXEOvo-PtA1BWf6dt6rIoZCFaapcPZmvhVAHH9mxIsGl-8fS1qcQHScJSwBwjYwWO16/s400/sam+sebren+halloween.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548891469340400370" /></a><br /><br />Photos by Sam Sebren<br />clockwise from top left-ish: Dharma and Brian playing some sweet fall songs, Kara's Mom and Dad reading poems, Max and Miles carving it up, (Middle)Daisy boy and Flemming Man, Matt and Stick Sellers, John Peters cranking out skull Masks, Bottom right: Tom Echo Plexing Echo, Matt Face Painting , Laura Face Painting,<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoYQoVI6WmV0Aj_s7mZQRyPqJbQBEsr3K4lOcjFP7PmyXW3WkKXaDSKFg6YfQvwvZFhklbCLOCTx1n0Jq6u4jNIsWLCVleVA7GgUGI_Vd_QpAIIv5M4UHPqzD1YCW2CqxvJSA2SYNsSJS/s1600/holloween+collage+bua.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoYQoVI6WmV0Aj_s7mZQRyPqJbQBEsr3K4lOcjFP7PmyXW3WkKXaDSKFg6YfQvwvZFhklbCLOCTx1n0Jq6u4jNIsWLCVleVA7GgUGI_Vd_QpAIIv5M4UHPqzD1YCW2CqxvJSA2SYNsSJS/s400/holloween+collage+bua.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548887808898314098" /></a><br /><br />Clockwise from the top left: Dharma sketching pumpkin, Laura and Dillon get the rocket stove going, Quinn and her new blue mask, (2) Rob Hervey and his Yidakey, Matt sporting Carrie's "Lamb" Mask. Middle image: Marsden Joy's donated mummy-fied cat, The Face Painted Ones and folks, more good folks bench warmingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-11857454393377193752010-10-17T08:53:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:00:25.350-07:00Saturday October 30th Halloween Party<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpj3iF0L-bthnkDrFaNeBXzYFI7ksTXtrL3dDwQqRQS33nhu6MZuyaQzxysqQe406OZNxh94hNHxOG2A2Ns8A-XP_UvzTjT1soSjS7s3fS_dX3XQufJh8535I4-EJNJPyhSso2QAWf1Lk/s1600/catamount+hallows+eve.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpj3iF0L-bthnkDrFaNeBXzYFI7ksTXtrL3dDwQqRQS33nhu6MZuyaQzxysqQe406OZNxh94hNHxOG2A2Ns8A-XP_UvzTjT1soSjS7s3fS_dX3XQufJh8535I4-EJNJPyhSso2QAWf1Lk/s400/catamount+hallows+eve.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529045025279973058" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />What do you like most about Halloween?<br />Bring It! Tell It ! Show it!<br /><br />Come out to the Halloween Party at the Catamount People's Museum on Saturday October 30th<br />from noon till the ghost all wake (around 10)<br /><br />21 west bridge st<br />Catskill NY 12141<br /><br />more details at<br /><br />www.bobcathouse.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />Made possible with a grant from the Harpo Foundation, power from Dimensions North, PA supplied by WGXC Hands on Community Radio<br />and all the fine Halloween enthusiast's in the area<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cara's Human Sized Rooster Gang<br />Rob Herbey's Yidaky(or as the westerns call it:didgereeedoooooo)<br />Carrie Dashow's Scary Dream Notary Booth<br />john Peter's Krampus Creature<br />Stick Sellers aka Sam Sebren<br />Kara Gamblor and her Witchy Mom...5 little pumpkins<br />an appearance by 31 Down<br /><br />WGXC Hands on Community Radio, will be present for the earlier part of the day<br /><br />Daytime<br />-Costume Making<br />-Pumpkin Carving (Pumpkins courtesy of Story Farms Nursery)<br />-A Cauldron of fine Stone Soup<br />Costume Critiques and Dialogues<br /><br />Evening<br />Bones-A-Drone- Come drone with us...