Here we are, a rainy day in December, making cookies.  We love to make our gingerbread men cookies.  Jon rolls out the dough and cuts the little gingerbread men, and I decorate them with m&m's and chocolate chips, while we listen to Christmas music.  Our whole house smells wonderful, and we have fun.

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

 

 

I don't have a picture for you today, but check back tomorrow.  We are expecting rain all day today, so our plan for the day is to cook!!  I will take pix and let you know how we did.

 

HAPPY DECEMBER !!!

 

Look how cute the haybale is this month.  Somebody got creative and decorated it, and the little hill for Christmas.  

 

I found out that it wasn't just some body:  it was Karen and Val and Cheryl. 

 

 

You guys are awesome.  Thanks for making us smile.

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

 

We haven't seen this in quite a while:  water in the creek!!!  It doesn't look like mulch, but it's something.  And it makes me happy to see it.

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

We got the haybale done early, so we can enjoy it for a couple more weeks.  I guess we should have moved the spider legs out of the picture, but it's done now, so...

 

Thanks, Mike and Jo for making these cool turkey parts.  It sure made the job easy.  All we had to do was remove the spider legs, repaint the front of the haybale, then hammer in the rebar to hold the parts in place.  

 

We sure do get a lot of mileage out of a bale of hay.  This one has been entertaining us since August.  And it will probably last until next August.  

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

Hey!!!  I recently did something really fun.  I wanted to use this picture that I saw in a Farm Bureau magazine.  I didn't take the picture, so I used Google Lens to find the author of the picture.  

 

I learned that the picture was taken in 2010 by Petar Milosevic in Slovenia.

 

I also noticed those symbols at the bottom, so I looked them up.  They mean that the picture can be used if the author is cited.  In the copyright section, I saw an email address and a note that said please let me know if you use the picture.  So I emailed Petar Milosevic in Slovenia.  He wrote me back and said that I can use the picture, but please be sure to acknowledge him.  

 

I learned a little bit about copyright law, too much about tractors, and spoke to someone across the world.  What a fun day.

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

I was looking for something to post for Veterans Day, and ran across this site.  There are posters for over forty years.  And nearly all of them say:  Honoring All Who Served.  That's what I am saying today:  Let us honor all who served.  

 

 

 

 

THANK YOU ALL!

 

 

 

Here is that cool bridge in Linda's picture.  She also sent me this link so we can read about it.   

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Coleman_Memorial_Bridge?wprov=sfti1#  Go there now.

 

Fascinating information and lots of good pix there, but I still like Linda's picture the best.  

 

 

HAPPY FALL FROM VIRGINIA!!!

 

A couple days after the hurricane, there was a lot of moisture in the air, and this is what I saw when I looked out the kitchen window.  The sun was in the east, peeking through the trees, and all that fog.  

 

What a lovely way to start the day.

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

Look what Patty did to the haybale!!!  She painted the whole thing black, then added eight arms of black plastic drain pipes to create this fabulous spider to greet us as we drive into the neighborhood.  

 

How awesome!!!  How FUN!!!

 

WE LOVE IT!!!  HAPPY FALL!!!