Trip to Humboldt

I went to Humboldt this morning. Found another barn quilt and the watermelon/propane tank below along the way.

Does anyone besides me remember when this was in Country Woman magazine about 5 years ago? Probably not. It just especially caught my eye since I recognized the location: Gilmore City, IA and knew it was close to where Glenn & Amy lived.

I mowed this afternoon. Not sure what Bill was doing but the combine was out. Niece, Ryanne, was with us a few hours this evening.

Yesterday

This is the view from our great room now! We watched the sunset for a long time last night from the couch! Our old house had a porch on the front so we didn't have this show to watch lots of evenings.





I was with Lacey for several hours yesterday. She was very tired but we made cookies, played with playdough and she played with her dr. kit. She loves to play in the screened porch and pretended that she was working at a restaurant with drive up. But everything I ordered she was out of!




Bill's sister, Karen, & Dave & kids were down to get some more field rock for their landscaping project. Bill was glad to have them take more! Peggy took us to the Catholic Church's steak fry - steak, baked potato, bread, sliced tomatoes, salads, bars. I didn't get any pictures of the kids - they were pretty busy! Ryanne is staying with Memaw for the week. I think she's going to be here to stamp tomorrow night.



My playdough necklace.

Good Day

We both got a lot done today. Bill and Tim had gravel delivered to the bin site and then we got 3 loads here for our driveway. Bill said it was 250 tons total! The guy they like to use for hauling it does a really nice job of getting it down even - see video! Bill worked on it a little with the skid loader.

Glenn dropped Ross & Reed off here while he mowed their empty lot in town. I fixed lunch for all 3 when he got done. Good thing I always have extra down in my basement "pantry" and in the freezer! I made and froze spaghetti sauce and ham balls in the last few days. Getting ready for Fall. I washed some windows and cleaned up the screened porch and Bill cut the grass here. Other good news - our E Bay laptop arrived and I'm using it now! It's nice. We're still using the other one with a borrowed screen.

Looking forward to having Lacey about half the day tomorrow. Diane says she wants to make cookies. (I like that!) Karen & Dave & kids will be in town too. The Catholic Church's steak fry is tomorrow night which Peggy is taking us all to.

Another pretty Iowa sunset tonight.

Farmers Market

This is our little Farmers Market - today was market day which I look forward to. I think this is the 6th or so year we've had one. Today we had about 3 booths with baked goods - lots of caramel rolls which are popular out here (Bill likes them but I don't) - about 4 vegetable vendors including tomatoes, corn, green peppers, watermelons, cantelopes, etc. and a couple others. I go for the Hearty Cracked Wheat bread and the fresh vegetables. The grocery has been carrying Iowa wines for a while now and there was supposed to be wine tasting at the market today but the people were not there yet to do it at the beginning. One of the customers said that she rode her bike so that she could still "drive" after drinking. :) (Randy look close, you might be able to see your mom - her head is barely on the left side)

Dentist Today

Bill worked on paperwork today. I had a tooth pulled this afternoon. That was nasty but doing well.

Found out that I'll get to have Lacey on Sat. morning so that'll be fun!

Parts of Iowa have had several inches of rain already today but it's missing us. Saw a corn field today that was already turning brown - seems too early!

Cy

This is "Cy", the Cyclone - Iowa State University's mascot. Bill tells me he was built by a guy many, many years ago and was in town, then in the country, then back in town by the attorney's office (where he was when I moved here). Now he's in this special landscaped area of the yard of the guy that farms for the guy that built him! He's in a good location off of the main street into & out of town for all to see.

Out here everybody is a big time Cyclones fan or a Hawkeye fan (University of Iowa) - one or the other - big rivalry! Bill and I don't really care! I'm an Indianapolis Colts fan only, and Bill is not a fan of any team!