<br />Scary Story Galore<br />Halloween Jams<br />Smoke N MirrorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-7572760063988881232010-10-07T17:50:00.000-07:002010-10-07T17:53:33.074-07:00Hollow's Eve Inside the Belly of the Wild Cat<span style="font-weight:bold;">Saturday October 30th Hollow's Eve Party<br />noon till the Ghost all wake<span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />Details and Participants to FollowUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-76743743882102342192010-09-15T16:15:00.000-07:002010-09-15T16:20:09.907-07:00THE RECORD-A-STORY CATAMOUNT HOTLINEToll Free( Call from any Pay Phone that you find , that works)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 877 679 4283<span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br />Press # 1 to leave a story about the past<br />Press #2 to talk about the Future<br /><br />System set up by <a href="http://31down.org/performances/CanalStreet.html">31 Down Radio Theater</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-83181873969211956282010-09-15T15:29:00.000-07:002010-09-15T16:15:51.792-07:00Opening Day ShotsThe last visitors emerge from the belly of the Kitty.<br />OM-i-Nissss It WASSSSSSSSSSSS<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQHHetkRGuM1uwLpMpCSVAjQF_XtxryYEgh5Cuga8eDnXiLn8CdaIQdABKNEvGwhzkKnc6aKrsa_qW3Ba0zGqHmOqH-V_-wUvuTVk_dv0-ljdKW64kgUJc9pyOQal7OImNPxw2zqFedKv/s1600/the+end+of+the+day.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQHHetkRGuM1uwLpMpCSVAjQF_XtxryYEgh5Cuga8eDnXiLn8CdaIQdABKNEvGwhzkKnc6aKrsa_qW3Ba0zGqHmOqH-V_-wUvuTVk_dv0-ljdKW64kgUJc9pyOQal7OImNPxw2zqFedKv/s400/the+end+of+the+day.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517281967885061346" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTm8mNrZ23xChIluY0vWnBK_AZvnAOMOit4ILkcAddP-mghRy_39jSqadDK3ODHD7zUYM0xZfjGlC71TnPy6-Hh9xvC4Ptuz6btoXLiQXksJ0VZEVeIjt9XPiDvgSO6fFxG1Zuuqf5ciYa/s1600/sign.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTm8mNrZ23xChIluY0vWnBK_AZvnAOMOit4ILkcAddP-mghRy_39jSqadDK3ODHD7zUYM0xZfjGlC71TnPy6-Hh9xvC4Ptuz6btoXLiQXksJ0VZEVeIjt9XPiDvgSO6fFxG1Zuuqf5ciYa/s400/sign.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517281751591056514" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Charles B. Swain (Greene County Minority Historian) makes a visit and talks "Mountain Lions" amongst other things<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3f4QFORDqlM581Wm-O0nIhnaWzRd1c0Cr-VvpVjHxWWsmd0Sy1-N1L4kcGeAbutAr5MIvEkjhI37lidoHhvZcqwvxzzbVB9j4OOcM2CsVloKVKDT2pYPi6C6iIWLbPQf35TMMIB4pTn4L/s1600/swain.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3f4QFORDqlM581Wm-O0nIhnaWzRd1c0Cr-VvpVjHxWWsmd0Sy1-N1L4kcGeAbutAr5MIvEkjhI37lidoHhvZcqwvxzzbVB9j4OOcM2CsVloKVKDT2pYPi6C6iIWLbPQf35TMMIB4pTn4L/s400/swain.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517281190075060930" /></a><br /><br /><br />Rob and pooch at kiosk-bench #2<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKB37Xt_IzPFID5R73pMidWSODxRFV1TbKvGjQwAFkE48YJlB6nU-Ogi8CZ7dfXICixEwbI7CDsyGWmoWm0d5qf0EpUZz4SVo3Ka6UCnXrgxdqhHcRPwIWaUsYDKqxX_KBRNxHQNfblIYs/s1600/robwith+pooch.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKB37Xt_IzPFID5R73pMidWSODxRFV1TbKvGjQwAFkE48YJlB6nU-Ogi8CZ7dfXICixEwbI7CDsyGWmoWm0d5qf0EpUZz4SVo3Ka6UCnXrgxdqhHcRPwIWaUsYDKqxX_KBRNxHQNfblIYs/s400/robwith+pooch.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517280850189197682" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Rob typing furiously(maybe a near death story) but the typee couldn't keep up<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QhQt_tJHKREAFLG-7jfMQKCCc6qaYdZg3kpKZ8hJl_vIPfKLEy4km6LVenKEkX1pKNcrsUT7pP4GkNoJhihvP4x9uh_RhNgYcc29N0ZzL8uG6VykHHeNH-Yyp4n3sF-PAnZcouLK07ig/s1600/rob+typing.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QhQt_tJHKREAFLG-7jfMQKCCc6qaYdZg3kpKZ8hJl_vIPfKLEy4km6LVenKEkX1pKNcrsUT7pP4GkNoJhihvP4x9uh_RhNgYcc29N0ZzL8uG6VykHHeNH-Yyp4n3sF-PAnZcouLK07ig/s400/rob+typing.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517280492436645922" /></a><br /><br /><br />Kara listening to <a href="http://www.carmenborgia.com/">Carmen Borgia</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOZTWApCrVTtowHr3ikjTgrymFIsl-UmIpI_FcedKiL0-2EigfzXKcHhnn5nMqLR1eG99wfTh00962-JKpwv45WDUnPMUPrtoXbch93BxzDvsKmmBI8-d-9jpLUNaqg3IGuUPbVJ7o6oc/s1600/kara+listens+to+carmen.