New Growth!

Is 'Wordless Wednesday' still a thing? I hope so. 

This is what things are looking like around here - new growth! To save time and resources this year we no-tilled our Sudan crop right into the stubble of our winter hay crops. Since we have such limited water this year we needed to plant a drought tolerant crop and needed to save every drop of water in the soil. No-till helped is accomplish that. 

The green in the Sudan crop, the yellow/light brown is the stubble. 

Wordless Wednesday ... Out in the Duck Blind

 Michael and I went on a blind date early one morning ... I has such a beautiful view it was worth getting up so early on my break!

Wordless Wednesday: The Week in Pictures

 A few pictures from the past week:

 A camera strap cover I made for Michael's sister.  

I will be posting directions soon!  It was pretty easy (not the ruffle part but the basic cover).

 Michael bought me a shotgun. 

 I discovered that I am no good a shooting a shotgun!  But, hopefully I will get better with practice. 

 I helped feed Tyler's cows - I drove the tractor. 

I made some amazing cupcakes with Southern Comfort buttercream frosting.  

Pretty good week!  What were the highlights of the past week for you?

Wordless Wednesday

70 years ago today was the attack on Pearl Harbor.  I wasn't alive 70 years ago and neither were my parents but that day still changed my life.  Because of that attack my grandpas went to war.

The above picture is of a flag one of the kindergarteners painted - it was so cute I had to take a picture!

Almost Wordless Wednesday: Before and After

When we drove up to my grandpa's house on Monday as soon as we got there he insisted that we take "before and after" pictures of him and baby Heman.  It was really cute how happy Heman was as soon as my sister set him down next to grandpa.  He just kept smiling - it was adorable. 

Heman is pointing like he is saying this is MY great-grandpa - isn't he great?

In this picture grandpa looks like a ghost but Heman is just so happy!

Then grandpa made us take a group shot.  We are all smiling here but it was a sad day.  I was smiling to keep from crying and I am sure that is the case for the rest of the family too.  Grandpa is a really great man and we don't like to see him like this.  He always said "Well, maybe I'll see you again." when we got off the phone or left but as we left on Monday he didn't say that - probably because he doesn't think he will see us again.  Sorry to be so sad today but this is what is going on around here. 

Wordless Wednesday - Brewery Tour

This is my first wordless wednesday!  We took a tour of Firestone Walker Brewery in Paso Robles a few months ago and here are the pictures.

If you are in the Paso Robles area and want to take a tour, go here for more information.

To see the rest of the links for wordless wdnesday check out Katie's blog Pinke Post.