2010 A Year In Review

2010

It was a good year with lots of changes around the farm.

 

January

Saw lots of snow...at least for us here in Kansas and a visit from a big fat racoon that took up residence in our barn.

February

We discovered live bees in the walls of our corncrib.

Olly and Lizzy came to live with us.

More snow and ice and trips to Amish country.

I replaced the doors under the kitchen sink with curtains.

We had a trip to Kansas City.

March

Put power out to the chicken coop and garden shed

The neighbors put cows in the fields around us.

Things were starting to grow.

We brought Spring the chick home with us.

It snowed the first day of spring.

The chicks arrived in the mail.

The friut trees were starting to bud.

April

We brought home Priscilla and Percy our little African goslings.

Breaking ground for the new vegetable garden.

The fruit trees were in full blossom.

We were in Lilac heaven...the scent was all around us!

We discover writing from 1934 in our old grain bin from a fellow who signed his name and mentioned that it was 108 in the shade that day.

New strawberry plants (75) are in the garden in planted.

Chicks move into their new home.

May

I put in the new rock boarder.

Lots of rain and storms.

Goslings are loving the 'pond'.

Planted the flower pots.

Fruit is looking good on the trees.

Find 3 puppies left on the side of the road.

Roses in full bloom.

Young chickens finally move to the 'big house'.

June

We sell the boat.

Road trip to the Gypsum Hills and Greensburg Kansas where a tornado destroyed over 90% of the town in 2009.

Got our first egg from young hen.

Flooding and a trip to Buhler.

We get our new Dixie Chopper.

July

Rains and flooding 4th of July weekend.

Discover fields of sunflowers near Hesston.

First of the garden produce.

I go on a photo shoot ...barns and Victorian house in town.

Barn catches fire but is saved.

Barn burns to ground 2 days later.

August

Our trip to Canada to see my kids and grandkids!

Yoder Heritage Days...Amish country.

September

Dig trenches for water line.

Kansas State Fair.

Flea Market find; Oak Dresser!

Shep finds possum in yard in the night.

Dust storm.

Another trip to Kansas City and pictures of old school house.

October

Pumpkins ready in the garden.

Blog about my office/craft room.

Enjoying fall.

New wood stove.

I win a give-away from my friend Susan at

City Gal Moves To Oz Land

Fall decorating inside and out.

Picket fence starts going up.

November

Flea Market finds me a bike!

Still picking beautiful tomatoes and drying herbs.

Canned some tomatoes.

I get photo's of Donna's garden.

Bee's and honey in corn crib.

Big building starts coming down.

New Lopi wood stove goes in.

Photo shoot of The Old Hardware Store

Trip to Amish country...spot a bald eagle.

Christmas Tree goes up.

Thanksgiving!

December

Christmas decorating.

Cookie baking.

More decorating!

Trip to the Antique Mall

Christmas.

Saying GOOD BYE to 2010

I hope 2010 has been a good year for you.

What were the highlights of your year?

Maura :)

Kansas State Fair

Every September we head over to the Kansas State Fair.

It's always a fun time.

Fun things to do and look at and of course

good food!

We tried a Pronto Pup and of course we couldn't

go to the Fair and not have a Funnel Cake.

My favorite thing to do though is walk through the equine area to check out the horses and watch the events.

Unfortunately my hubbys work schedule dictates

that we can only go in the afternoons.

There's not a lot that happens in the afternoon.

This year I was happy to see some of the girls working with their horses in the ring.

Oh there were some beautiful horses strutting their stuff!

There was a little girl there on this HUGE gorgeous horse that knew her stuff and had that horse going through

it's paces. Such concentration on her face!

It was a warm sunny day but dark clouds rolled in

and we did get a sprinkle but we

headed over to the Grand Stand and sat and

listened to a band play until it stopped raining.

We checked out the poultry and the bunnies.

There were some strange looking critters there.

A duck with Angel feathers!

If you were hoping for drumsticks on this bird you'd be disappointed!

A strange looking bird that looked like it came out of

a Tim Burton movie.

A ruffled chicken

And a chicken having a bad hair day.

See these BEAUTIFUL bronze feathers?

Well they belong to THIS fellow below...

Meet Tom Turkey

Grand Champion!

He has a face only a mother could love.

We had a great time and I'm already looking forward

to next year.

Did you visit your State Fair this summer?

I'm linking with Mary from Little Red House for

Mosaic Monday

I hope you'll stop by and visit Mary...you'll love her and her beautiful photography and while you're there please check out all the wonderful mosaics from fellow bloggers.

I know you'll have a good time.

Enjoy your week!

Maura :)