Mural of Soybeans

This is a work in progress.  Visit the Home and Family Arts Bldg http://www.in.gov/statefair/fairgrounds/ for the final results

Birds like plants

Up at the shop we try and put our house plants out for the summer and this Spider plant was out for a couple of weeks.  We had a group coming to visit and thought we would put the plant back inside.    I carried it inside and set it on the table looked down and low and behold there is the nest.  Up it went and back outside  before Mother bird missed  her plant. We looked inside this last week and there are 4 eggs very tiny.  Always a joy to watch the birds.

Tomorrow is the Master Farmer Program Celebration.  This year it is connection with a farm tour so it should be a real nice day.

Today I worked on a mural for the Woman's Building at the Indiana State Fairgrounds it is a field of Soybeans  I will post later on this subject.

My flower garden

My Dad

Yes this is my Dad.  He is about 35 when this was taken my Mother and my older sister.  This is about my Daddy that is what I called him.  Great fellow raised 5 children took in 3 parents 1 his and 2 of his in laws. Was a hobby gardener  wasn't nothing for him to raise 100 tomato plants to give ways the fruits of his labor.My special Dad.  Love you and miss you.   Have a great Day until I see you again.

Basket for eggs

This is the lid to a basket that a neighbor is going to sell eggs to co-workers  at her job.  Her Hubby ask me to paint some chickens for her basket for a Birthday present.   This is the top and the underside has the eggs in the nest.

Darned if I know Cake

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I just wasn't going to Blog today  I guess I am tired and I am also trying out a set of hearing AIDS.    When I type I hear so much that I thought there was something wrong with the key board.  Running water so simple but now it is loud.  So I thought I had to bake something I might as well put it on the blog.

 This is so simple  Box cake, 2 cans of cherry pie filling and 1 and1/2 sticks of butter.  Dump cherry pie filling,  sprinkle cake mix  on top of cherries, cut butter is thin slices place on top of cake mix.  Add coconut, nuts.  You could use apple or peach and use spice or pineapple cake mix.   Bake 350 degree for 50 min approx. Ready to eat.  Great for pitch-in
Just wondering  has anyone tried a pudding mix with cake mix and butter on top.  It sounds good but??

Maybe a Raccoon?

There wasn't any rain or wind last night and this morning look what I found  I suspect the raccoon tried to get the birdhouse that was hanging on the wine bottle rack  Just can't trust   Maybe he just needed a drink.

Mud and More Mud

I  don't think I need to explain what is going on in this picture.  The Guy's have been playing in the mud again they called it planting,  trying to plant  or replant some wet places.  Hubby says he needed to get the mud off before it dried out.  That was an invitation to go see how bad it was.  

 Mud up on the frame and there is the cleaning tool.

 My green beans are breaking ground.  Hope they don't break their necks.  Will hoe before sundown or it will rain on them

 This is last year pumpkins that have sprouted.  Never had them volunteer like this.  Maybe it was all the rain made the seeds wet and sprouted.

This is Fern's ( Mother in Law) hoe  which she gave me before she left this earth and the spike I got from  Aaron ( Father in Law)

Would like to see a cooler temperature but corn grows in hot weather. 
Have a great weekend

Eagles, Hawks and Owls

What do they have in common.   They are all classified as Raptors.   One of the hats I wear is that of a Director  for  South Central Indiana REMC.  We are the largest electric coop in Indiana with 30,000 meters. We have started a program to protect these birds from power lines.   They are building nests for the Eagles that visit our service area as you can see in the picture they are very high but the nest the Eagle builds is 5 feet in diameter and since they use the same nest each year it can grow to 9 feet and weigh a ton.    Their territory is 1 to 2 miles  they will eat live or dead as in road kill.  They will also build near the river or water.  Our service crosses White River several times so there are lots of places to build. On Earth Day we raised our first platform near the White River at Centerton, In.  We had an Open House at Bradford Woods  that day and our Right A Way employees hung several bird houses on the grounds.  The Coop will use retired poles and cross arms to make the platforms.  Our Right A Way have always planted  grasses and Bluebird houses  after clearing the Right A Way.  

Also present on Earth Day was  a not for profit group from Nashville In http://returntothewild.org. They rehab birds who have been injured.    Check out their website also  go to http://www.sciremc.com  You may find some money saving tips  from our website.   Please visit

Ann's Museings

I would like to welcome all who have taken time to come visit my Blog. I want to thank Amy from ALatte'withOtt,A http://alattewithotta.blogspot.com/  for writing and posting  my story on The Real Farmwives of America and Friends http://www.realfarmwivesofamerica.com/.   We  are  Blogging on different subjects so visit often to see what the farmwives are up too.

We are all about Family, Farming and Food. 
When I am not busy with the farm or cooking you can find me at the Antique store which is in an 1880 farm house next door to my home.   That is where my studio is located. We teach painting and rug hooking.  We host a group of ladies on Thursday morning who work on their  rugs makes for great fellowship.
 
We almost finished planting corn Saturday night and then we had rain.  Still planting Soybeans and we are cutting hay today  We are not to have rain until Thursday  I hope the weatherman is right in his forecast.  All of this cutting will go into large round bales to feed the cattle next winter.
Take care until we meet again.

A Tribute to my Best Friend

This was my girl but like humans they get Cancer too.  She lived a year and one half after we found out and was on medication for all that time.  She got too weak to get around so yesterday I had to say goodbye for now.