Monthly Archives: August 2014

William is off to college

Posted on August 20, 2014 by farm2011

William gathered up the rest of his stuff that he needed for his apartment and with his car packed full, he was heading south to Ames for the next semester of college. I know that I’m not going to like … Continue reading →

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Cats

Posted on August 19, 2014 by farm2011

Now who would think that the 6 little kitties would be so much work? Well for sure not me until lately. OK, I know that some (or most) of all of this is brought on by me – but someone had to … Continue reading →

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We’ve got apples!

Posted on August 18, 2014 by farm2011

I’ve heard it before that if there are a lot of apples on the trees that it’s going to be a hard winter. Well let me just tell you that you better buy some good snow boots because if this … Continue reading →

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It’s that time of the year again…

Posted on August 17, 2014 by farm2011

It’s the time of the year when kids are going back to school and in our family William is one of those kids. I know that everyone always says ‘I just can’t believe where the time went’…. but holy smokes … Continue reading →

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Places to visit – Independence Iowa

Posted on August 16, 2014 by farm2011

When we were on our bike ride in July,  I saw an advertisement for an ‘Underground City Tour’. Now honestly, doesn’t that title just grab your attention? I grew up not that far from Independence and I had no idea … Continue reading →

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Outside stuff

Posted on August 15, 2014 by farm2011

After work tonight, Daryl went to the lumber yard to get some wood for the cattle shed roof. He has to put these pieces on the existing roof so that the tin has something to be nailed to. It looks like … Continue reading →

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Cattle shed and our dogs

Posted on August 14, 2014 by farm2011

Well to start the morning off,  just as I pulled out of the drive way I looked to the grove and guess what? I saw that we completely missed this one whole section that has more of those vines on. … Continue reading →

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Our grove

Posted on August 13, 2014 by farm2011

I noticed the other day that we were getting some kind of vine growing up in our grove and even though it looked kind of pretty – I’m sure that it wasn’t good for the trees at all. So I started … Continue reading →

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Pictures from our Road Trip

Posted on August 12, 2014 by farm2011

I’m finally getting around to getting some of the pictures that I took from our Road Trip to Colorado last weekend onto a post. I have no idea just exactly what I did with all my time these past days, but … Continue reading →

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ROAD TRIP!

Posted on August 11, 2014 by farm2011

Guess what we did this weekend? We packed our suitcases and headed to Colorado. Yup, the ultimate Road Trip! We went with my brother and sister in law and took off Friday morning to head West. It took us I … Continue reading →

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