Memorial Day parade.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
May 25, 2011
We went for a bike ride and stopped at the playground. The city has a few garden plots for people to rent there, and some of those people were there attending to those gardens. I'm still amused about the number of "armchair gardeners" present.
May 24, 2011
Today we planted some sweet corn, Indian corn, and field corn back where the potato patch was last year (the potatoes are now in a new extension of the former patch). If you look really close, the seeds are bright pink due to some coating they have (herbicide and/or pesticide, I believe).
Monday, May 23, 2011
May 22, 2011
Plowing the rows to plant potatoes. The potato patch seems to have grown again this year.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
May 19, 2011
Went to the zoo again, with preschoolers this time. It got very nice that afternoon. They enjoyed the petting zoo area, where they were able to feed some sheep. After the zoo, we went home and mowed.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
May 18, 2011
Help help! My yard is being invaded by white fuzzy things! (Yes, the dandelions desperately need mowed. But it is always raining when we have the time to mow. It was thundering when I took this picture and hailed a short time after.)
Monday, May 16, 2011
May 16, 2011
Mowing the road berm. That's quite an exhaust he's got on that tractor. It's also interesting that they're not using the PTO off the back of the tractor, but some sort of (hydraulic?) system attached to the front. We figure there's a reason... just don't know what it is!
The grass is growing faster than we have dry days to mow it. You can see all the dandelions going to seed, and that's at the neighbor who mows often and has great landscaping.
May 15, 2011
We had one nice week. Now it's raining again. This is a state route, so a fairly busy road. It floods here constantly. There's a small road that goes around it, making for a very short detour. Maybe that's their excuse for not fixing the main road.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
May 11, 2011
A small airplane crash landed yesterday evening about 2 miles from here. It was very close to the playground we ride our bikes to. Mom and dad were out riding and saw the helicopters and watched some of the happenings. There were 3 people inside, and as of this morning's news they were all alive, although hospitalized. I took the kids up this evening to see the wreckage. It was being loaded up onto trailers pulled by pickups when we were there.
May 10, 2011
We rode our bikes to school yesterday and today. The weather was finally good enough for it! It ended up being 3.6 miles to school, 3 of which was on the bike trail. Only took about 25 minutes. If we go in the truck, it's 5.5 miles, takes about 12 minutes, and at the current prices, $2 in gas. Speaking of which, I filled the truck up with gas today and it came to $98.
May 9, 2011
I saw a bug on the crabapple blossom and took it's picture. Then realized it's a mosquito. It didn't live much longer.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
May 8, 2011
We had a garage sale this weekend. We had a full driveway a few times on Saturday. Not as many on Sunday, but still a good turn out. We got rid of a lot of stuff, without sending it to a landfill!
Friday, May 6, 2011
May 6, 2011
I went on a field trip to the zoo with the seventh graders. Six buses, 200+ kids. I only had to watch over 5. Turns out, 4 of them (my son was the only exception) had cell phones. Ones that could take pictures even! Mine just... is a phone. In science class they had each chosen an animal to study and were supposed to get a picture of it while at the zoo. I heard that and thought, wow, good thing I brought my camera! We get to the zoo and all of them whip out their phones and start snapping away. The whole time, really, was constant picture taking. Their time in school should be quite well documented.
May 4, 2011
They replaced some traffic lights, so thought I'd get a picture of some of the old ones. I never paid attention before to the condition of the lights (usually just look to see what color it is). Looking at these ones, it appears they could be replaced soon, too.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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