Friday, July 31, 2009

Epi-pen moment

Rien is allergic to wasps and there were several nests in the tires we put on the bunk silo


This nest we sprayed

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Thistle

This flower in our garden looks like a thistle but is it ever pretty.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Thankful


Look at these clouds, we are so thankful that we got 1 field (almost) done



Before the rain came down

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Crops & Clouds


Almost every day the sky looks like this: a little sun, a little white cloud and some severe weather clouds so far the bad stuff has missed us and we are thankful for that

Monday, July 27, 2009

Last Soccer

The games were exciting

The weather was not


but for the kids (Marc, James & Mike) this was the best


a ride in the dune buggy with Dave the coach

Sunday, July 26, 2009

JanWillem & Jenni-Lynn

We went to the wedding yesterday, congratulations

We also know now why they bolt pews down in most churches. Koos & Henk B tried to unintentionally flip over our pew.


Saturday, July 25, 2009

Looking Good!

The Classifier came again

and for the third time in a row we got a cow classified Excellent


Kind of fun, wondering if there would be any more in the future?

Friday, July 24, 2009

Swimming lessons


Marc had swimming lessons this week in a neighbour's pool at 8AM

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Wherever there is a carcass,

there the vultures will gather

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Haylage

Rien cut our 24 acre field when the forecast was rain, but so is the long range forecast, you have to start cutting sometime. It threatened all day but we only got a few drops.

Job 26:8 He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Monday, July 20, 2009

Pre 4H - no stress, just fun

While the "real" 4H kids were all anxious about the topline of their calves
These girls sure didn't worry about that


Show time


This is FUN!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Cherries



We planted a sweet and a sour cherries tree years ago, only the sour one survived. Sweet cherries remind me of my oma deVos. Her birthday was on July 10 and we would climb the tree in her back yard and eat cherries. Guess what we had for desert on July 10?

Oma is part of this great cloud of witnesses from Hebrews 11

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Listowel Fair Parade

The balloons popped quite easy

You can win a prize for your float

Checking out the competition, they are good!


After the parade we picked up some chicken and saw the police cruiser getting a tow

Friday, July 17, 2009

Woodstock Dairy 4H Show-Time

ready to go


Marc was the last one to go into the show ring for showmanship


Talking to the judge



Marc got picked to come back again for the finals 2x
Showmanship is how you show your calf
Conformation is how the calf looks

He was in the middle of the pack for both


Way to go Marc!

Set up for a Group picture

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Woodstock Dairy 4H day 2 morning

After a cool night (3 sleeping bags was barely enough)

The boys washed all the calves and we had breakfast in the barn



Cassy grooming her calf


Waiting in line for the calf groomers lots of time to make a fun picture


Ashley clipping a "perfect" straight top line

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Woodstock Dairy 4H day 1


We took Marc's calf to Woodstock for a 4H show event with the calf trailer we bought earlier this year.


When we arrived Carmen Marc's calf needed to be washed


Tied up with the other calves from Perth county


There was teaching on washing, filling and showing your calf




Practise run


Apparently there was a water balloon fight I missed it but Marc didn't

Monday, July 13, 2009

Hot Hay Hazard

Paul a volunteer fire fighter was at the farm and Rien asked him to check the hay we decided to call 911


We're listening to the dispatcher on Paul's radio

There they come


The fire chief checks out the situation

Filling up the makeshift pool with water from the pump truck

With all the hoses at the ready, Rien is pulling out the 15 or so hot bales

When they took off their warm fire clothing we assumed there was not going to be a fire. The guy with the heat gun said the hay was 200C another day or 2 and it could have been real hot

Cleaning up the hoses again

Thanks to the Palmerston Fire department