Sunday, December 8, 2013

it snowed

                                           trying to catch some snowflakes I believe .....
                                            you got some snow?
                                                 Their is just so many to catch!
                              some of the snow piled on the car....we got about 9 inches.
                                               plant stand in snow, the bottom tier is covered
                                                          our steps of snow...or rather where are the steps?
                                           just another pic of snow covered truck
                                   Yes, my hubby put a sheet on the windshield of the car and truck to prevent icing......it was covered by the snow.
                                          If you look close, three of the ducks are there....they could stay down by the garage but choose not to....
Our Bandit just looking for a squirrel......

Thursday, November 28, 2013

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Hope everyone has a wonderfull Thanksgiving

Monday, November 18, 2013

Gardening is never really over......

                                 Here is some limbs down to due to the high winds we had over the weekend.
                Prayers go out to those out east where the tornados hit.

                                                          Now on to the garden!
I am planning on extending the garden up.....so I can have more beds and of course more blackberry plants.
                                                        this is the spot before work
                                           This is the spot that some of the blackberries will have to be moved since Hubby and neighbor talked about putting a gate here....so hence the blackberries will be moved come spring.....I told hubby that their pretty much is a gate of sorts here....just remove the one post and take down barbed wire....their is already a panel there....round here the could be a gate....I have counted about 8 plants need to be moved.....the joys of transplanting.....
                                        This is some things I have done around the garden.
                                          I moved the rocks on the side and put up some landscape timbers
                              that were in my chicken house that I am in the process of tearing down, planning on building another one in the future.
                                    more landscape timber put here....I think it looks better to extent
                                              some of the rocks went round the old wheel barrel

                              I just think this mum is still beautiful with the cold/frost hitting it
          work being done one the new place for more beds and of course the blackberries that will be transplanted next spring.
Well enough for now, gonna go and enjoy the day while the wind isn`t blowing

Monday, November 4, 2013

what I have been working on....

I have been tearing down one of my chicken pens and then taking the boards and making something new.....a new pen.....of sorts.
                                using only the boards that are good, is hard to find...a lot of 2 foot boards not that many longer boards....the frame going together....
                         the frame is all put together...tigeress had to check it out....I almost run out of screws to put this together.....just enough to put together....yay
                                           now putting the wire around it, one side is done.
                                             the top is on....who should go in this new pen.....
My cochin/buff cross and her 5 babies...they are loving it outside...
These babies will hopefully be some of my layers next year...as long as they are not all roosters,lol
I have one more hen that has two babies with her as well...late hatches...they insisted that they set instead of laying any eggs, so I gave them eggs to set on and let them hatch out these babies.
 
I have also working on my youngest an afghan similar to the one that I made my oldest, hopefully I will get it done before Christmas and finally finished her animal quilt top...now to get the back fabric and batting so I can tie tack it...
 
Well that is all for now.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

fall color.....

Just some fall pictures for you to enjoy. God has outdone himself again here in the Ozarks. The pictures don't do justice to this beautiful scenery
















Friday, October 25, 2013

been busy....

Have been busy around here lately, volleyball games ...season is about over, ..one more game....the local fair...games...garden work....among just everyday things....

                                                                Volleyball
The oldest daughter has one more game of Volleyball....I was upset along with her at one game...she didn`t get to play at all , and it was away game...the last game she got to play and their was a c-set and she scored about 5 points for the team on both games...thru her serving the ball...very proud of her...on that game the JV won and the varsity won as well...they almost had the C-set won as well.

                                                                Local Fair
yes, our county does have a fair. It wasn`t gonna happen until a few people got together and made it happen. My oldest won the queen contest...I thought she looked good  up on the stage...I know she was the only contestant in that category...but so happy she won.....so needless to say that was last weekend....We enjoyed the fair to a point....they needed more animals and their was no rides this year, in which I think hurt the fair...Friday night was cold and rainy and the big day was the demo derby in which was cold as well.
A few complaints ....they need something to bring the people in during the day on Saturday so people can enjoy the fair and the local shop....I did not see a whole of people buying anything...not that many vendors.....their was an antique tractors displayed...
                                                  this poor guy never moved....lol

 A petting zoo was there , we didn`t go in at all, just to pet them was 2.00 a person and most of the animals we have....so didn`t see a need to go and pay just to pet these animals...
 I did want to grab the wee little pig and carry it around inside my coat though...the oldest daughter wanted to do this as well...it just looked so cold running around the pen...........
                                a min horse to pet and ride ....rides were 2.00 extra if u want to ride...

