Sunday, October 5, 2008

Clear Springs Auction



I went to the Auction today. This auction is held 2 to 3 times a week. It is out in the middle of the country. Anyone can bring there produce here to sell and any one can get a number from the desk and bid to buy. I wanted to buy some flowers and pumpkins. It was such a beautiful day. The items that were being brought in were just fabulous. The sight had to be shared. I ended up spending all my time taking pictures and enjoying the people, sights and amazing colors of the fall. My friend Kathy was leaving just as I arrived. She had brought in 6 bags of a beautiful smelling plant.Sweet Annie. .It made the market smell wonderful.
The horse drawn wagons were lined up around the building. Two hitch wagons with Amish men driving them. On the wagons were pumpkins, melons, tomatoes and usually on the back a group of mums.
This is a beautiful box of Cock's Comb flowers. They get that name because they look like the comb of roosters. The colors of the produce were glimmering in the light.. I wish you could see them. I think of all the hard work it takes to plant, weed, water and harvest all this. I am not the greatest gardener. I know this had to be hard work. Most of the items in the sell were grown by Amish families.




The horse drawn wagons were lined up around the building. Two hitch wagons with Amish men driving them. On the wagons were pumpkins, melons, tomatoes and usually on the back a group of mums. I wanted to take a picture of a little boy about 5 years old. He was Amish so I ask his dad if I could take his picture. (because Amish adults do not want there pictures taken) The little boy was around 5 years old. He did not talk English yet. His dad ask him if it would be OK for me to take his picture.. The boy said no.. I don't think he understood what was going on. He looked so cute from a distance. When I got closer to him to talk, he smiled, all of his front teeth were rotten.. It was a sad thing to look at.




On the way home I took some pictures. This is a small market. I like to buy from this little market. They have a good variety and the price is usually right.


This is an Amish grave yard. The stones are simple. As there life is simple. In the back is a little building. That is the out house. It actually has one side for women and one side for men. There is a fence going all around it. I have a girl friend who belongs to a ghost hunting club. I will be posting pictures of grave yards for her.








Friday, October 3, 2008

4th Annual Camping and Horse Riding Weekend












The girls all divide the meals up. By pairs we plan and provide for all. Dawn and I had breakfast. Biscuits and gravy. My favorite camping breakfast .

One of the high lights on our trail riding is in the river. We had a river race. Rhonda won.. My camera got splashed by Ronda's horse because it likes to splash everyone just like a kid playing in the water. This picture is kind of blurry. We left some great memories there!.

I am not sure who had more laughs, us laughing at each other or the horses seeing more then they had before. We were very very silly..


Dawn and are ready to go. My horses name is Chase. Dawn is riding her horse Star. The weather was just beautiful. This is on the hill behind our house. Our camp consisted of 4 horse trailers rounded up in a circle with our camp fire in the middle. Rhonda made p.j. pants for us. They are great to hang out in after a long
day of riding. (Thanks Rhonda..)



Not sure what meal this was..


This is Kathy.. She has a Great Bed and Breakfast at her house.. Themed around a cute Bunk house. Check her blog out. She has more pictures and stories about our ride. http://www.mirrorlakebb.blogspot.com/
We did good girls! We came out OK.. Just a lot of sore butts and knees.. Remember .. jump in the lake ..or river.... do something you have never done before.. live life .. have an adventure... feel the breeze .. make memories that will set you free...
Thanks to my friends for a great Camping and Riding week end.. can't wait to till next year..

Load um - up, haul - um out....
Brittney has finished her comforter made out of t-shirts, show shirts and patches she has been saving. She worked constantly until it was done. The rows between the blocks is camouflage.

Some of the block are her shirts that she wore while showing horses in 4-h. She cut out the front with the buttons and pockets.

Here is one block that she appliqued pieces that she cut out of t-shirts.

I really liked this shirt. The cow and kitty are just cute.


Most of the blocks are her t-shirts from years of special events. The back of it is burgundy the knots are black. It is king size. We will us the scraps to stuff beds for the dogs. I will post pictures of the doggy beds later.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008





Glad to hear from some of you... Hope you enjoy my pictures.. Today Brittney and I laughed at the Guinea . He was in the fountain then on the roof.. I will post a picture of him later..

Thursday, September 4, 2008