Murals

 A friend of my is into painting Murals  This is the second one in a year.  These are very large   this bldg is a laundromat.  It is located in the Martinsville Shopping center next to Trader Bakers store.  Sally Hedges is the artist..    If you are interested she is for hire.    Has been looking for another wall to paint. Google her I am sure you will find her.  She lives in Martinsville.
  Went to a State Fair function last night I will tell you about next time.  Saw lots of my state fair friends  you know the ones you don't see all year and then it is homecoming week and you have so much to talk about.

This little angel is Sally's niece Lilly.  She went to heaven this year.

Barn Repair

Well it has been  2 to 3 weeks since The Amish have worked at our farm.  They were called  by one of their customers that is a Turkey Farmer who lost a barn to a storm.  Must not of been around here.   We just got a shower and I looked out and there are dry spots in the drive didn't make it through the trees.   You can see the guys got nervous about the  hay in the barn and the barn inside would get wet. They put up some blue tarps to protect from the rain.  Our County Fair starts today  the Open Swine Show is tonight  hope to get out for  a little while.  Glad this week is ending .  Take care until next time  

Bale Fire

Where there is smoke there is fire.   They were all  together

This is how I spend my day on Monday watching our round bales burn up all 150 of them .   Our 1st cutting  great hay but for some reason  we no longer have hay and will have to find some to replace our loss. There were over 100 men and women  from 15 different Fire Departments fought this fire.   We had lots of help it started around 4:00 pm and it was after 11:00 when they all left.  The state hwy was closed for several hours. We know it is dry but a tree fell, caught the power line and you have a real blazer.      We can't thank the Fire Fighters enough for all they did for us yesterday.  This fire was contained to the South side of the railroad tracks which helped a lot.  In one of the pictures it show a secondary fire along the corn field but they got it out right away.   Take care and stay safe 

Secondary fire along corn field

This is 11:00 o'clock at night  one last shot of water.

Corn and Raccoons

This is what the raccoons are doing to our corn fields.   Sunday was the first I noticed but each day the places get bigger.  Maybe by the time  harvest is here it will all be on the ground.    As you can see there isn't any thing for them to eat so they just keeping  tearing down each stall looking for a good ear.  On hot summer nights you could usually smell the corn but not this year  I guess it is too dry.  I haven't experienced such a time   I am sure a lot of us are in the same boat.  The rain keeps moving closer got within a mile of us today.  Maybe tomorrow but until then keep praying for rain  and take care of yourself.

Day One Old Barn

West side of barn starting to remove  footers

As you can see we are doing some barn renovation.  We had a group of Amish fellows start this project the pictures explain most of it.. There is a beam in the loft of this barn that reads Sloan Shoes 1852  was a advertisement for some shoe store.  The barn was built with used lumber.  

I will post as the renovation goes on as we have  two barns  that are getting this repair.  

Praying for rain

center of barn  damage to floor  from the 2008 flood

The Market steers wonder what is going on this is their home

Removing the footers

This is the first thing they did this am  took off the siding

The silo is on the list to be removed

The boss is supervising

Pretty Pictures

This hydrangea was froze by the cold last spring so nice to see them all blooming

The birds and butterflies love Phlox

I found this jar at a dumpster while washing my car.  Brought it home and  my daughter filled it with herbs for my birthday  

My first tomatoes  Yes I am watering beans and tomatoes

I don't have chickens so I added a metal rooster to my garden.    Fine fellow

My beans are blooming won't be long now.  Wasn't going to plant it was so cold and wet.

I hope everyone enjoys a holiday even if it is dry and hot.    Happy 4th of July  Stay safe until we meet again