Blessing and Spirit dolls...

 I tried to keep  photos  of  each day as  the  new  shed  grew.....This  crew  impressed me....they  put in 12-14  hour  days

 a crew of  4  most of the  time........

 Hubby  is   just  finishing  up the  home  field here.......Bountiful harvest

 dumping  grain at the  bin site in the  yard

 Love that shiny  red......

 Taadaaaa...It is  complete......except  for  some  gravel to be  hauled...and  another  door to place  on the back side....and then    some  land scape.....................Looks  good!!

 I am  participating in some  atc  swaps.....so  here  is  first one  I did...the  swap  has  to be  of    magazine  or  newspaper.....  LOL.....  Not  sure..I might  just keep that  one....

Then  I am working  on a  coffee swap.....Hope to  finish these  yet this  week...........


As I type this.....Our harvest  is  Complete.......NORMAL  year  we  are  just  hitting  corn.....but  due to being  so dry   it just  went    early this   year...We  are  blessed  with   bountiful  crops...and   bountiful gardens......Tomorrow  I  will  be  working on   the  clean  up  process   of    some of the   equipment.....and then putting  away  garden   items...supposed to   get  cooler   later  this  week.

Before  I forget.....I  am participating in  an  art  show   at the  end of the  month  and  would like  to do a  little   write  up on  the  Spirit   dolls....  but  I am    not  having  much  luck  finding  any  information on  them......Like  a history  of:   can any one  help me out?


Blessings  to all until next  time.................................

Oh how they grow~

 I keep telling  my daughters   college  is too young  for  boys....LOL....But  I guess   we all knew the  day would  come  some  day...........Above is  my  youngest....(yes the  one  you have  read  about  in the basketball  posts    2  years  ago  and more///

 Her  Fiance   Derek...................We spent  a  day  just messing with the  camera....

 Plus I love to take  photos..........busy  watching them  plan  their  wedding  now.....

 Date is set  for  next  July......

 Daughter on left  my  niece is on the  right......both   young  ladies  getting married  next year!!

 It  was  fun to spend   part of  a day  shopping  for the  dresses....

 Along with the  hustle and  bustle of   such   comes the  garden...I am still making  tomato salsa  and  soups

 Lawn mower pulls......threshing  shows///

Raspberrries  have   done wonderful this  year!


Just not much happening here.....I  am however  busy  getting  ready  for an art show  in October//

Not sure  yet  what  I will have   completed  and  done  but I am sure  I will keep  ya  all posted

Now  time to go read  some  blogs...............



Reba~

 Some fun new projects...actually  I started this  little   gal  last  winter  and just got her   done....  my  first   spirit   doll

 Garden  goddess   she is......my fav  color is    in the  greens  so she  is    fitting!

 A friend  of mine   drafted this pattern  for me.....   Spent  approx   2  hrs on her  yesterday........

 Did some   beading on her.....I am  not sure   if I  am   done  with  her  yet  or  not....

 Learned a new embroidery stitch  called  oyster stitch............................................need to work on that  tension more  though!

 As  for farm  updates.....the  yard  light  came out last  week......not sure  I like  those  very  dark   black nights

 Spent  last weekend  with   our  kids  and  their   boyfriends......some  more  friends  and   hubbys  sister and her  family  came   up as well  we  went to  Lake  Minnewaska.. Did  some  tubing  and  grilling out....

 Everyone had a good tme

Good day had  by all ....................

 Ahhhhh   finally  a break  in the  humidity!!   So  was   indeed time to hit the  gardens.........

They are   producing well!!  I have   picked a handful of peas....Froze  4 quarts of  broccoli and  gave a  bunch   away  plus  ate  some raw......So tender and fresh   I just  love  this!!

The  rest  of the gardens as far as  the  berries  are  looking  good too!!!  Hope to  pick a few  soon!

Hope you have   have   a great  week.....stay well hydrated

Our Silo came down

Vacation

 just a glimpse to the past week....It  was  great to get away  but  much better  to be back  home!   We  began our  vacation  by heading to Hill City SD to  ride the  1880 train  into Keystone... Beautiful ride!

