Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Marbles:
Played marbles with Doug and his Mom ...
She won two out of three games!!!!
Carver:
Here's one of the bridges that we crossed on our walk.
Here's a view of the stream and the woods.
There's Doug looking down at the water.
Isn't that just beautiful?Family:
I'm still a little home sick ...Here's my Dad.
Here's Mom #2 ...
And here is my Grandma Mayo.I love you all so much!!!
Jolly Mill:
I found this old house on my trip to Jolly Mill.I just couldn't resist checking it out!!!
Doug, Flowers:
Here are some beautiful flowers that Doug got for me.
I just loved them!
General:
Went to a dance Friday night.
It was a lot of fun.
We danced just about every dance!
Of course ...
we had to stop off on the way and look at some engines and cars ...
you know ...
engines for him ...
dancing for me!!!!
Had a great time!
North Ely Opry:
Here we are at a nursing home.
Recognize those fiddlers?
And there is what it's all about ...
General: Happy Tuesday!!!!
Hello!
And just how are y'all doing?
I had a great weekend.
I'm exhausted!
Went camping for three days!
Yes!
I said camping!
Slept in the back of the blazer.
It wasn't too bad ...
but I'm tenting it next time!!!
:)
Went to an Old Thresher's Show in Macon, Missouri
and had a great time!
Lots of things to see ...
rode on the John Deere all weekend ...
went to the flea markets ...
spent the whole weekend with Doug ...
played marbles ...
played music ...
I really enjoyed it.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Thresher's Show:
Some pictures from one of last years Old Thresher's Shows.Hope that you enjoy!
Ta-ta for now!
North Ely Opry:
(Danny, Doug, Ava)It is Thursday!!!!
Music Thursday!!!!!!!!
(Alan, Jim, John)
(Del)
(Danny)
(Lowell)Pond, Walk:
There's our feet ...side by side!
And ...
below are out footprints!
These are pictures from the pond at Doug's house. It is a large pond and just as beautiful as can be.
We sprinkled some water in for this one! I like the little ripples and rings that it caused!
Chris:
I miss my son, Chris.I haven't seen him in a while.
Last time I talked to him, he was doing fine.
He works construction and the heat has been hard on them.
Jolly Mill:
Mom and Dad in the car ...
Doug and Ava in the car ...
Here's a view of the mill. It is such a beautiful place and I just love it there. When I look at these pictures, I can hear the laughter of my children as we picniced and played there when they were little.
We used to fish here ... while eating our peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Har-ber Village:
Here's a railroad spike collection for you. I know that you really can't see what the labels say, but each spike is labeled where it came from, what year and other interesting information. I though that it was very cool!!!!
Now ... here's a pipe collection. They actually had some very interesting pipes and I tried to get some good pictures. It's difficult to take pictures through glass, but I think they turned out okay. They had everything from corncob pipes to very beautifully carved pipes.
Reading:
I may have told you already ...
can't remember ...
I'm reading a new book ...
"Mistaken Identity"
by
Lisa Scottoline.
I bought a bag of books for $1
at a garage sale last weekend.
Bargain!
Barns:
Bonnie Loves Rob ...Hmmm ...
Do you think I could build me a big red barn ...
Bigger than this one, of course ...
and paint
Ava loves Doug
in great big letters?
General:
I have the Wahoo blues!
What is that?
Wahoo is the name of the marble game that I'm so fond of.
And ...
I haven't gotten to play since last Saturday or Sunday!!!
Wha!!!!!!!
Wha!!!
Wha!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Farming, Loading Corn:
I followed Doug and Bill as they loaded a load of corn into the auger wagon. I tried to stay out of the way so that I didn't cause an accident, but get some pictures at the same time. :) You know how that goes!!! There are more, but here's a few of them.
Doug had to climb inside the bin and scoop toward the auger when the corn quit moving on its own. I didn't get in there, but it sure did look hot in there! That shoveling is hard work. It makes my back ache just to think about it.
More corn...
More scooping ...
Almost done!General:
Well,
the time has gone by so fast.
It seems to do that as I get older.
Last year was my divorce and move. I really surprised myself by staying here and not moving closer to my parents and siblings. I know that I surprised them too. I am glad that I stayed. One thing about having been with someone who isolated you from friends and family is that you learn to stand on your own two feet. I'm no longer isolated and have a pretty active social life.
