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Wednesday, February 09, 2022
Mule Sledding on Fresh Snow
Kyle & Pepper came to the farm to Mule Sled. The snow just started
falling when they arrived and wasn't quite deep enough as the sun went
down. The next morning the temperature was aound 10 degrees, but they
were ready to go at 7 AM.
Julie,
Kyle & Pauline sledding in front of the house and Daisy running through
the hay fields alongside the Mule.
While
they were here, Julie played in a JV basketball game for Edmonson County
against Cumberland County. Edmonson County won the JV game but lost the
varsity game. The second picture is Julie after taking her hair down
from the braids. It is usually straight. :-)
Kyle
dressed and ready to be pulled through the hay fields & Dave driving the
Mule pulling him.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Nana & Roof Shingles
Stacey, Linda & I took Coco & Reece in the Silverado to Daleville
Sunday. The drive was a little harder than normal due to the winds once
we crossed the Ohio River. As I pulled into the driveway at the
Daleville house, I noticed pieces of shingles from the roof laying on
the driveway. I picked up a few and then unlocked the door. After we
unloaded the truck, I took a look at the roof on the upwind side of the
house. The pictures below are what I saw.
A
few of the shingles were just flipped up, but others were gone.
We
left the dogs in the house and went to visit Nana at the Bethany Point
nursing home. When we arrived, Reba was standing up using her walker. We
gave her hugs and talked with her until it was time for her to go to the
dinning room. We walked with Nana and then left once she was seated at a
table with other residents. During the week, Linda & Stacey went to
visit with her and retrieved things from her place that she wanted. I
remained at the Daleville house and took care of the dogs. The only
problems were caused by people cleaning out the old fire station
building and making noises that caused the dogs to jump off the couch
and bark, incessantly! Steve Sargent had one of the guys that works for
him repair the roof shingles with a couple new shingles and to put
roofing cement/tar under the shingles to hold them down until the sun
can heat the roofing enough to seal the shingles down to the rest of the
roof.
Wednesday,
we took Reece to see Nana at the nursing home. Reba was happy to see her
dog when Reece jumped on the bed and they snuggled for several minutes.
I led Reece while Nana walked with us through the lobby of the home as
many of the residents reached down to rub Reece. Nana told most of them
that Reece was her dog. We returned to Nana's room and Linda had one of
the workers put the shadow box she had put together for Reba on the wall
just outside her door. The boxes help the residents find their rooms and
also lets the staff know a little bit about the person in the room and
their lives before they were admitted. We visited with Nana for a couple
of hours and she walked us to the door, said good bye to Reece and us as
she went to the dinning room for supper.
Thursday morning we closed
the house up and drove to the farm, only stopping at a rest area to let
the dogs out for a few minutes. We unloaded the truck as soon as we were
home, then took the dogs for a run with Daisy. I lost my cell phone
during the ride. We returned the dogs to the house and looked, but never
found it as it was raining.
Friday, February 15, 2019
Flowers & Paint
Stacey received a vase of flowers from Jason for Valentine's Day. She
liked them and posted a thank you on Facebook.
For
about a week, Julianna Parham Painting had been working at our house.
Julia used three colors of green to paint our living room, dinning room,
kitchen and two hallways. A light green was used in the hallways, a
medium green was used in the kitchen, living room and upper section of
the dinning room with the lower section below the chair rail getting the
darker green. She did an excellent job and made our house look new again
on the inside walls.
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Christmas 2018
Friday, Julie & Kyle came to stay with us before Christmas because their
parents were working. Linda had received a call from Imon about Nana
falling. She had been taken to Indy for surgery and Linda couldn't
decide whether to go be with her Mom or wait until after Christmas.
Saturday
morning, Linda finally went to Indy, leaving me with Julie, Kyle &
Stacey. We went shopping a little before noon, found Julie & Kyle a
couple presents each, then went to Fazoli's for lunch and back to the
farm. Back at the farm, I had Julie & Stacey brown hamburger. When it
was done, I divided the meat, one batch for chili and the rest for
Sloppy Joe sandwiches. We ate the sandwiches and let the chili cook.
