The Whippleworld Woodzie 2008

See y'all in 2009

2008-06-16T13:45:00.003-05:00

a couple of photos from Robyn's camera

2008-05-19T16:06:00.007-05:00

My favorite hippie girls picture so far: Glenn forwarded the email from her, she says she has more. We're expecting more from several people. I've been dumping all that have come in so far into a folder on my hard drive. I'll both crop some like these great ones to make a "best of" group and also load all the raw photos into onto one of the photo services. That should make a hell of a slidehow.

I had given Will a rusty old BB gun and he immediately said he was going out hunting for bears. I just wanna think that that's somehow related to this picture.

Is this cute or what?

John Sr. had his brand new scooter there and gave rides to all takers. He kept pretty busy. This is Mitch and Baby David making the rounds. Probably the equivalent weight of 5 or 6 Chinese people.

Thanks to All Our Guests

2008-05-17T21:05:00.002-05:00

I was walking around the Woodzie site today picking up a little and only found TWO cigarette butts. Everybody did such a great job cleaning up their campsites. I'm so happy that each one of your shared the day (and nite, and day) with us!
Also I found a whole watermelon, and it's delicious!!

scheduling 2009

2008-05-12T17:43:00.005-05:00

Jimmie's logo for the 2nd Woodzie

2008-05-11T14:11:00.011-05:00

this was the first t-shirt, we didn't do one for 2004. I had a hard time finding it but here it is and now, as promised earlier, all of her four woodzie drawings are posted. This was the first appearance of the Woodzie chick and she's been getting more naked and more talented each year. After coming out of the tree, she danced by the fire in 2006 then learned to play the tambourine in the moonlight in 2007 and now she's very boldly playing the guitar in 2008. Have to wonder what'll be next. If you have any of the past tees, they've kinda been made cooler because they're now part of a pretty long running ongoing series.

Photos from Lynne's camera

2008-05-10T21:40:00.003-05:00

are up on her MySpace page. Here's a couple of the kid's playground, it was rockin'.

this is my essay on one of many 2008 Woodzie stories

2008-05-10T20:55:00.003-05:00

Mitch calls on the Thursday before the Woodzie and asks if I'd seen the Current. It's the arts and entertainment magazine given out free in San Antonio. When I said no he started to laugh. That's always bad. more

Must Have for Next Year

2008-05-10T20:04:00.002-05:00

the BBQ Sword!

Ideas for Next Year

2008-05-10T11:31:00.003-05:00

Please let us know what you think would help make next year even better.
I'll start.
Maybe it would be a good idea to have a special area that is a quiet campground for those who really want to sleep.
Two stages?
I've always wanted a photo booth.
It might be fun to have a door prize. To qualify you have to sign up - that way we get an accurate head count and info on how to contact the Woodzie community at large.
Conga line.
Would it be fun if people voted on the best pot luck food contribution? We could give an award to the winner.
Pony rides.

Make a comment with your ideas!

photos from John Whipple Sr.'s camera

2008-05-09T09:33:00.004-05:00

slideshow

2008-05-08T16:30:00.002-05:00

if you put your mouse on the photo it will both illuminate it plus it will hold that picture on the screen until you take your mouse off. This isn't the final slideshow, we still a lot more photos coming. Then we have to figure out what service is best to upload all the full res "best of" photos.

Mimi messaged to say she has photos

2008-05-07T19:19:00.001-05:00

that she'll post soon. She has some now on her MySpace page that shows her and her friends making rice crispy treats and then driving down from Austin. With a hammock.

Deirdre's photos are on flickr, too

2008-05-06T15:26:00.005-05:00

Here's the slideshow and here's her Woodzie 2008 set. These are mostly the same as the ones in a post down below, I just hadn't thought about putting up the direct flickr slideshow links. It's nice to see them really big.

and here's Kim's excellent photos

2008-05-06T14:55:00.010-05:00

Here's a link to the slideshow . Click "options" and choose "always show title and description" because she put some nice comments in there. And here's one to the Woodzie set she created. Because they're on flicker, you can open yourself a free account and then download her full resolution files and have them for your own little self. Easy distribution is one of the many beauties of flickr.

Enter your email, we'll try this email list form and see how many we get between now and spring 2009

2008-05-06T14:50:00.001-05:00

the first of the photos from Malcolm Myler's camera

2008-05-05T09:20:00.010-05:00

He sent a ton of great ones. and movies. We didn't get the big slideshow going at the end of the night but we're going to put a really slick one together online so it can be here all year. We'll try to do it in a way that everybody can download the photos that they want. I think there's going to be hundreds and hundreds of photos to put your own collection together from. Everybody else who had a camera there, please get me your photos.

some photos from Chris Mackenzie's camera

2008-05-04T19:35:00.001-05:00

some photos from Deirdre's camera

2008-05-04T07:40:00.000-05:00

a few Laven photos from Charity Bennett's camera

2008-05-04T07:30:00.000-05:00

with many more coming. Somebody wanted to see the didgeridoo that took everybody by surprise during the Laven's set. I don't even know who was playing it but he was dead on. Grateful Dead on perfect. The Lavens were so much fun, they had a great 1960's festival rock vibe going.

It's only 9:30 and.....

2008-05-03T21:24:00.002-05:00

The Woodzie is already stupendous! Easily the best ever. We're taking photos, we'll put them up tomorrow. Sorry you're not here, we wish you were.

Joesph has his goat roasting apparatus setup

2008-05-02T23:30:00.004-05:00

had these steaks cooking on it tonight. All day long people were coming in and setting up tents. Several families came out, dug in and are spending the night out there right now. Looks like Woodzie from one side of the meadow to the other. Looking forward to seeing you out here!

Parking

2008-05-02T07:55:00.006-05:00

We're doing this in a place that's not designed to park cars. We don't have a big parking area and we don't know how many cars are coming so the parking is going to be squirrelly. Expect that and be patient. It's a good reason to come early. Park along that dirt road leading in but certainly don't constrict it. Instead of parking parallel, head in between the trees where you can - be thinking how you can help us fit the most number of cars along the road. We may be able to open up some parking down by the pond - if we can, we'll put up some signs. If you've having a major parking problem, call me on this cell number: 210-722-6522.

Taylor and the T-Shirts

2008-05-01T22:03:00.013-05:00

He's sorting, folding and counting them now. This isn't all of them, we have a bunch more. And all the special orders have been set aside. He's doing a great job handling it. This is his special contribution to The Woodzie and he's the fine fellow who'll help you get your perfect shirt. They're all recycled so each is different. This recycling effort has resulted in the benefit that no two are exactly alike and I think they're cooler than any we've ever done. Some are Banana Republic, some are Abercrombie & Finch.... our new idea is to utilize the rich to wear that ugly new feeling out of our hippie apparel. You're going to love the uniqueness of it.

Just in time for the Woodzie!

2008-05-01T20:51:00.002-05:00

Firefies have arrived!!!

fun map of the woodzie site

2008-05-01T15:15:00.003-05:00

Jimmie's art is always such a fun part of this thing. Click on the image and it'll enlarge. And if you want to print some out, here's a link to download a hi-res PDF file.