It feels good.
Union Bridge:
Here are some more photos of Union Bridge in Paris, Missouri.
Last time I was there, there were holes in this side of the bridge. They've done repair work and also painted the outside since I was there last. What you see there are windows that let some light into the inside of the bridge.
You know me and water shots!
This water is running off of the strands of moss on the rocks.
Paris Old Threshers:
Part of going to outside activities and gatherings ...You guessed it!
Using the portapotty!
At least I took his picture with the door shut!
Yes, we really were using them. Just coming out.
General:
Yesterday ...
I walked two miles!!!!!
Monday ...
I walked one mile on the stepper machine
and followed that up with half a mile outside.
During my walk yesterday,
I met Miss Cleo,
who is a neighbor of mine.
She is 85 years old.
She took me to see her garden
and sent several tomatoes home with me.
She's very nice!
Farming:
Here are some more pictures from the combine!
Look at that wheat fly!
The wheels on the combine go round and round ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
General:
Just a note for any new readers out there ...
I have a limited blogging schedule.
I blog on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays only.
It's not a personal thing ...
just a scheduling thing.
Anyway ...
Just know that those are the days that I also
check comments.
So don't give up if I don't answer right away.
And keep coming back!!!
:)
Collectibles:
When we were at the Thresher's Show in Paris, Missouri ...They had a flea market ...
and this is what Doug bought me.
Isn't that little white dog a cuite? Look at those pink ears!And this set with the mom and two puppies!
Adoreable.
Thank you, Doug.
:)
General:
Thursday,
Doug and I went for a 3-wheeler ride.
It was great.
It had been a while since we'd been.
We rode out and checked the crops.
My, they have grown!
The corn is very tall
and the spray on the beans is doing it's job.
Looking good!!!!!
Looking good!!!!
Doug picked me some wild flowers and said,
"Flowers for my lady."
Awe!!!!!!
How sweet is that????????
Then we went back to the house ...
had supper ...
went to the Opry to play some music!!!!
Fun!
Family: Marbles at Tom and Julies
There's Doug resting before the big game ...
This is Tom and Julies new marble board.Isn't it pretty?
Notice the Indian Chief in the center
and the TeePees where you start your marbles from.
A close up of the Indian Chief ...
A close up of a TeePee ...
Here we are picking out our marbles and dice ...
I think I was red ...
There I am!!!!
There's Julie!!!!!
There's Tom ...
There's Doug ...
And there's Rudolf!!!!!General: Happy Tuesday!!!!!
Good morning!
Happy Tuesday to you all!!
I'm bright and cheerful this morning.
I'm reading a good book
and that
always improves my disposition!!!!!
Had a good weekend
and was able to catch up on a little rest.
That's always good.
Especially since I have a big weekend coming up.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Doug:
Walk:
Hey!
I walked a mile and a half yesterday!
Ya-hoo!
I walked half a mile this morning before
getting on the computer!
Go Ava!!!!!!
Feeding the Catfish:
Here are some pictures ...I was trying to catch some of the
big ones,
but alas ...
my camera was too slow!
General: Chris
I talked to my son,
Chris,
last night.
He works construction
and he said that it has been so hot
that people are vomiting and passing out.
He said that,
so far,
he hasn't passed out yet!
He and his family are doing fine.
He said that Chandler is growing
and just as smart as ever!
I miss that little Grandson of mine!
Wish I could hop in the car and go visit ...
Right now!
North Ely Opry:
(John and Doug)
It's Thursday ...
and you all know what that means ...
yes ...
it's music night!!!!
Here's a few
pictures to get you in the mood!
(Garret, Jim, Dan)
(Ava)WaHoo:
Last night,
Joann and I went over to my sons' house
to play a game of Wahoo (marbles).
He and Julie just got a new
Wahoo board that she found on the Internet.
It's really pretty.
No,
didn't have the camera with me.
(I know ... what was I thinking?)
But there will be another game soon,
and I'll take the camera then.
I won!!!!
It was a close game though.
Horses:
I went to see the horses at the horse farm
near where I used to live yesterday.
There were about 20 of them out there,
but only two came over to say hello.
That was fine!
I scratched their ears and necks
then they got into a "tiff"
and the visit was over.
I enjoyed it though.
That may have been the first time
since I moved that I had stopped to say hello.
