Red and the Pledge

Terror on the Farm

The fears of farmers and ranchers are real. What are the markets doing? How will the weather effect their crops? What if the animals become sick? Will it be a tough winter? The fears are real. Farmers and ranchers deal with these daily. But one day things became more than they could deal with. The farmers left their fields. They left behind their animals. They were dealing with fears of a new kind. It was more than they could take. There was fright. There was panic...


A giant threat, the likes of which they had never seen before invaded their quiet peaceful farm. As the farmers fled they opened up the gates with the hopes that their animals would run to safety.....
But it was too late. The animals in all their speed were just too slow for such a threat as they encountered. More animals ran. It was a fear they had never known.
Grasping hands tried to help the poor animals...Finally the beast released his grip on the animals and let them all go. Dinosaur control came to help the farmers and the beast was captured. The beast now lives on a Dino preserve west of the county. Security is tight, however it is believed the giant beast has escaped. He was last seen headed to a small cow/calf operation in the area. Be on the lookout and call security if you see the beast. Please call 1-800-NO-DINOS for any report on his whereabouts.

Sunday Sunsets

This sunset picture was taken on my drive home Saturday night. Here is a little teaser for next week. I took these pictures right next to a one room school house..........

The Liberty Bell

What do a pencil and the Liberty Bell have in common? Stay with me to find out.....
We were driving through town the other day checking on fall color and just killing time. We drove past the capitol and looked at the many statues there. Then we drove past a replica of the Liberty Bell. A conversation ensued from there:

Me: Boys, do you know what that is?

Boy 2: It's a bell.

Me: Sure, it's a bell, but do you think there is something special about it?

Boy 1: Well, there's a crack in it.

Me: Very good. Do you know what we call that bell?

Boy 1: Is it the Liberty Bell?

Me: Yeah! That's right, good job. How did you know that?

Boy 1: I just remembered.

Me: Is that the real Liberty Bell?

Boy 1: Yeah.

Me: Actually, it's a replica. A replica is something that looks just exactly like something else. So this isn't the real one but it looks just like the real one. Do you know where the real one is?

Boy 1: I don't know.

Me: The real one is in Pennsylvania. ... Can you both say Pennsylvania?

Boy 1: Pennsylvania

Boy 2: Pennsylvania

pause.....

Boy 2: Mom, is that where they make pencils?

I love Photoshop

I am really having a ton of fun with Photoshop lately. I just threw this together during Little Man's nap this afternoon. Yes, I should be staining the wind fence right now, but I thought a little creative break would be nice. And I managed to get this done, too. Okay, that's all my fun, back to staining my wind fence, you heard right- wind fence. And for those of you that live where it isn't windy, please enjoy your day today. Thank you.

Insignificant Milestone?

You hear a lot about infants and children's milestones.

Such as holding head steady, rolling over, crawling, walking, talking, the list goes on.

However, I have one milestone that I love for my children to achieve. Sure the rest are all great milestones and I'm sure the "experts" love telling us when our children should approximately accomplish each milestone. However, they left one big milestone out.... putting their arms through sleeves. This may not sound like much but trust me, it's an important milestone! Have you ever tried to push a cooked spaghetti noodle though a little hole? Okay, neither have I, just looking for an example. I'm sure it would be about as easy as getting a little baby's arm through a sleeve.

So, is a baby pushing his arm through a shirt sleeve insignificant? I think not!

Happy Fall Y'all!

GET READY.......
GET SET......
FALL IS HERE!!!!!
On Satuday the boys and I were in town to walk around the lake and check for an signs of leaves turning color or falling. SURE ENOUGH! The first round of trees have done just that. We'll be going back for sure to soak in some of that color.

Sunday Sunsets

This picture was taken in the exact same location as the Train Sunset in my header. The only difference is that there was no train. I waited for a few minutes but by the time a train did come by the flaming colors had faded.

Just the boys

I have really enjoyed playing with Photoshop lately. Of course with three boys in the house and my little man needing lots of attention, the only time I really get to work on these are late at night. Seeing as how I am a night owl anyway, this seems to be working for me - that is except for the getting up part in the morning. I am tired but what can you do? Um, these are my boys right? Okay, just checking, I'm so short on sleep I just wanted to double check these are my punks. Yup, I recognize the orneryness oozing from the pictures. Check. They're mine.