Threshing show

My vacation week is winding down, This weekend is full of Heritage Hill days, Threshing show, tractor pulls, old time music, good food, good friends and old crafts! I love it. We have been active in this organization for close to 17 years now, We have watched it grow... (Still growing) and both of our daughters have had the opportunity to serve as the threshing show site queen, representing the club in community parades, and community events within a 50 mile radius and let me tell you, It keeps us busy! So I thought perhaps some of you would like to take a sneak peek in our Heritage Hill Days



This is on the front porch of a small homestead...a lady and her grad-daughter with a loom, The little girl so proudly told me the wool make the yarn so grandma can make her something pretty because she is soon 7 and wants something home made!

In side the little homestead in one corner is the stove.....Oh I love old homes like this

Opposite direction is a bench sitting with a throw over it.

I stood over by the bench ans snapped this of the dining room table that sits smack in the middle of the room...

across from the bech in the other corner was the bed and a pair of old overalls,

A loom, and old china clost, I have a similar closet like this down in my basement pantry that I actually place my canned goods in, It belongs to my husbands grandparents, same color and everything.

We have a hug kitchen and serve 3 meals a day out there plus coffee, rools and ice cream and pies.....my youngest daughter sitting and visintng one of the members this morning....Today she gives up her royalty

One of her co-workers came to see her before she left for college! I thought that was special

The 450 international used to be my fatherin laws, its been restored my husband uses it in the threshing days ...today we did a tractor oull with it and he pulled 168 feet.

Ready to take off......

Just a small part of my weekend....I highly encourage any of you if you like old cars, old machinery... good food and just reliving in the past for a few days......I invite ya to come visit us in person...motels not far from us and also we have a campground...or you can visit us on the web too! Hope you enjoy.

http://www.heritagehill.us/

Some vacation

As a few know I mentioned I toook a week off so I would not lose my vacation hours, Please guys, remind me next that I really do not want to take vacation the week the garden decides to burst in produce or the week my oldest decides to move to college UGH..talk about busy and some what stressfull, never seems to anyh free time this week, goodness makes me wonder how I have time to work LOL!! I have done canning every day for the last 5, below the preassure cooker is loaded and ready to go....


Got a fresh picking of grren beans yeterday morning and got them all done, inspite of all the work the pantry down stairs is looking good!

This is how my morning began yesterday, managed to find some ripe hudden tomatoes, greewn peppers ready to chop and freeze for salsa green beans and zucc's and of course a great hit cup of java to keep me sane!!

This is one batch of beets and small green batch I did for my daughter to take up to school with her... She even asked me just a bit ago if I wsa planning to make more so she could have her beets and green beans from home all winter!! Now did I raise her right or what! :)

The other morning when I left to go get the books at the college, I came back home to get the camera, as this is what I saw in our wheat stubble. loaded with geese!!

Today has been a busy one, helping the oldest get her stuff in line for move out day on Thursday, laundry and more laundry...yesterday we went to Willmar dor groceries and a mom and d aughter day out, She bought some new jeans and a few tops and a pair of shoes, so she is all set I guess....

It is funny dealing with the transition of last yr her first move out and stress levels running high, now she was home for a few weeks for the summer and was a transition to have her back home LOL as well as a transition for her too, as we laughed about this yesterday, she is so ready to go back to college and see her friends, and as she says "get on with my life".

I smiled at her and said yes it is time for you to move, I love seeing how she has grown into this young independant young lady, makeing choices each day and growing and still learning as she goes.... This is fun!! No bettyer time to spread her wings and fly!

Until later thats all thats new here....

Fun Friday!

My day began early this morning with my alarm going off at 6:00. Now mind you I am on vacation and really did a grumble when I had to get up 40 minutes earlier due to an appointment with some other ladies, after getting dressed and grabbing a fast java hubby says to me "Arent you gonna wear any makeup?" UGH...No I said, I am on vacation! Not like makeup would do me any good today any how with temps reaching in the 90's and the humidity just as high!

I met up with 2 other co-workers and we took off for for a local college and all 3 signed up to take a class in medication assistant, this is a 6 week course in pharmacology and certifies us for passing meds in any medical setting....Now this is a kicker as we get our books, take off for the closest restraunt and all have breakfast together, and all of a sudden I realize I am the oldest here, which they delighted in the little brats! we sat and visited and went through our books, contemplated travels and costs and food....the classes will be for 6 weeks, 2 nights a week...beginning Sept 1...Now that is not far off!! YIKES

After we ate, we went to the local mall and all 3 hit the bookstore finding out we all had similar hobbies and intrests, art, reiki and jornals, I bought a new book on embroidery stitches and picked up the lastes quilting arts magazine and bought a new journal to do in this adventure, I have a feeling as some new friendships grow this will be a fast 6 weeks and yet a challenge, but needs to be done.

