Can't believe how fast time goes! Have been so busy, that I guess I also took a blogger break! Have been busy in the yard, working on county fair auction stuff till late into the night and haven't even been into blogger for a week or so. Shame on me, and I will try to get better at checking out blogs and writing. Seems like I've said it before, just need to get back into the routine!
We've had a very warm, muggy summer. The heat is doing a number on our yard. Have a lot of brown patches now, so that also means a little less mowing, and that fall is just around the corner.
This is the quilt that our friends little girl made for the county fair. She is 10 years old and did it all by herself. I showed her how to do the binding. Amazing work for a 10 year old!
Sally got Reserve Champion on her quilt~great job!
Her sister, Samantha, made two teacup pincushions for creative arts.
The girls also showed pigs, sheep and one also showed her goat. They had photography entries and really did a good job on all of their projects.
Sally and Sam are the two girls in the middle with black jeans on.
The judge asking Sam some questions during the showmanship contest.
Sally walking out with Grand Champion Jr Showmanhip trophy.
Sam in the middle showing her goat.
Another year done with our County Fair, and now these two girls will be busy soon deciding what projects to start for next year, and finding a place in their rooms to exhibit all of their trophies and ribbons!
I'm making them a slide show, as I took quite a few pictures of them showing their animal projects, as I know how hard it is as a parent to get pictures when you're busy helping them and other kids to get their animals into the show ring at the right time, etc.
Granddaughter Amanda didn't show this year, and she missed it. Her friends at the fair from other towns asked if she was going to be there. Amanda and her boyfriend went in the evening and I hope she got to see some of her friends that had asked if she was going to be there. A great thing about
4-H is making great friends from all over. These friendships last forever.
We sell a lot of pigs to 4-H families, and hubby Steve goes to all the area county fairs to watch the swine shows to see how the kids do that bought pigs from us. These families sure appreciate that he does that, and he is always available to answer questions that they have during the summer months before the fair. A lot of the kids have done very well this year in exhibiting the animals they've bought from us.
Have a great day everyone!
Here’s the old combine that is for sale. We put it on Craig’s List and have had many calls on it. A young man came today to buy it, and drove it back to his house taking all the back roads. He had about 85 miles to go. I don’t know how fast he could go, but it was going to take awhile. His mom came with and then followed him home. He refurbishes machinery, and was excited to get it home. When Steve found out he redid tractors and machinery, he had him look at one of his tractors that he wants to get redone.
This is the tractor that he wants to have repainted and all fixed up. I guess Farmall didn’t make many of the 504’s. As it is now, it works great, but not so pretty! I think that Steve would like to show it at a tractor show someday when it’s all fixed up!
“Cat” and “Sophie” followed us on our walk too. The little yellow one never was named, so just “Cat”! They ran in and out checking for field mice!
The peas were cut and swathed the other day. I opened up a couple for you.
Aren’t the little peas cute? I put one in my mouth. Hard as rocks! They’re ready to be combined and stored. Then mixed in when hubby grinds corn and peas together with other stuff for pig feed.
The windrows are so big and fluffy. There are vines and also weeds. The weeds need to dry before he combines. This afternoon he did make a couple of rounds with the newer combine. It is a 1980’s model and it works like a charm. He’s having fun ~ it has air conditioning, it’s quiet, and even has a radio! A boy and his new TOY! Now he can combine, and not even get dirty! 
The combine lifts up the windrow and shakes the peas out. They go up a wide belt into the hopper (middle of the combine) while the vines and weeds are chewed up and spit out the back. Then when Steve fills up the hopper, he drives back into the yard and swings out the shoot and the peas are checked for dryness and put into the bin. The dryness count was 13, and that is good. He’ll still have a fan running in the bin in case some peas aren’t as dry. 
Here’s Odda on our walk. We didn’t use a leash, and she was just a little ahead of me. If I called her came right back.
By the time we were headed back to the house, her tongue was hanging out! She got pretty warm ~ her black hair just soaks up the hot sun. 
