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!!!

 

This is what real loaves of bread look like at our house.  A bit smaller than a bale of hay, and definitely more tasty.

 

In 2020, when we weren't participating in happy hours or dinner parties, we would make bread every Sunday, and deliver it to our friends.  One week I would deliver, the next week Jon would deliver.  That way we got to sorta keep up with folks, and let them know we were thinking about them.  We also were able to keep our distance and still show love.

 

I have a little bread warmer stone in my kitchen that says:  Bread is the symbol of friendship and hospitality.  

 

We love making bread, and sharing it with our friends.  It's still everybody's favorite thing for me to bring to a dinner party.

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

 

 

Thank you to all our friends and family who called to check on us here in western North Carolina.  

 

I am here to report that we are all fine.  We got about 7 inches of much needed rain over three days, so the garden is happy.  We walked down to the creek yesterday expecting it to be running with lots of water, and it was just a trickle.  It has been so dry lately that all that water must have soaked down into the ground.  Good news for the aquifer.  We also expected to see trees down, but there wasn't much wind, so we didn't see any.  It appears that hurricane Helene bypassed us.

 

Asheville and the surrounding areas weren't so lucky.  They suffered major damage and devastation.  

 

Our prayers are with them.

 

 

 

I was searching for flowers for your birthday, but couldn't find any that were as sweet as this.

 

So here we are wishing you the happiest of birthdays.  

 

 

LOVE YOU MORE THAN EVER!!!

 

Patty repainted the haybale on Saturday.  She is AWESOME!!!

 

HAPPY SUMMER!!!