Sunday
morning, we made out a grocery list and went to Walmart. The store was
nearly empty of shoppers, so the grocery shopping didn't take long. We
returned to the farm and put the groceries away. Pauline & Brent arrived
just as we finished putting the stuff away. Everyone went to Major's
Pizza for lunch. We played some games and watched a few Christmas shows
and ate chili for supper.
Christmas Eve, Pauline made breakfast for
everyone and I cooked the ham. I sliced it later, after it cooled down.
We had chili for lunch with PB&J sandwiches. Linda came home from IN
about 2:30 that afternoon. We ate the ham with mashed potatoes, peas,
corn casserole and rolls for dinner. Linda told us how her trip had went
and what was going on with Nana.
Christmas, we had sticky buns for a
quick breakfast before the gifts were opened.
It
seemed to me, that everyone was happy with their gifts. It was good to
have Linda back with us for Christmas. She told us all that Reba's
surgery had went well and the therapist had her Mom standing up the day
after her surgery. Reba will need a few days of therapy before going
home, but that should happen quickly. I hope everyone had a Happy
Holiday.
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Sunday, December 09, 2018
Freezing Rain
An early winter storm went south of the farm leaving us
out of the snow but coating the trees with a light layer of ice. The
freezing rain delayed schools in the area for a couple of hours even
though the roads were warm enough that the rain did not freeze on them.
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Farm Camp Out
Stacey, Linda & I hosted family & friends, beginning Friday afternoon
and ending Sunday about noon, for the 'Fall Camp Out 18' at Norris Farm.
Below are the pictures that are not in any specific order and were taken
by Jessica, Molly, Shelly and myself. Clicking these small images will
open larger ones.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Sunsets
Since we moved to KY over 20 years ago, I haven't seen
that many sunsets. Our farm is in a valley and the sun disappears from
our view before it passes the horizon. With the drone, I now have the
capability to capture sunsets at the best times, thanks to the drone's
ability to fly above the height of the hilltops.
Saturday, June 09, 2018
Hay Done Road Repaved
When we returned home from IN, all the hay had been cut and rolled. The
fields looked a little brown because there had not been any rain fall
since the hay was cut.
I
flew the drone and took inventory of the rolls and the condition of the
fields. I flew it down the creek to our other fields and hovered to take
several pictures, snapped a couple on the way back and then returned to
the farm house.
The
new pavement on SR 61 was laid while we were in IN. I was delighted they
paved over the rumble strips that had been ground into the previous
pavement The noises from those things are annoying as people are either
passing another vehicle or trying to see what is going on in our
driveway. :-)
I
snapped a couple more pictures as I was landing the drone. We park our
Mules in the back loft of the old barn.
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Tadpoles Into Frogs
Julie, Kyle, Linda & Stacey had been watching a puddle along the edge of
the creek that was a breeding ground for thousands of tadpoles. Each of
the black dots in the picture are tadpoles turning into frogs. 
When
we stopped the Mule and looked around, little bitty frogs were hopping
all around the water hole. One landed on the rock and I took a quick
picture.
Julie
caught several in her hand and put a dandelion bloom along side for size
comparison.
The
frogs are so small up beside Kyle's thumb nail.
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Heart In KY
Linda & Brent picked out a piece of barn siding and put together nails
and string to make a piece of art I called, "Our Heart Is In KY".
Linda
made another one, then donated one to benefit the Democratic Party of
Cumberland County. We took one to the Daleville house and hung it on the
wall.
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Berry Picking Time
Schools out! Julie & Kyle are staying at the farm for nearly two weeks.
Lucky for them, the strawberries are ripe. Stacey, Linda and I had
already picked a tub full two days earlier, this time J & K had easy
pickings and came to the house with a full gallon. I'm not sure how many
they ate, doesn't matter, I hope they filled their bellies.
