Coliseum Lights Out

 Last night I had the pleasure of joining several fair going folks to say Good Bye to the way we see the Coliseum now.  It was a call given by Cindy Hoye  for Lights Out.   These picture are of the Rodeo that was  the last event in the Coliseum that was attended by 5000 FFA members that were visiting this week for their National Convention.  There were approximately 55,000 in Indianapolis and surrounding towns.  It was a pleasure to have them in Indy and I hope they come back real soon.   I know the convention is going to Louisville but some day they will come back.

lights out

Cindy ask them to go left and right  Looks like a bunch of check marks

Cindy Hoye and Andre Lacy during the program

Andre had to take one last trip around the coliseum

Cheri Daniels and Cindy Hoye I bet they are planning which contest Cheri  will enter next year

 

I am glad I was invited  to help say goodbye and I look forward to the opening of the renovated Coliseum in 2014.  "Light Out"

Fall and Sunflowers

My son took this picture on the way to one of our fields   There are several tree that are beautiful  We are still working at harvesting corn  seems slow but we are moving right along.  Some field yields are a surprise.

I planted some sunflowers early this summer the biggest is 13 inches  I had one several years ago that was 19 inches and I entered it in the State Fair it got a second.  The one below was planted in August and they are trying to put on flowers but 3 days of cold temperature sure slowed them down.

Gourds 2012

It is that time of year again so off to Ohio I went today my daughter Debbie was so kind to drive.  We made several purchases  I am like a woman in a dress shop I want one of each.  .I did  buy what I needed to paint for my fall shows.  I will be at the Farm Bureau convention in December with the painted gourds in the trade show so please stop by and see me.  

I really like eggs and our friend Joe Rode brought me 6 eggs and told me they have double yolks,  can't wait to crack them to find out.  They came from southern Indiana.  Thanks Joe

Tomorrow is rug hooking day so I will be at the shop at 10:00 need to finish my project  it is a chicken will show you when I am finished.

We are cutting hay so I am praying for a week of sunshine.  I am sure we are not the only farmers trying to get another cutting.


    

This is what you see out the back   Happy gourds.

View from my Kitchen

This is what I see when I looked out my kitchen window.  Since we have had our resent rains the grass has greened up and the girls have some beautiful grass to eat   Talked to neighbors who are wanting to cut hay again since we have had some real growth.  We even moved some of our cows back to the summer pasture which was dead in July.  It  is rainy today but I hear we are going to get some sunny weather.  Sorry these pictures are so foggy but that is the way it was here today.  

Just wanted to share my pictures  Debbie and I have dome a couple of gourd programs the last couple of weeks and I am trying to paint some Christmas gourds as the show are going to start the 1st part of Oct.

There is a  Fall Festival at Bradford Woods on 67 south of Mooresville  on Oct 27  from 10  to 6.  We are setting up in a booth where we will have a spinner gourd that children may paint and have rug hooking going on at the same time.    You may go to Bradford Woods website  and look at all  the activities for children.

Have a great day and stay safe

 

Annexation And Farm Opportunities

Last night was our annual Farm Bureau meeting.  We had a very good speaker  on how to accept the resent annexation that has taken place in out town,  They are taking  a lot of farm ground I know they have their reasons but for the farmer the reasons are not good enough.  I live in the buffer zone and have for 30 years and we have a feed lot but a river separates us from the city.  I am glad they stopped at the river.  
A lot of towns go through growth  We are expecting I69 to come past the East side of our town and that is what they want to control.
We have been in the field for 3 weeks  Not a pretty sight.  Every day we hear something different about what is going on with the quality of corn that is being trucked home,  Indy and other places.  Are we suppose to dry it,  are we to ship and not dry.      Hoping we will find out in the morning there is a meeting of several who are in the know and maybe they have all the answers   None of the field around here are worth anything as far as yields go.  Spending more on fuel and wear and tear on equipment. 
Have a safe harvest until another time

Barns

The barns are finished and as you can see they are occupied by some beautiful calves it  is weaning time.   They have a lot more room in the barn as they changed the length of the feed trough  and a few other things.  While the feed lot is empty they have decided to remove a old board fence and put up a new one looks great.  Your doing a good job.   Keeping a eye out for the rain that we were to get  a few sprinkles is all that came by the farm today as I was finishing up mowing the place. Take care and have a safe  Holiday

 I know it has been awhile since I have blogged but with the State Fair and then I took off to Virginia with my Daughter and Granddaughter.  We went on a girl trip so I could paint with my favorite National Decorative Artist, we painted for 3 days while my family went shopping and wine tasting I was told there 15 wineries in the area.   Beautiful area  we were about 20 miles west of D.C. Below is one of the pieces I painted while there. Still working on the other piece.

Some of my class mates decided to meet for an evening of conversation and some good food.  They don't look very excited  but the conversation did pick a little later. My sister came in from Palo Alto Ca the other night and she will be here until the 10th of Sept.

 

This is a Rosemary West folk art design and the class was held the Pampered Palette in Gainesville Virginia.

Old Barn and Saying Goodbye

This is where they are rebuilding the feed bunk.  This is the barn that the weaned calves go so they can be checked and are hand feed

They are rebuilding both outside walls with concrete walls about 3 feet.  This is the east wall

West wall  sure will be nice when done

Maybe old but very strong sure worth a little refurbishing

This is the goodbye part of the story  A neighbor who was very active in 4-H  FFA  Antique Machinery
Very active in church and community, was a  close neighbor and friend.  A Retired State Policeman  an aggressive cancer took his life the 1st of the week.  Today the funeral passed by  his tractors  along the state Hwy 67 headed to his final resting place in Stendal In.   Rod you will be missed.