Farm Stuff

Just a couple pics about what's going on around here.

 Two horses, seven cows wondering where their hay is. As soon as I get a bale on the bobcat, the cows all crowd around the feeder. I have to get inside the feeder to cut the twine and get it rolled up.

Here is our second pullet egg. Wellsummer on the left and Maran on the right. Can you see how it appears to be a combination of the two colors? We think it's pretty and pretty cool.

New chicken eggs

Yesterday we got the first egg from the young chickens. These hens are the ones we hatched out ourselves. Three of the hens are crosses between Marans and Wellsummers.

The egg on the left is a Maran and the one on the right is a Wellsummer.

 This is the new one. We think it's from one of the cross hens, because it shows color characteristics from both.

 At first I thought it was too big to be a pullet egg, but Gramma reminded me that many of our other first eggs were double yolkers. As usual she was right.

Here it is next to a regular egg. Cute little yolks, huh? Tasted good too. This is fun for us. We are happy.

Cows and surgery

Well, it's been awhile. Part of the reason is cause not much has gone on and part of the reason is because my power cord started smoking and sparking awhile ago. Anyway my new cord just got here today.

 Here's some pics of the cows I took yesterday.

 As you can see they have gotten pretty round since they got here.

 We are happy.

 They like the hay. They bury their heads right in it.

 We are going to butcher one of the cows soon, probably the brown one. We were going to do two, but I think we'll hold off until we see if the red one calves. We will fence more pasture next spring, but for now I think we will probably have to buy hay to get through till the grass gets tall in the spring.

On another note, I'm having surgery on my right elbow on Monday. (yes I'm right-handed) Before I went to "The Big Swamp" I built a shelter for the cows. Well my arm started hurting by the time I was done. Then I went South and worked and it got worse. I thought it was tendonitis like I had 30 years ago and would get better. It didn't. So I went to the doctor and had an MRI. If you look at the right side of the pic that's what it's supposed to look like. As you can see where the arrow is, there is a large white gap instead. That is where the tendon has torn away from the bone. Cool huh? So I have to wear a cast or brace or something and he said it would be a three month deal. Poor Gramma. I........am a lot of trouble.

Gramma's B-Day Party

Yesterday we had a little get-together for Gramma's birthday.

 She even got some presents.

 All the Berg's were there.

 Mrs. Benson came too.

Gramma picked out her own cake, a choo-choo train ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. Silly Gramma. It was good though. We all had a good time and ate pizza and I think Gramma enjoyed herself. Thanks everyone.

Gramma's B-Day

A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, oh, wait, that's a different movie. Sorry. Today is Gramma's birthday.

Here she is back in the....... well when she was a little girl with dark curly hair. Cute huh?

Here she is all grown up and her hair is still curly, just not as dark. (What can you expect after living with me for forty years) Still cute too. Happy Birthday Sweetheart. I love you.

The Old Farmer

TGSA Fini

Ok here's some pics from the museum. Bayou Mommy already posted some, so I don't want to repeat too many. 

 Here's Alyssa in the thing that figured out how tall you are.

 Grampa! What are you doing?

 The pirouge.

 A whole table of Dominoes.

 There was a Wynn Dixie store. The boys are getting stuff for lunch.

 In the cafeteria, Peter had a sweet tooth.

 The chef's crew.

 A couple of construction girls.

 All the carriages we saw were pulled by mules. Not sure why.

This little fellow showed up after I finished the drywall. He's about 1 1/2 inches long. Cute. There were lots of lizards around of different sizes and colors. I guess they eat the bugs. Good thing. However there were also cockroaches that were bigger than the lizards. I don't know who eats them. Maybe Cajuns. Driving in Baton Rouge was an experience I shan't soon forget. The drivers there make Minnesota drivers look like brilliant driving instructors. Seriously. I thought the drivers in Atlanta were bad, but they have a ways to go to be as bad as BR. I'll stop here or I'll go on forever. While I was there my thirteen year old Grandson started college. That's right, he's a freshman at LSU. Wow! Before I left they checked his grades online. In his math class he was rated No. 1 out of 199 students!! Whoooeeeee! No brag, just fact. Later.

More Stuff

Well on Sunday Gramma and I met Ted and Sue and the kids at their house and they took us out to dinner. I wish I had some pics, :-(  cause it was a really fun night. We went to a Japanese restaurant and sat at an hibachi grill. The chef came and cooked our food right in front of us. He was really good and really funny. Throwing food at us and trying to get us to catch it in our mouths, squirting Saki in Grampa's mouth. (Not bad) I admit I was a bit apprehensive at first, (you know what a fussy eater I am) but the food was really good. Even the noodles and sauce and vegetables. So thank you T&S, we had a really good time.

Ok  back to TGSA. On one of the days that I had to sit around waiting we took the kids to New Orleans to the children's museum.

To get there you have to drive over miles of bridges that go over the swamps. !!!????

 Then you have to drive over Lake Pontchartrain. New Orleans is like eight feet below sea level. !!??? Why do they live there?

 Skyline.

 This is a house that is entirely covered in vines. Almost didn't get the pic. The front, the back, the sides, the roof, even the little shed. Weird.

 Streetcar on Claiborne Ave. This is like the main thoroughfare through town.

 Bourbon St. The side streets are very tiny.

A famous place, I guess. I was driving while Mommy was taking the pics. My camera battery died after awhile and she took pics with my phone. If I ever figure out how to get them out of the phone, I'll post them, cause there are some cool pics on there. Still more to come. Hang in there.