Saturday Humor

Conversations with kids: Pigs and Little Lambs

 

 

Rachel and I were sitting on the couch looking at photos I had taken of the piglets a few days ago. 

 

She said, "Little piglets are so cute...but they aren't when they get older. It's amazing how that works. Oh well, I am still Great-Grandma's Little Lamb." 

 

 "...and so is that stinky pot, Drew!" 

 

<SIGH>

Wordless Wednesday: Never too early to be milk drunk!

Garden photo Monday

Kansas heirloom melon

Delicious heirloom melon

Not a morning person.

Red potato blooms

Flooding

I talked about rain and moisture in my last post 6 days ago. I have lost track in inches how much rain we've gotten but I think it's well over 10 at this point for the past 2 weeks! Both the Arkansas and the Little Arkansas have gone over their banks in several places, we're still high and dry for the most part but last weekend, Sunday I think, I walked out to pond being well over 1/2 full OVERNIGHT! That was the rain we got over 7 inches alone. It was nuts. It would stop raining for a day, then rain that night and so it went for the entire week except Thursday, which rained all day, I think and Friday for most of the day as well. The rainy days meld into the next, it seems.

We gave up on trying to finish tying in the electrical lines for the new milk house- too much water, too much mud. We got all the other conduit in though and the water lines and got the trenches filled. There were a few places that were washed out but Jeremiah got bucket loads of dirt today and filled all those in.

Drew and I were sick today. I am not sure from what. With all the mosquitoes I joke that we probably have malaria. Oh my lord the mosquitoes are SO bad! We literally cannot walk out side without one landing on our person immediately ANY time of the day so for the most part, we just stay in! Fortunately I am feeling better and I am sure he will tomorrow. We both started feeling pretty crappy after lunch out yesterday so I have to wonder if it's not a little bit of food poisoning.

Today the sun was out, not that it mattered much I had a fever so I was sweatin' sitting still.

I have some photos to share. I know I don't post nearly as often as I should.  Some are old, some are recent. I don't seem to have enough time to play around with photos like I'd like but occasionally I can sneak away. Have a good weekend!

Tea Time

Rachel was invited to a tea party Saturday put on by our super talented friend Amy and her daughter, Brayden. Amy and Keith have kids (boy and girl) the same age as Rachel and Drew and they get along wonderfully. The tea party was a smashing good time...for girls and dolls only!

P.S. You probably wouldn't believe it if I told you, but another 1.1" of rain dropped on us Friday night and this evening I was woken up by thunder so loud it sounded like the house was cracking in 2. I'll check the gauge in the morning, I expect at least another inch for a total of over 9 inches in about 10 days time! As of this morning, we had over 7 inches of rain in a little over 8 hours!  Some of our rivers are nearly overflowing their banks Our rivers are over their banks in many locations and parts of northern Kansas, as usual, are flooding out. I hate to see that, but for the rest of us, it's just so needed!