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOZTWApCrVTtowHr3ikjTgrymFIsl-UmIpI_FcedKiL0-2EigfzXKcHhnn5nMqLR1eG99wfTh00962-JKpwv45WDUnPMUPrtoXbch93BxzDvsKmmBI8-d-9jpLUNaqg3IGuUPbVJ7o6oc/s400/kara+listens+to+carmen.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517280019008168514" /></a><br /><br /><br />Alex and the <a href="http://www.drawingbuilding.org">Visionary Drawing Building Book</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm5uGmEGzlutEkmqXAS6JSQG7THhZoY6c64bf0jdsb-FxQ4DwfSQlRCo09f3PFFq5Ec0GstQ6pG_wvzzIUblLZK730evWe-08WOFGJvCWW8XmLYgGlGpDtw-2A50XNbWfjGjNDb5qdqZH/s1600/alecs+from+albany.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm5uGmEGzlutEkmqXAS6JSQG7THhZoY6c64bf0jdsb-FxQ4DwfSQlRCo09f3PFFq5Ec0GstQ6pG_wvzzIUblLZK730evWe-08WOFGJvCWW8XmLYgGlGpDtw-2A50XNbWfjGjNDb5qdqZH/s400/alecs+from+albany.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517279543017246242" /></a><br /><br /><br />Pat and the music, inside the cat<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMq3mK-3FAInhRjhYJoWAu8HSkiEYU-veDb5Q2XfvnjFVartWv2PGrobEa4MXWQRd8pL_kxAA9lswCSHl8q1as0p47zRNm9JeHSPGU2rKOxnIoWB15wbGGAftFNq_hpfMQatEzG_W-AYcQ/s1600/music+with+pat.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMq3mK-3FAInhRjhYJoWAu8HSkiEYU-veDb5Q2XfvnjFVartWv2PGrobEa4MXWQRd8pL_kxAA9lswCSHl8q1as0p47zRNm9JeHSPGU2rKOxnIoWB15wbGGAftFNq_hpfMQatEzG_W-AYcQ/s400/music+with+pat.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517279177584722882" /></a><br /><br /><br />Bradford, The Pencillina, and Harry performing the "Almost Rain Song"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSv77xRmKyF1EdBbjkaiGWs_GV1GRBKnk7_z9GFL-_jXzt_GqhtI5IEJUZVJveGMizeOuxE7th0lEP49-chqs3KHjo23vInVm-dob4EHWUmipU6BbZr29V9eEvqqk_qyOxMFsVzQh2wb7/s1600/bradford+and+harry.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSv77xRmKyF1EdBbjkaiGWs_GV1GRBKnk7_z9GFL-_jXzt_GqhtI5IEJUZVJveGMizeOuxE7th0lEP49-chqs3KHjo23vInVm-dob4EHWUmipU6BbZr29V9eEvqqk_qyOxMFsVzQh2wb7/s400/bradford+and+harry.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517278712658677554" /></a><br /><br /><br />echo and milo demonstrate the stick chair is great for 2<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWDGsEaN1nULSjQqDBRnmNh_vhkikmUGQJ5hyphenhyphenba0wlpJMmoR2hJz6ggt7ZXi6Rmf8wz7ANojFVA9C8J-W7-WW3B_z-fSVVlGkbXa3kTaykcG2yejQbodgvEEr6mzg-SQDzoblgSojkgcq/s1600/milo+and+echoe.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWDGsEaN1nULSjQqDBRnmNh_vhkikmUGQJ5hyphenhyphenba0wlpJMmoR2hJz6ggt7ZXi6Rmf8wz7ANojFVA9C8J-W7-WW3B_z-fSVVlGkbXa3kTaykcG2yejQbodgvEEr6mzg-SQDzoblgSojkgcq/s400/milo+and+echoe.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517278248140950082" /></a><br /><br /><br />Heini Aho and Sebastian Ziegler's "Cat face" in the bush...just add water and watch it grow<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg916f2HrZdkMjXUMWYAMDoLc5HAyKwTH33P9Be4imfgw2wYW8bIdAxNJneiYLzf-GPa86IJVcCLSTZ9NwBLgo2vmbGgNUZv44R39GfkuGWUnhnB5oL4myXwORLKvI40mINue6NBoZZueFJ/s1600/catface.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg916f2HrZdkMjXUMWYAMDoLc5HAyKwTH33P9Be4imfgw2wYW8bIdAxNJneiYLzf-GPa86IJVcCLSTZ9NwBLgo2vmbGgNUZv44R39GfkuGWUnhnB5oL4myXwORLKvI40mINue6NBoZZueFJ/s400/catface.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517277325297915922" /></a><br /><br />Charles Rogers tells us about the hunting skill of the Cat and the Egg Building at the Empire Plaza<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4_-aV2v7Ke9MH-XrJCyIRa3mBkBawtnXY4yCOAZKhIMUnbnMxEjcIkdxiVOnBPLrijWfcktXymyhViaMJwrnc21EK7VUgA4JI9nRYqgFQHLV2hb6-NjdlDSzS9NK5PkNcquCNSLmxijP/s1600/charlies+Rogers.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4_-aV2v7Ke9MH-XrJCyIRa3mBkBawtnXY4yCOAZKhIMUnbnMxEjcIkdxiVOnBPLrijWfcktXymyhViaMJwrnc21EK7VUgA4JI9nRYqgFQHLV2hb6-NjdlDSzS9NK5PkNcquCNSLmxijP/s400/charlies+Rogers.