A Cool Pond!

It has turned off rather warm today...in Platte, SD..not hot by my standards...I am from the south ..now it is HOT there!...
But close today...

I thought a image of a cool pond might help us. And this post had some issues
i am not sure if lightening didn't maybe hit it..it might make a cook background or beginning to a painting not sure yet

Here is the pond this is just a small part of it...it rambles along for the better part of about 8 acres..then spills into the creek..this is in our west pasture.

Sure hope the summer is going well for you!

Thank you for visiting.

Vintage View..

Antique windows have so much character.

This is the kitchen window at Fergie's (where I work).

Old wooden screen.

The kind that would be taken down at winter and a old wooden storm window placed up.

That is old dirt too...

This might become a background journal page.

Sunbathing Beauties

Aren't they beautiful! The fields are full of all varieties of sunflowers. These aren't the largest, but they were the closest I could get a decent photo of.

About another week, and they will begin turning for harvesting.

Prairie Brand...

Cruising through the fields Craig is pointing out all the pretty wild flowers...here is one....isn't it preeetty...

they used for toilet paper!!!!!

Yep,
I was not impressed either
however,
it is really soft...I didn't give it the old try and I am taking his word on it..but it was the favorite "brand" the Indians used and the wagoners coming west...
wagons HO!

Oh I so would be on that first train back East...IF I was still in the wagon to begin with!

I am much more comfortable at being the pioneer woman for today ...thank you very much!

This southern accent gets me in all kinds of trouble...but the people traveling through like to think of me as the true pioneer woman for today...
give me a chuckle and earns me a tip
so
anyway I can please the crowd works..

Western Living

Elizabeth at http://thelastdoordownthehall.blogspot.com/ likes to introduce us to some of the older establishments in her area, as she has today.

Which has prompted me to post a homestead we came across when showing the area to our guest this week.

In our travels we went through Ideal, SD we are talking a small town, and I think this is the last of it, because there wasn't anything else to see there!

Notice how they curved the roof line up, and how close they built it to the ground!...there were 4 other to the ground buildings on the place, it is being used for pasture now.

In the day though, this was a large prosperous family.

They had a lot of wood in this house...hard to come by and expensive!

Not to mention several windows.

Then the cost to have raised the other buildings, so this family was doing well.

Or brought wealth with them from the East.

Our guest were a SIL Donna, her daughter our niece Kristy and her daughter our grandniece, Kendyl...they had a big time as did we..all together a whirlwind of 4 days!!

BUT, I just discovered...I DON'T work tonight!!! and I thought I did..so YAY!

thanks for dropping by.

Rain & Wheat

Raining all day...the crops are happy but my wheat isn't..too much wet and it causes it to lay down. See how the hay in the foreground is laying over...the wheat up on the hill is doing the same thing.
If it doesn't stand back up..it can rot.




Here is an attempt to get back to painting. A journal page about droopy wheat.
I also did some letter practicing..not a lot the pen was picking at this paper..I didn't gesso and it makes a difference!

Having a good stand doesn't guarantee a decent crop. We were predicted a 60-80 bushel harvest which would have been nice.

Hopefully the sun will come out and it will stand back up and do it drying...another week and it should be ready to harvest. If it doesn't I suppose it will make some mighty nice hay for the cows.

At least something will eat!

...A Situation....

We had us a situation...

a cow situation...last evening.

Two momma and calf pairs escaped into the wrong pasture.

Possibly they are mmmoooooving to California.

They noticed Mabel had to fight that strong headwind during the Winter month, so planning for better weather they are leaving now!

The little girls want to break into films...they think they are a LOT cuter than the ones that were auditioning for that ..commercial..