Category Archives: Picture of the day

Sunday, more rain and storms!

I knew that we probably got a lot of rain last night because when we met Daryl’s brother and sister in law for breakfast, they said that when they left Saturday night they could see quite a few flashers on … Continue reading

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Fun Day at the Farm 2014

I got up early to do a couple of things that still needed to be done and plug in the roaster and crock pots that needed to be heated up. We weren’t sure on how the weather was going to hold … Continue reading

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We got a lot done tonight!

Tonight we all worked really hard to get some things checked off our list. This coming weekend we are hosting Daryl’s family, and that could be up to 45 people. It’ll be a lot of fun, but we’re just not … Continue reading

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Saturday – Irish Fest

Saturday was day two of the towns  festivities and the weather is holding out. That’s such a relief! It seems like it can rain easily these past days and just before the parade was starting this morning, it started to … Continue reading

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Friday Night – Irish Fest & 5k

And the weekend has officially begun –  Thank Goodness! I hosted some guests for work this week and I was really glad that everything went well for that. I think (OK, I know) that I worry about this more than I … Continue reading

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Garden time

It’s another windy day on the farm and you know just how much I love wind! NOT!! But it was the moment of truth for the garden. If I didn’t get in there today and get it somewhat cleaned out, … Continue reading

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Dairy Days – Fredericksburg, Iowa

It was the 90 th Dairy Days in Fredericksburg this year! Holy Cow !! There are a lot of towns that continue to try to figure out how to keep their town alive and the town of Fredericksburg has really … Continue reading

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On the farm – Saturday

I got up early because I had a lot that I wanted to get done before the afternoon. So after a couple of loads of laundry done and on the clothes line, I grabbed some of the flowers that I … Continue reading

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Haybine, chickens, birds, and clocks.. ‘Oh my’

These past couple of days have been really busy. Our hay (which by the way looks awesome!) needs to be cut so Daryl got the haybine out and was checking it out to see if there was anything wrong with … Continue reading

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Grandpa Franzen’s tree

We have two special trees planted on our farm. The first one if for my Dad and the second one is for  Daryl’s parents. My dad always loved trees and knew just about everything that there was about them. Just … Continue reading

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