THINGS ON SUNDAY

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Thought I had better put up a post before we lose September completely!  We have been having some good rains and cooler weather-love it! 

Some of the trees are beginning to show some color.  The buckeye tree in the backyard was here when me came here in 1979.  It is the first to show changes in leaf color and lose its leaves (not counting black walnuts who lose them all year round it seems.)  I took this photo when the early morning sun was shining on the leaves. In the background is our old milk barn, shop with the double and garage door and holding pen shed is on the left end.

 The Sweet Autumn Clematis' have really done well this fall-just covered with their star-like blooms and have a sweet smell.  These cover two ends of the arbor. 

 The holstein heifers are having their mustard by-product fix-they like it and go to the water tank next.

Below is DH watching the heifers. He had cut a small bush and threw if over the fence and they had to come and investigate.  In the background you can see some eating hay at a round bale feeder.  We keep hay out for them year round.

 Here is a card I made today for the Featured Stamper Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  The card I cased used this flower and pitcher image from one of my favorite stamp sets-SU Long Time Friend. 

I did the Blackboard Technique where you stamp the image in white ink on a dark background.  You let the ink dry and then color in with colored pencils.  I added some yellow Stickles to the yellow flowers and cut the image out using Spellbinders Labels One die cut.  I also cut and embossed the green mat with a Labels One die and then adhered it to magenta Bazzill cardstock.  The sentiment says "Thinking of You".

BYE BYE BULLY

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We sold all our cows and calves but decided to keep one bull because he was so gentle and we didn't want to get rid of him.

We had recently decided to sell him as we really didn't need him and we had bought some small, unbred heifers.

 

Early Wednesday morning Leon told me to look out the window and there was Bully in the backyard.  He had trimmed one daylily for me, stepped on another and was trimming the dogwood tree when I seen him.  We went out and he walked into the holding pen like he knew where he was supposed to be going, we loaded him up and Leon took him to the Salem Sale Barn after we had doctored a couple of heifers eyes. 

I took this photo last year through the office window.  I looked out and these deer were in the field wondering where they were.  I watched them for awhile and one jumped over the pipe fence and the other two crawled under.  I didn't know deer could get down that low!  Just some more exciting times on a farm.