Julie
wanted to help make the jam so we worked together and made 2 batches
that ended up being 10 half pints. They're sealed and ready to eat or
save for later.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Garage Walls Up
Linda wanted to go to IN to help clean out her Mom's house on Broadway,
so we headed to Daleville. Imon and Linda worked together a day and
removed a lot of stuff. Steve Sargent's crew had erected the walls for
our garage.
The
second and third days, Stacey, Linda and I worked together. I held the
bags, she filled them as she sorted, Stacey carried the bags to the
front porch. We made several trips to various dumpsters as we unloaded a
lifetime of things no longer wanted. When we returned to the farm, it
was nice to have beautiful weather for a welcome home.
Friday, April 06, 2018
Grandparent's House
I talked Linda and Brent into helping me clean up around my
grandparent's old house. Hytie and John Parrish were my Mom's parents
and lived in the house. I can remember sleeping in the bedroom when I
was about 5 or 6 years old. It has been nearly that long since anyone
has lived in it, while trees, vines & time have been taking its toll. I
started the clean up a few days earlier by bush hogging as close as
possible, then Brent cut a few trees and I hauled them to our brush pile
at the other end of the field. A day or two later, Linda & I used
loppers and the pole saw to clear the brush & briars that were closer to
the house.
Pepper,
Daisy, Poco & Coco make up the family's dog pack. Pepper & Daisy run the
trails while Poco & Coco ride, but they all enjoy having a new place to
sniff.
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Tiller for Strawberries at Easter
Early in March I had ordered, from Tractor Supply Co, a 48" tiller to
use behind the New Holland 55 tractor. It came to the Columbia store and
we picked it up on the 23rd using the lawn mowing trailer behind the red
truck. Back at the farm, I unloaded the tiller with the scoop on the
tractor and set it down in the pole barn. Some assembly was required
along with servicing the unit with oil and grease before use.
It
rained a lot while I was working in the pole barn on the tiller, but the
creek didn't get out of the banks during the day. The next morning I did
have some debris in the fields where the creek had risen during the
night. I went to work removing the debris early, before the rain had
stopped, being careful not to make tire ruts in the fields. That way,
the debris I missed would be washed down into the fields by the rain
almost like it never happened.
In
a few days time, the ground had dried enough. so I was ablt to till 3
rows next to our old strawberry patches and 5 more rows in the area
where the old house trailer used to set. We left about 5' between the
rows of strawberrys for grass walkways.
Saturday
morning, Brent's family came over and around noon we planted 200
strawberry plants. Brent & I set the stakes for the twine string that
had marks on it for the plant spacing. Then we made the holes for the
plants with Julie and Pauline planting as Linda & Stacey separated the
plants and handed each one to them. Kyle did the stepping and fetching
for all of us. I think we had the planting completed in about an hour.
We
also had a ham dinner with pies and other good stuff. Oh, and Julie &
Kyle enjoyed an Egg Hunt with candy and loose change inside plastic eggs.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
Start A New Year
Between Christmas and New Years, Stacey's desktop computer bit the dust.
We found a new Acer all in one to replace it. When it arrived, we set it
up and also let Stacey join Facebook. She has been enjoying having her
iTunes working again to listen to music and learning her way around FB.
Friday
night it was supposed to start sleeting and maybe snow.
Saturday
morning we woke up to about 2 inches of the white stuff. Usually when
this happens the snow melts before the next night, but this time the
forecast is for temperatures below freezing for the next week. I took
our drone outside and flew it over the farm for a few minutes before we
made any tracks in the snow. 
As
I was flying the drone back to land, I took this selfie with the drone.
It is the best selfie I have taken! LoL
Since
we are experiencing really cold temperatures, we have been keeping Daisy
in the garage. We let her in the house several times during the day and
she goes outside when the need arises. Stacey and Linda like this setup
more than I, but I do enjoy it too.