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517276450576509554" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-48718344027911850552010-08-23T16:23:00.000-07:002010-09-15T16:30:24.767-07:00Kara Gamblor's Opening Day thoughtsI once looked up the word museum. I remember it as being defined as a place for musing. I was amused by the obvious I had overlooked in the word morphology. Matt Bua's Catamount Museum also made me reexamine things I had never overlooked, but a new lens/perspective gave fresh vigor to the simple beauties of different types of wood that grows naturally in the area of Catskill, N.Y.<br /><br />Sitting in a chair made of sumac and ash trees, with a bit of maple thrown in here and there, I was surprisingly comfortable...a chair which is also sort of a cat foot...sort of...rising over my head is a roof made of handmade shingles..the ceiling rises above in a rounded peak, where the bobcat's head is on the outside. A work area and study is nestled deepest in the structure, bookshelves with books on the history and lore of the Catskills. An old typewriter sits there, and I watched a 7 year old in wonder trying it out..so weird for me. I typed up a story of the one time I saw a bobcat, right near the town of Catskill. Other people told other cat tales. One I read was about a cat which was adopted by a local business and became "cat A". They already had a "cat B", so I guess the cat was replacing a former cat....<br /><br />On a table was raw sweet corn (YUM!!)(courtesy Story Farms), peanuts in the shell, some bakery(river street bakery of Catskill), and water. A catch as catch can spread that was quite sustaining....;)<br /><br />If you get up to the Catskill area, or Hudson...it is a very nice place to see and hang out in, and let your freak flag fly next to the red white and blue..it is a free country, right? Freedom is free in the Catamount Museum. No admission charge:)<br /><br />Weeds lay underfoot and I thrilled to see a barefoot child with mud smeared over his foot running around, taking the risks in stride. The children were mesmerized into silence as Bradford Reed began his performance. Accompanying him with throat singing a guy in whose back yard Bradford built his first pencilina. It was amazing, with huge paisley clouds rolling across the sky as Brad played..calling the rain, unfortunately. Two songs. Short and swweeeet.<br /><br />As I drove home through sunshowers, I came upon a lovely rainbow.<br /><br />Wish you were there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-71236600071680909692010-08-21T08:26:00.000-07:002010-08-28T07:44:01.696-07:00September 4th Opening Day 12-6 pmThe Catamount People's Museum<br />21 West Bridge st<br />Catskill NY 12414<br />http://www.bobcathouse.blogspot.com<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Opening Celebration: Saturday, September 4th 2010, noon to 6 pm <br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span></span><br /><br />Performances by <a href="http://www.pencilina.com/">Bradford Reed and his Amazing Pencilina</a><br />and <a href="http://www.carmenborgia.com/">Carmen Borgia</a><br /><br />Live broadcast from 2-6 pm by the WGCX radio crew<br /><br /><br /><br />A handmade People's Museum has been constructed in Catskill, NY in the form of a lounging bobcat. The museum is built using discarded tree branches and cut offs from local mills. The interior houses a collection of materials and displays celebrating the people, stories and history of the Catskill Mountains. Content for displays are collected from both historical organizations and the surrounding community. The museum has a unique focus of seamlessly blending the stories, visions and personal collections of residents with the voices of historians. The folk legends, urban myths and favorite, almost forgotten tide bits on display make this new public space a place to soak in what this area is really all about.