Holstein Banquet

We had to be early

Because Henriette was the chair person

We picked up our entry in the photo contest

but missed the phone call from the real people

The food was very good but the program is a tat long

The gift that they always give to a Master Breeder is...

...a cane

wonder what that is communicating about the Dairy industry

Olga, Stephen & the WTS connection

 Friday evening Olga & Stephen got engaged

 In the garden of Dr.Tim Brown 

where they saw each other for the first time

August last year

and this is Stephen's senior pastor

Olga & Stephen have asked Rev. Josh Van Leeuwen 

to officiate at their wedding

amazingly this WTS pamphlet

was in our church mailboxes this morning

visiting Woodpecker

We seem to have more variety in visiting birds again

 The bird feeders had peanuts in for a while already

The woodpecker has to work to get to them

Lasting Fall Colours

 We still have beautiful Fall colours

 even the Hostas are not frozen yet

 The dark of the Red Maple

and the Beauty Bush

Fall Rain

Tuesday, time to get the Begonia's inside

I also hang my swimsuit out (to dry)

It has been hanging in the rain for a few days now

Just Checking

Cows are very curious animals

Regular Maintenance

We used to be a bit stressed 

when we needed to change inflations or a rope

but we are getting the hang of it

Inge & Richard

Inge married Richard on Saturday

A beautiful Bride

Richard is very tall

this is so scary

Polonaise, lots of fun

Making Christmas Cards

Making Card with stamps

spray the stamp

to get a "watercolour" effect

using the press

for embossing

Practical Pic :)

I made this picture last time from the hooftrimset-up. 

The gates were working well and the cow flow was great 

so I took a picture to remember it for this time. 

It was printed, no guess work, great!

Registration

All calves have to be tagged

This is law in Canada 

so they can trace animals to where they were born

The tags look like ear rings

Foaming Manure

The manure was foaming up at the overpass

I thought that the pit was full

but it was just composting

it can become messy so we stirred the manure 

Trees and Leaves

 Rien cleaned some branches off the wires a while ago

We've had rain and the leaves fell

Rien visits Olga

Rien went to Holland MI to visit Olga

& Stephen

They went to the beach

Looking out over Lake Michigan

Stairs on the sand hills

New Baby

Jenni-Lynn & Alie

Soybean Harvest

 On Wednesday the Soya Beans were harvested

Leona on the combine Matt on the tractor

 The last rounds it started to rain a bit

but not enough to quit we are thankful

Balage

We had over 100 bales

 They were wrapped in plastic

 at the Williams Farm

It started to rain after a whole week of great weather

good quality Bales

4th Cut

 The Soya Beans ready to go

 Marc turning hay

 A 4th cut, we've been blessed

Harvest Time