We went to HarvestofDailyLife’s Fleeing Poverty yard sale last Saturday. It was nice to see them, again, and I got to meet her mother - I read her blog, Life On The Ranch, too. The yard sale was great and we got to see Dixie, the dog that T & N adopted from us because our old dog, Star- 13yrs old, could not take all the playing that Dixie wanted to do. Star is having some really bad days, lately. I hope that I do not have to have her put to sleep. She is a great dog!
Star
Monsoon
We are getting lots of rain this monsoon… some areas within 10 miles of my house are getting up to 3 inches in two hours. Flood warnings are everywhere.
First, the duck laid the 4th egg today. I am pretty sure that it is the grey duck. We are not leaving them in the duck house. They seem to be pullet eggs, smaller eggs laid in the first laying. She is not trying to sit on it at all… in fact, she is pushing it out to the edges of their house.
Second, some of you asked me to let you know how the FlyPredators are doing…. They are FANTASTIC! The horses are not as bothered by the flies. And in the house, I am only finding about 10 flies at night - instead of hundreds. They are well worth the 18.45 (delivered) a month.
And third - Great Husband is in Cheyenne, WY at the Cheyenne Frontier Days, World’s Largest Outdoor Rodeo and Western Celebration, with Rascal Flatts. He sent these pics that he took with his camera for me to enjoy. Cowgirls. Indians and up close and personal with Rascal Flatts. Wish I could be there with him! Maybe next year we can make it a family vacation.
And….
I got to see my younger daughter, Jessica, yesterday. She came and got Leavi so that he could stay with her for a week or so. It is very quiet here with only Luke! Leavi will be missed. I nearly cried when they left yesterday. That is a very kind and warm little boy….. but also very very busy all the time!
One of the boys and I (one was home sick) went to the Pioneer Museum in Flagstaff for an Independence Day Festival. It was a Living History day with demonstrations about the Civil War life.
We got up early to beat the monsoon and possible hail storm. The first canon firing was at 10am and we had about a 30 minute drive to get to the Pioneer Museum for the Civil War Living History Day. We arrived about 5 minutes early for this big boom!
Civil Way Living History
After the canon firing we went down to their “camp”. It is too bad that throughout most of my pics, modern day-to-day life was in the background of many of my pics.
Once, again, there is that beautiful flag of ours…. the smoke going past after the canon fire.
Back to the canon….. the mountain men told us all about the canon, caliber, bore type, how to load. They were very knowledgeable and answered many questions from the onlookers, too.
An officer. He explained about the rifle and the bullets.. he also told about his uniform - the beige on the trim indicated that he was from New York (I think that is where it was - old age and no memory, sorry). And that other colors meant that the soldiers were from other areas.
And horses, again!! Yeah!! Well, actually, there was just this one… I think he looked like Wild Bill Cody, but I don’t think he was from the Civil War era.
There were ladies demonstrating tatting, another who was dyeing wool, a smithie making things from iron, and many other demonstrations… the cook was using old dutch ovens on an open fire. He made this cornbread and beans. The cornbread was green but it and the beans were actually very tasty.
Our weekend began with the annual parade. The day started off great but ended in near disaster. The weather turned from mild to hail coming down as big as my thumb nail and made the ground white, as if it had snowed! It was like walking on marbles. There was a watermelon stand….
I LOVE parades!! This is one of the reasons - please stand and salute
The 4-H Beauties - I think I missed a few of the other beauties, though
And, always at the end, another of my favorites of a parade - horses - actually, ponies, but they are always too cute! I was too busy visiting with the riders of the full sized horses to get pics……
Then end of the parade was like this…. wet wet WET! and painful when they hit your head! Usually people stay around and visit but this year everyone RAN for cover!