<br /><br />Do you have a favorite story your grandfather told you? An old photo of the area that you really like? A memory of a building that once stood? A little known gem from the present people should know about?Seen a bobcat lately? A reason this area is special to you? A vision for the future? Bring It! Tell It!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sponsors and Support: The project is sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts(NYFA) and made possible with a grant from the Harpo Foundation. Special Thanks to the Village of Catskill, Catskill Valley Pools, Dimensions North LTD, Tony Fallon's Hardware Store (Cairo) Skip Kelly's Lumber(Cairo), West Side Villa Pizzeria, WGXC Community Radio, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Purple Mountain Press, Hope Farm Press, Black Dome Press, NY-NJ Trail Conference,Story Farms and River Street Bakers.<br /><br />for mail in Submissions please send to :<br /><br />Catamount People's Museum<br />po box 581 <br />catskill ny 12414Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-72187901557427641422010-07-28T14:49:00.000-07:002010-07-28T14:57:46.455-07:00Mid July- Catamount Peoples Museum gets a face<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomoCof6ymfGwSviM2cojOMRd77Qwy1NVXvP5f520v7yauufWQ0kecp-c-aBB9rZRI5vHuo4_xvl0VPSGI6C8bjQH7Ia6LR9GoKFrsisgjN0JIz9n8EhkOVymHdEnN_PvmTF_HoFVbhhoy/s1600/catamount+in+progress+028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomoCof6ymfGwSviM2cojOMRd77Qwy1NVXvP5f520v7yauufWQ0kecp-c-aBB9rZRI5vHuo4_xvl0VPSGI6C8bjQH7Ia6LR9GoKFrsisgjN0JIz9n8EhkOVymHdEnN_PvmTF_HoFVbhhoy/s400/catamount+in+progress+028.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499079321430039218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHw04wL4jSRH69xXAqqc5Xktmtr3qqellSHOqgbDVTtbxfzcQaa9TBgsZNSztsPDjL6P-u5eKs0377OD6A4YFx1Wb6FLBaFa8OUXNIS1VwO4htaC9UU9bS77LU8hWjKptp0gKlPjCPCXgS/s1600/catamount+in+progress+023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHw04wL4jSRH69xXAqqc5Xktmtr3qqellSHOqgbDVTtbxfzcQaa9TBgsZNSztsPDjL6P-u5eKs0377OD6A4YFx1Wb6FLBaFa8OUXNIS1VwO4htaC9UU9bS77LU8hWjKptp0gKlPjCPCXgS/s400/catamount+in+progress+023.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499079312265369042" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-48742749293871364432009-12-06T13:11:00.000-08:002009-12-06T13:12:59.117-08:00As seen from behindOpen air view from behind<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRig2FsdMDJ_22j3wc74FuTB-JW7LhHcqkBv38eFeBHnHDNavp1HR9bCJW3Tni9Dpztg65sNZqvdqT8aZTa9jeuEA7EVAL2S2v3AxBMhwVIDZ332Nfijt_yDwofue_0BUnEKtaXfq4W9qU/s1600-h/open+air+catamount+sketch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRig2FsdMDJ_22j3wc74FuTB-JW7LhHcqkBv38eFeBHnHDNavp1HR9bCJW3Tni9Dpztg65sNZqvdqT8aZTa9jeuEA7EVAL2S2v3AxBMhwVIDZ332Nfijt_yDwofue_0BUnEKtaXfq4W9qU/s400/open+air+catamount+sketch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412233983763125794" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320594178422440851.post-2247594457566144272009-11-27T11:45:00.001-08:002009-11-27T11:47:37.177-08:00sketch with post and beam structural detail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPGltWI0dFHAbBLJbnonZKvEGubOygyk_WYWmBocan3kEHSElqNLWqJmZ4cu0UTRVMXcbUQxZV6gc9M6zUwGgJVut0KRmUA59cHO3hB5C2l7xftIC9ZyhKWw1bXM-xwUIJgAGXt0jT3o2/s1600/catamount_with+structure.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPGltWI0dFHAbBLJbnonZKvEGubOygyk_WYWmBocan3kEHSElqNLWqJmZ4cu0UTRVMXcbUQxZV6gc9M6zUwGgJVut0KRmUA59cHO3hB5C2l7xftIC9ZyhKWw1bXM-xwUIJgAGXt0jT3o2/s400/catamount_with+structure.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408872412793283266" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0