Comparison

Monday evening. 

Wednesday noon. 

Please tell me it is real?!?

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And this is our new juicer. We are excited and she juiced this stuff up easy for us tonight. So yummy!!

Origami

Daddy taught some of the children some origami this morning. They loved it. I didn't get pictures while he was teaching them.  Lilley and Rhyyan did the majority of it. With Malachi, Judah and Wisdom doing their own thing with the paper. But they did it a couple hrs. Then daddy went to nap and these 3 kept at it. 

Top pink is Rhy's. Bottom is Lill's. It is the same thing. But open and shut. 

These 3 are Lill's. 

More are in progress. And I expect Daddy will need to order more paper too soon. 

Sunflower

A friend gave us lots of seeds a while back and we finally planted them this year. I don't remember the name. But after this was picked I requested that no more would be picked so we will have seed for next year. They are so pretty! 

Joelle  did these photos. they are sweet. Rhyyan did the ones below. I like so much that they like taking pictures. 

Sunnyshine

We were given these glasses yesterday and she decided they were hers. 

She seriously wore them most all morning long. 

   I keep going out to look at Fawns udder. Keep hoping it is really on track to be calving in 5 weeks. I'm only 50% sure the date is right. I want assurance. Patrick says I need patience. I have patience. Just want knowledge. Ha!

Storm blowing in. Fawn update.

This is up at the gate. Where I feed and water her. So it is yucky up here. Scooping manure in the morning. 

Not much growth. She is supposedly 5 weeks out.

 But I looked up her moms photos from her first calving. And I this is 9 days from calving she looked like this:

  

(Obviously photo by Tabitha O'Melay omelay.blogspot.com ) so maybe we are on track for  a October first calving?? Joce wasn't that tight.  5 weeks lots could happen. Or birthing is a bit further out. Time will tell.... Though I might buy another pregnancy test. 

I'm so happy with her condition. I think she is beautiful. And reminds me too much of her mother. I accidentally call her Jocelyn all the time. Which makes me way too sad. Jocelyn had a much darker face. *sigh 

She is cautious at the storm rolling in. 

Wind was getting pretty strong. 

Listening to me and the storm. In the photos she looks less wide than I feel she looks. She has always looked smaller in pictures than I thought she does in real life. Ha!

Good Night sweet Fawn!!

Know this wild plant? Looks similar to radish?

Juicing the apples...

I'm currently eating lunch to avoid clean up duty. Ugh. 

Local picnic fair entries winners

Joelle won 2nd place in both the funniest pet and best costumed pet. With her quail. 

Rhyyan got first place in cut flowers. Marigolds. 

Tubby got second  in his pickled okra.  And yes he did all the work minus removing it from the canner. 

His full winnings. 

Chili peppers in 2nd place. White pumpkin and spaghetti squash in third. 

Lilleys winnings. 

Naomi needed included in these photos. My baby is growing too much!

Peaches got first. Beet greens got 2nd. First on the marigolds. Second on the knit (loom) hat. Second on the white pumpkin. Up close on her photos below. They had a note on on that didn't place that she had a eye for photography but needed to invest in real matting supplies. I am fully ignorant to photography stuff. So they are going to need to do some research before next year. 

Joelle's new dress. 

Garden beets. (Us growing beets proved profitable for her ;) )

Chocolate chip muffins she made. She took pictures to sent to Grammy and it worked out great for her!

Twice!

Wisdom canned these tomatoes on her own! (Minus the blanching. But she peeled cut and canned them! Pretty good for a 4 year old!) 

   It was a great year. Lots of money made. With plans for next year as well. 

 (Judah was going to make mint jelly but lost all interest after picking the mint. )