Hopping it up is over the youngest daughter...her team won one game over all and almost won the last game....
                                                                    on to the garden...
 I plant all of these bulbs yesterday ...before the freeze we had last night...tulip and Easter Lillie bulbs I had dug up in the garden....the new roses I planted was mulched a few days ago as well...all of the cannas were dug up and put away for the winter...
When I was mulching the roses the other day I had help...the wee little kitten buttercup was helping me ...I would go to the mulch pile and get a bucket full and then take it to the garden and buttercup was in tow along with Trixie the mighty Chihuahua and Bandit the crazy heeler....When I was mulch the grapes for the winter Buttercup tried to jump and settle on the mums in the above picture that is why the they are broke down in the middle...it was nice and round before that....
My youngest also had a birthday, cant believe she is 12 already. We took cupcakes to her school on her Birthday hope fully we will be able to celebrate her birthday this weekend ,since hubby is off the whole weekend , which don't happen very often....

Well just thought I would catch up some since I haven`t post in a couple of weeks...hopefully things will slow down a bit....everyone have a blessed day and weekend!

Monday, October 7, 2013

memories.....

Yes, this is a plate of biscuits and gravy......brings back memories of eating at my paternal grandparents, or for that matter my maternal grandparents as well...Eating at my grandparents was always a fun filled time...during holidays or when we was having a family get together....which sad to say don`t happen anymore....Both sets of my grandparents have passed on....I miss those dinners and breakfasts...... the food , the joking around the way families used to do, at least my family did.

I remember my grandmothers baking homemade biscuits without a recipe of any kind....I once asked for the recipe and she said she really don't have one.....since she has been gone I have come across a recipe that almost tastes as good  as hers was. Everyone usually helped out in the kitchen, at least the women and grandma would be in there as well.....no body made biscuits like her.....Before she went in the nursing home and she still knew who I was ( my paternal grandmother had Alzheimer's), I asked for one of her baking pans...I am glad I asked when I did...or I wouldn`t have gotten one( paternal Grandma)....I made the biscuits in the photo above from the recipe I found similar to hers and in her pan . When the dinner was ready everyone gathered around the table and someone said grace over the meal and prayed for those that were in attendance and those that wasn`t able to make it.....then everyone grab a plate and made their way around the table of food...needless to say you got what you wanted the first time around or the wasn`t any left.....They was usually out the biscuits and the gravy as well as the potatoes ,whether it be mashed or fried.
It was the same way around the maternal grandmother`s house......I have some of her knick knacks, I had to get them at auction....bidding on them against other family and antique dealers.....But I do have a few to pass on to my girls....I lost her to due Diabetes and heart problems...
I so miss my grandparents....

Thursday, October 3, 2013

another no title really....


I finally got the quilt block for September done....The dog is done in felt as well as the stems on the pumpkins. The sunflowers are ribbon and the vine/flowers going up the mailbox post is as well.
On the pattern piece of this block is the song lyrics of O COME all ye faithful...I so like this song ,have not heard it in awhile. This Block is Called Barnyard Adoration

 
                               This is the start of the October quilt Block...Pumpkins and owls with full moon looking on....This block is called.....The Three Wise Guys. It has a bible scripture  " But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." James 3:17.
The pumpkin stems and vine and owls beaks are felt.



                                  A rainbow in between the showers we had yesterday

                                               
                                              Cricket getting ready to go outside


                  I have dug up these cannas, the wasn`t doing very good , so decided to dig them up where they was planted so I can replant the irises that I dug up...all the irises are planted . yay! now to work on the other bulbs I dug up as well, tulips and daffodils...was gonna work on them today, but the showers we got yesterday kinda made the garden alittle muddy , so I cleaned out the main chicken pen. and put in the garden, 5 buckets full.
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This picture of Bandit , our heeler...wonderful varmint dog was hard to get....he thinks he has to be right with ya all the time....even if you are trying to get a picture...he is a very active dog....

 
And here is Trixie, she is camera shy, hard to get a good picture of her as well.
Not really anything going on around here.....I have had a hen hatch out 5 babies....she wanted to set so I put eggs under her and she is being a good mamma to them so far....her mamma wasn't a good mamma this year....I do have another one thinking she ought to set, I just don`t want her setting at this time of the year, crazy chicken....this would be her third time this year setting.

On another note trying to figure out the affordable care act...We have called several people in the know....and they couldn`t tell us nothing as to all much the insurance is going to cost us...yes, my hubby and I do not have insurance.....we can not afford it...I am sure we are not the only ones that can`t afford it. We don`t even have a cell phone, used to have one , but not now. We just cant afford one right now....that is enough about this right now...until I apply for the insurance.

On other note my mom finally came to a game,....and the oldest got to play a c set....they lost though.
she played this week and they won their game varsity did as well...well I am going to get off of here.