I got home and now back to normal with more beets being prepared to be placed in the canner yet tonight and still get some laundry caught up. Not too bad of a day if I say so my self and finally caught up in reading blogs!

Ya I know stressful!! :) Have a good evening all and a great weekend!

August Air

I am so far behind in my blogging, I feel like I will never see daylight again! LOL ever feel like that guys!?

August is just slipping by me, I can't believe it is the middle of the month already! I have hardly got my to do list done this summer and guess what....My oldest moves 1 week from today back to college! UGH,

Any how, I do have this next week off and I hope to be able to catch up on several projects, plus get a lot of stuff done around here in the yard, garden and such.

this is a start of one of my projects today.....lids still popping as I type this, I pulled half a row of beets and came to the house with 3 bags full. So far only one bag completed to process, and I have 7 quarts full now and still getting some ready to peel and cut!

I tried a new recipe, pickled green beans, I am going to share this over in my gardening ganders blog, they are sooooooooooooo good, and super easy to do, I got this recipe from a co-worker!

I was up early this morning, Green beans are keeping me super high and busy! So far I have done 25 pint jars, have given tons of em away and they are still flowering! LOL

Any how today is my first day of 10 for vacation, Im not really planning on going any where other than local stuff to do....one the time and 2 the cost of stuff, but its ok. next yr I will just maybe be more prepared,

So far today I did up 6 pints of green beans and 12 quarts of beets, one load of laundry, picked some more out of the garden, I have the water hose running down on our little trees (which is on my list to do as they really need weeding!) I took off this morning for about 2 hours, went to buy some more quart jars, and I also treated myself to a massage, talk about heavenly! Well at least until I came back through the door! LOL

Will post more tomorrow! Headed over to update garden ganders

Super Saturday!

I tell ya I have had an awesome day off today! I slept in till 8:00. Got up made a fresh pot of coffee...tossed in a load of laundry, loaded the dishwasher and headed for my new found studio (basement ) LOL. I sat down at the sewing machine and finshed off this little wall hanging for a friends mom who has demensia, she loves blue irises...the middle of them is completed in small yellow seed beads...very fun to work on...was an applique project, I drew up the flower pattern myself.



the back is done in a molted blue

Close up of part of the flower and the bead work

Any How after the rain last night I Went out to take a pic of the wheat field that is left....I love wheat harvest!

It has been along time since we have seen water standing! This is looking north from our home

Any how I did manage to get my side of the closet cleaned out!! I decided if i have not worn it in a year its gone....WOW....lots of goodies headed to Salvation army Monday! I even cleaned out old wrapping paper, christmas boxes, shoes, you name it its gone! Looks sooooo much better!!

I called my sister in oklahoma, we talked for a good hr and shared a cup of coffee over the phone and then I went out to the garden and got more green beans and zuc's so now off to make some more bread and clean up my work station and just maybe get a few more things moved down there! Slow progress but looks great!

Have a good weekend

Frenzy Friday

Well another week comes to a close! I am glad I have a much needed three day weekend off! I am not answering my phone or going any place unless I have to....and right now that is not even close to the agenda!

I did do some gardening this week, things are coming along just awesome...I used some zu's and made fresh bread, froze up a few bags of peas and gonna do green beans tomorrow!

Will post some produce on my gardening ganders for ya to peek at!

Below in the photo you can see my little Chiuahuah is playing with one the babies, they all give him a run for their time! He just might lose the pound he found this summer!


Bee is gonna get that ball no matter what! They call her spider in the game cause shes got such long arms and legs....not many balls get by that girl! Shes 6'0 now and gonna be a Junior in high school...so hard to believe!

Well we got a start on the whet harvest....this day was only to take out one complete round to do a moisture content test.

It has been a while since we got rain but tonight just as I was setting supper on the table hubby says its getting black in the west....I ran out and got the clothes off the line and no more got back in the house and this is what hit! It got black, high winds, and only .4 of rain...we are soooo dry....soy beans are starting to show some stress.

Looking out over the driveway a few times we couldnt even see it! Hopefully we get more rain that would be awesome!

In the good Ol' Summer time. Hubby leaning up next to the fence, and youngest daughter watching as well from behind, they have played this season on our church league softball. Fun to watch them play!

Youngest daughter (13) during a summer basketball camp we attended, Was an all day event and they played four games, we only lost one so they did an awesome job!!

Sunday night I took this photo...was so pretty but then not long after we ahd a bad storm...was almost a deep pink turning purple....I have never seen that before here,

I just couldn't help myself but tot ake this one....A good place for a mitt I guess huh

Well till tomorrow, or Friday......Im off the rest of the week, useing up some vacation before I lose it!

Have a good evening!