Thursday, September 4, 2008

Ho hum.......

Summer in gone and with it all the fun and excitement. It is so amazing how fast it goes. Autumn and Phil are in Colorado. The kids are back to school, Blaise is off to college, and I am trying to catch up on that which I neglected this summer. I have just a little time to get organized before we go into conventions. Dale and I enjoyed the anniversary without the kids. We kept it simple and went to the fair. Central Wisconsin State fair is by far the best fair is Wisconsin, if you exclude State Fair. The exhibits are fabulous and draft horse events are amazing to watch. The most amazing to watch, was a 10 horse pyramid. The single lead horse in out front, followed by two, three and than four right in front of the carriage. It looks like this The lead horse needs to listen attentively for the command so keeps his ears turn towards the back. Dale and I really like animals so it was our idea of a good way to celebrate our anniversay getting our farm fix. Of course, Dale tried to convince me that I really do need a have a dairy goat herd. I do enjoy the goats, but I grew up with 40 cows to feed and milk, and know that dairy goats would really keep me tied. Now we are on to some canning. Tomorrow it it tomatoes and next it will be what ever Dale decides to buy from the Amish. I guess that is a sure sign of fall.

3 comments:

Anita said...

It's no small feat getting that many horses hitched together. My dad took us to see a 40-horse hitch (I think they weren't in special formation, just 4 across) when we were kids. I remember feeling like it was a total anticlimax at the time- much ado about nothing. Only later did I realize that it's hugely amazing not to mention dangerous (or could be- if 1 got spooked). Pretty neat.

NanaK said...

Happy canning!!! Reminds me of doing pears when you still lived here! :)

P&A said...

that looks REALLY nice!!! :)