 One of the  young men that came with us  on the trip with  his father  had a  birthday while  we were there,...I called ahead  and  got  him  an ice cream cake... Made me feel good to see  him  grin  like this..it was worth  every calorie  I  took in  (laughs)

 This is what  the  pickup  and trailer  looked like  before we departed...quite a load  huh!

 I love the smell of the  fresh  pine in the  hills

 I used to live in Custer  SD before   I got married.   Sylvan Lake was always  my favorite spot to go to  and  still is  out there.......

 Took a trail  behind   Sylvan lake  and some  young  men  were  rock  climbing

 Hidden stair case   you get to  pass through   to get back to the lake

 Once we  got back to the  front  a mom and   nine  babies  greeted  us near the  shore line.

 Hubby did  a lot of grilling  for us.................

 One of the  South  Dakota  Wild flowers

 This is Spearfish  Canyon............Lot of people  out  fishing  for trout here.... GORGEOUS  area

 the   rapids were   running  decent that  morning

 Keystone SD   where  we stayed

and no trip to the  Black Hills  is  ever  complete  with out  Mt  Rushmore!


More to come  later  in   another  post.

 You know it is going to be  one of those days/ weeks  when  hubby  wakes you up at 5 a.m. and  say  " how  much  of the  garden can you trnsplant?".........Now mind you this did  not surprise  me as  we  had   talked  about  a new  shed  but   decided to  wait  and see  how the  crops  were  going to turn  out  so he  told me  to go ahead  and plant the  garden............We would move it in  a year  so I did..................

 LOL  I should have known better.......Sooooooooo the  process  begins............to tear up a new garden spot......and  the  worst  part  was...I  was  told   the man  wants to begin the  project   next week  (which  is now  this week)

 So devouted and  to keep me from grumbling too bad  we  broke new ground..................... after  a day  of  just  breaking  down the  ground  it  did  not  do too bad.............

 While he was  breaking the new  ground  I went to check on the baby killdeers//////  all  4  did   hatch.....................

 And then of  course not just the garden has  to move....so does  my sewing and  craft shop....recall the one  I redid in the  old dairy  barn........................... ya.......well  it  just so happens  at the local wellness fair  a lady  next to me there  promoting their  fitness center  was  telling me  about their  plans  for  the  old  High school  in Milan  MN...since   the  schools all merged   a few  years  ago the  community  was  trying to  figure out  what to do with the  school............So they  decied to  rent  class rooms to local  artisians!!

 Soooooooooooooo  one  phone  call  and  a  full check book  later....a  friend  and I  went to in together  to rent this  class room................................

 My  friend  admiring the  view...............  She    is an artist  and  does  oils and  acrylic and  watercolor......................................  So  she  and I  proceed  to  move  stuff in...........

 Hence the paints..............papers.......fabrics,  shelves  books.....collage  items  you name it  its all got to be  moved.........

 Even our  puppies  were  told they  could  come............my little  man  loves  this

 On a brighter  note  my herbs are doing  great  down in my  old  shop.......  Roman Chamomile.

 Got  some  sage  here,  This is not  something I normally  grow  but  one of my  94   yr   young  clients   said  she  used  to make  sage  teas............so  while I was  out  green house  hopping   found  some   for  her,................:)

 and of  course  I  have to have   lavender!!

 Getting back to the garden...the  transplant   did   take a shock....which  I knew they  would  but....they are  slowly  coming  back.........  just  might  not  produce  as well as  Id  like........

 Sweet peppers  do not   look too  bad

 Onions  bounced back way better than I thought they  would

 Raspberries  took a hard  hit

But the blue berries  did  not  seem to mind..at least  not yet.


So now  you have the  latest   from this  house.....not  much....I  have   this week  yet to get all my stuff moved....and  I am well over  half   done//  BUT/.  UGH  I  am way too old  to be  doing this  but  on a good  note.......I did  lose  ten  pounds in this  process    (LOL)


Hope you all have  a great week!!