Summer time away

I'll just post this tonight. I need to post pictures, too and hopefully will get at that before long. We just got back from a special week away. We were at Emo Convention. Our last time there was 26 years ago! We have made friends with a couple from that area who we see in the winter in Texas. They invited us to stay with them - which we accepted! We helped with clean up on Monday a.m. and in the p.m. got a lunch together and headed out on Rainy Lake in their pontoon boat! It was special! We left there a little after noon today arriving home this evening! More another time!

Musings of the spring and summer

Spring and summer have been going well. Maybe a little on the cool side but that isn't all bad when it comes to the flowers. I think this year the irises and lupines have been the prettiest in a long time. Lots of blooms before we got some rain and wind to tip them on their sides! But of course we are getting in to summer and need the warm to make things grow! Glad we have gotten rain but do feel for those who aren't getting rains. One certainly becomes aware of the value of water!

Recently I was 'blog hopping' and seemed that many of those I visited had something about graduations. I really liked this thought shared in more than one - how fine the young people are these days and what it means to us. I just felt that was a wonderful testimony to be able to enter in to. The blogs that I was looking at were scattered across our country! "In Christ there is no east or west....."

Interesting things the last couple days: Bald Eagle in the field across the road; Bobwhite whistling by our window about 6 a.m.! He's been around all summer but that was the earliest I've heard him. (It has to be a he with a name like that, right?)

Now I'll close this one with a video from one recent evening. We were having a beautiful sunset and the flag was gentle waving so tried to 'capture' it. The pictures hardly do it justice but will share anyway.

Hope all are having a good summer.

Summer

I need to post again and get some of those action things up for the little peeps like I promised!

These next videos are from first crop hay this year.

Dumpbox truck

Off with the tractor and chopper!

Packing the bunker!

Memorial Day weekend

A few pictures and videos from this last week and Memorial Day weekend!



Nolan on my Rock!

Hannah 'mothering' a kitten!

Uncle Will showing Hannah what to do with a 'Sun Button' gone to seed!

I better stop with this for now as a thunderstorm is coming in and I want to get the computer shut down ... so if any of my little 'peeps' are viewing this - I'll have some more action for you when I can get this edited! Bear with me!

graduation

It is time I'm getting some things posted here again so will start with the graduation of our niece
a week ago Friday. The pictures and videos are self explanatory, I think! We are proud of her and wish her the best!

Some more spring things

We were glad the hard frost forecast for last night, this a.m. did not materialize for us! Now it sounds like frosts will be a thing of the past until fall... so the annuals that have been sitting on the deck can be planted and we can await their show! Field work has gotten done in a timely fashion also. We were remarking that this has been the best year in a long time for that. Alfalfa is growing nicely and likely we can start cutting by the end of the week or first of the next and hopefully weather will be nice for that task!
Other special things from the last few days is Aunt Agnes going to Norway for the summer. We are glad she can go as know her heart is there. We look forward to having her with us for a couple weeks on her return.

Here are some spring flowers from walks along the way!

cowslips

trillums

The consensus in dairy animal husbandry these days is that you don't let the calf and cow stay together any longer than can be helped so these types of scenes aren't very commom. I've been watching for one to post so here goes! Farmer Marv also said it is a good thing she didn't need help since Anita B. wasn't here!

And along the way that day, I found these dancing tulips!

careers

Two of Hannah's early career choices: Pet sitting and gardening!