They're so pretty.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
General:
Well,
it is time to go.
I will be back tomorrow.
Hope that you all have a great day.
Union Covered Bridge:
Doug and I went to Union Covered Bridge,
in Paris, Missouri last Friday afternoon.
It is so beautiful there.
We had a picnic,
looked the place over
and I played in the water.
This dog showed up right after lunch and stayed with us the whole time we were there.
She was very cute!!!!
General:
Yesterday ...
did some laundry ...
edited pictures and got them finished!
That's always a small celebration!!
Taught lessons ...
Had the munchies,
so I made some popcorn and
at that in the afternoon.
Hope you all had a great day.
Break Away Band:
Here we are tearing down the band equipment
after we played the dance in Clayton last Saturday night.
Set up ...
And tear down ...
Ughhh!
But the playing and singing is fun!!!!
There's all of our instruments!
Waiting to go to the car!
Anyone for some carmel corn?
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And ...
last but not least ...
here I am tap dancing before we head to the car!
Look at that face!
Come on ...
Cut me some slack ...
I was concentrating!!!!!
Ava, Doug:
Here we are in the car ...
it was last Thursday ...
on our way to check the crops!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
General:
Well,
my time is up.
I didn't get all of your blogs visited ...
but ...
there is always tomorrow!!!
My love to you all!
Have a great day!
Dad's Office:
Here's a picture of one of the
arrowhead displays
in my Dad's office.
He is the coolest man!
And he has such interesting things!
General: Saturday
Saturday ...
was up early to teach my morning lessons ...
at lunch at Wendy's.
I had a cheese burger
and
Doug had a chicken sandwich.
Went to Huckleberry Park and played some music for a little while.
There was a Pee Wee ball team there
having a practice and BBQ at the shelter house.
They were cute to watch.
Then we drove to Clayton, Illinois
to play a dance at the VFW.
It was fun!
There was a pretty large audience
and lots of dancing!
I took my banjo and had a ball with it!
Got home late ... again.
I'm still catching up on my sleep!
Bridge:
This is not my photo ...
but one that I collected that filled me with awe.
I love the color of the trees
and the reflection on the water.
General:
Friday ...
had a very busy day!!!
Went to Paris, Missouri to Union Covered Bridge
for a picnic and fun.
I waded in the Salt River
and took a ton of pictures,
which I'll show you later.
From there,
drove back into town to
the Paris Old Thresher's show that was going on.
We had a lot of fun there!
Played a little music ...
road on one of the big steam engines ...
got to look at the horses at the horse pull ...
ate some really good food ...
and got to swing on the swings!!!!
From there we went to a Bluegrass Festival
in Vandalia, Missouri.
It was 10:00pm by the time we got there
and we were tired,
so we decided to leave the instruments
in the car and just sit and listen.
It was nice to just listen, chat, and enjoy the music.
It was a good day ...
But boy,
am I tired!!!!
Family:
Here's my Mom and Dad #2.
I'm missing family today ...
So you get some family pics.
There's my Great-Great Aunt Eva
in the middle of a kiss from
my cousin Pat and my Mom.
There's my brother and sister-in-law,
Tony and Tina
and my neice and nephew.
General: Hello!
Hello to all of my friends in blog land!!!
I hope that you all had a great weekend.
I had an exhausting one ...
I'm tired ...
a little cranky ...
and it's thunder storming out there right now!
Have a great day!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Corn Field:
Okay ...
We're busted ...
You caught us playing in the corn field!!!
That's some great looking corn!!!!
There I am!
There's Doug!!!!
And there he is escaping!
Gotcha!
Joe Dirt ...
Saturday night,
we went down to the Hannibal
River Front to listen to
a band that was playing there.
They were called
Joe Dirt and the Dirty Boys ...
a 70's and 80's rock band.
They were pretty good
and we enjoyed them.
They were the typical looking
rock band/bad boys
with long hair and making
scary faces at the audience ...
Then they went on break ...
and I watched them go to the back for a drink ...
and ...
off came their wigs!!!!
Yes!!!
Wigs!!!
Then they put the wigs back on
and come out to finish their set.
It just wasn't the same for me after that.
Saverton Dam:
Went out to Saverton Dam and walked out across the Mississippi.
We thought all of the trees that had been
pushed along by the ice would have been
cleared by now ...
but as you can see ...
we were wrong.
