Springtime on the Farm

There's always something to see and do on the farm. Andrea stopped by dressed for the mild weather much to the delight of her youngest sister who laughed uncontrollably at her Leprechaun-esque outfit.

We put out our deer-cam to see if there would be any game to be lured in front of the camera. We were delighted to get photos of deer...


...and a real surprise, turkeys. (Then someone stole our camera.)


Jesse decided to try his hand at gardening. "Am I doing this right, Grandpa?"


"That's right, boy. Now you jess keep a hoein', ya heah?"


Doing some time-out in the dog kennel.


Forget this! There's a new robot to investigate!


Wow! A magical clothes washing robot!


And finally, a parting shot of our lovely flowering pear tree. One of my favorite sights on the farm each spring.

Libby's Birthday

There was lots of food and fun at Libby's 26th birthday party. Joe went down to the marsh and sat in the tree stand he and David made and scouted the elusive monster buck. David hid out in the TV room in his easy chair and the girls had some fun carving the pumpkins we grew this summer. See if you can figure out what the carvings are of.

Fun on the Train

I guess it's about time I dusted off this blog and posted something new. Today the girls and I, sans Olivia who had to work, drove down to Mukwonago to the Elegant Farmer. We had some treats and a train ride and I got a few nice pictures to boot. I won't bother to tell the story of how I locked my keys in the car and we had to call Andy to bring me a spare from home. Hmm, looks like I already did.

Storms over Wisconsin

As you know, we've been hammered by bad weather for the past few weeks. As David and I were hurrying to weatherproof the outside cellar door with a large canvas after the basement had flooded, this storm approached. Sara snapped a number of pictures but these three best show its progression over our farm. Although it looked quite ominous we only received a good soaking from it- including the basement again.

Turned out the gutters were stuffed with helicopters from our maple out front which channeled the rain over the eaves where it soaked into the basement rather than down the drain spouts.

It wasn't until a storm the following evening that we discovered this so David cleaned them out in his underwear, in the rain, while the lightning flashed. Better to be fried by a gazillion volts than pitch out the basement with five gallon pails for the third time. Sorry, no photos of that. Classic though they might have been I wasn't willing to risk my life, and my camera, to get them.

Windy Spring Day

Taking a walk with Mom, Grandpa and Grandma is nice but a guy can get bored with nothing interesting to do.











What's this? Water? That means mud and slop! Dude, this is like, awesome!












Intervention! Mom comes running with her usual response to such shenanigans: Too dangerous!













Is there no one who understands a man's need for freedom to explore his environment?

Video Worth a Thousand Words

View's Getting Better

Here's Bob the Beaver working on his wooden treasure trove.














Yeah, there's some hay left but we can dispose of that easy enough. Anyone want some mulch?