August 21, 2005  This month, Jacalyn hosted FOB Sunday.  Ruth, Leslie, Paul, Barbara, Jill, Jane, Rosemarie, Marsha, Bill, Tom  were there and Jacalyn and her husband, Rick, made us most comfortable in their beautiful home in the Moyaone Reserve near the Piscataway National Park.   Jacalyn prepared lots of goodies and we played music sitting in front of an enormous picture window overlooking their  pond complete with a waterfall.  We were charmed by the steady stream of hummingbirds visiting feeding stations strategically located near the window.  To top the day off we happily welcomed two new friends to FOB Sunday --  fiddle player, Tom and banjo/fiddle player, Bill.

After the jam ended Jacalyn and Rick guided the last few stragglers on an early evening walk in the National Park.  It was a gorgeous evening.  We walked on a boardwalk over marshland, and as Jacalyn and Rick spoke of the history of this beautiful spot, which is in sight of Mount Vernon on the Virginia side of the Potomac, we saw wild flowers, birds and dragonflies.  We ended up in a ceremonial field of the Piscataway Nation where we paid our respects at the gravesite of Chief Turkey Tyack.