Here are a couple of shots of Doug and I standing next to
a couple of the trees ... just to give you an idea of just
how large these trees really are.
North Ely Opry:
Happy Thursday to you!
(Wes)
Thursday ...
is always a happy day ...
because I get to go play music!!!!!
Music always makes me happy!
(Allan)
Last week I had
a lupus wrist and couldn't play much.
(Billy Bob)
So far this week ...
I'm feeling good!!!
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Combine Pics:
Here are some pictures of the wheat field
taken from the combine.
I think these pictures are really neat.
Very pretty.
I also like this barn!
North Ely Opry:
Some long lost friends,
Billy Bob and Josh,
showed up at the Opry last week.
I was very glad to see them.
Billy Bob is on leave from the armed forces.
I wish Josh would come more often!
We had a great night and I stayed later than usual.
Now that I work on Saturday mornings,
I don't usually stay as late as I used to.
I have to be able to get up in the mornings!!!!
That alarm clock comes early!!!
The Mississippi:
Here are some views of the
Mississippi River.
This is where we went to
watch the fireworks on the Fourth of July.
It was warm ... but not miserably hot.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Hunter:
I don't have a picture yet,
but my little Grandson,
Hunter,
fell and had to have five stitches on
his forehead!
To quote Hunter ...
who is 20 months old ...
"Owie!"
Fourth of July
We went with Tom and Julie
to see the fireworks in Hannibal.
They were beautiful!
They shoot them out over the river
and it was just fantastic.
We were right on the water front
which placed us right below the fireworks.
It was as if they just filled the entire sky.
We had a great time.
Bird Nest
Here are some pictures of the nest of a Killdeer
that Doug and I found while checking the crops.
If you scroll down to the last picture,
that is the view while driving down the road.
You might ask how we found this nest?
Well,
it was the presence of the parent ...
doing their broken wing and injured bird performance ...
trying to draw us away from the area.
So,
we slowed down and looked ...
and there it was!
View from the combine ...
Did you ever wonder what the view was like from the combine?
Well,
this is what it's like driving down the road
heading to the field.
This time we're headed to the wheat field.
Thank you to Doug for taking these pictures for us!
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Survived!!!
I survived the Fourth of July weekend!!!
That's always a good thing!
Went to see the fireworks display in Hannibal, Mo last night.
They were beautiful!
Had a picnic and played a very long
and vicious game of marbles
with Doug, Tom and Julie.
Doug won.
The game took over an hour!
People were walking by and looking to see what we were doing.
Afterwards,
went out on a dirt road to shoot fireworks of our own ...
we weren't the only ones ...
there were about 20 other vehicles full of people ...
lots of fireworks going off.
Julie and I were sitting on top of my car ...
Tom and Doug were shooting fireworks ...
then the police showed up ...
he parked right behind my car with his
lights shining on us ...
Us and the two cars behind me were caught ...
everyone else scrambled!
Dang!
He checked ID's
and we had to pick up all of our firework stuff
and then he sent us home.
When we left,
our part of the road was very clean!!!!
I can't complain ...
it was a great evening!
Hope that you all were safe and happy as well!
Have a great weekend!
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Ava
Wow!
Look at those sexy legs!!!!
Here I am in my over-all shorts!!!
Yee-Haw!!!!
Circus
Went to the circus last Saturday evening.
It was wonderful!
I hadn't been to the circus in a very long time.
The show lasted for three hours.
That's good ... got your money's worth ...
But wow ...
Sore butts from sitting on those bleachers!!!
Ready for a ride?
Here are a couple of pictures
from the
Sesquentennial Celebration in Monroe City
a while back.
Do you think you could keep your balance on that
bicycle?
I'm not so sure!!!
I love these old buggies.
Happy Fourth of July!
I hope that ya'll have a safe and happy July 4th!
I'm looking forward to the fireworks display!
And a hot dog!
Horses: Clydesdales
Here's a couple of pictures from
when the Clydesdales were in town.
They are just such beautiful creatures.
I really enjoyed getting to see them up close.
Eggs on a walk
Came across this nest on a walk
out at the farm in Ely.
I'm not sure what kind of bird they were from.
But ...
on the way back through from
our walk ...
they were gone.
Doug:
Chris:
There's Chris and Heather
in their matching red shirts.
I like to see couples dress
in like colors!!!!
