StellaDella and I went apple picking with the Girl Scouts today.
Even DramaQueen came along.
The summer drought was hard on this tree.
But most were loaded with apples.
We took the tractor back to the main building.
There we saw a turkey.
And pigs with curly tails. (SD got to throw an apple in their pen to feed them.)
But I think picking the apples was the best part.
"At the table of a gentleman living in the Chausee d'Antin was served up an Arles sausage of enormous size. "Will you accept a slice?" the host asked a lady who was sitting next to him; "you see it has come from the right factory." -- "It is really very large," said the lady, casting on it a roguish glance; "What a pity it is unlike anything.""
Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), Physiologie du goût (The Physiology of Taste), 1825. English translation by M. F. K. Fisher, 1949.
TIME: 12:47 PM
PLACE: Christ UCC
SUBJECT: Wurstmart entrance sign
First off – HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY HANDSOMEHUSBAND! I am so sorry that today was filled with so many non-birthday type events. Your birthday tart will be made later this week when you will be able to relax and enjoy it.
The day started off with a visit to the Boy Scouts all you can eat Pancake and Sausage breakfast where MonkeyBoy proceeded to set a personal record of 13 pancakes consumed. Then HH asked me to help him walk the cold neighborhood distributing campaign literature. After we returned, he and I headed to a Wurstmart, intending to sit and eat. Unfortunately, there was a long wait and HH had two other meetings he needed to attend. So we adjusted our plans, picked up our bratwurst plates as carry out and brought it home. We ate, then he left for his afternoon events. Not such a fun birthday for HH. Better than last year though, when he was a sick man.
“Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.”
Winston Churchill (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)
TIME: 12:50 PM
PLACE: Tri-Township Park Petting Zoo
SUBJECT: Pig
MB had his “extra” football game this afternoon. The weather definitely wasn’t as nice as last week Sunday. We were on the “prairie” and the wind was blowing. It reminded me of being up in Champaign, IL during college and the wind whipping all around as I scurried from one end of the campus to another, attending classes. But it was a good game…we won. MB even scored a touchdown – his 1st! It made me such a proud football mom.
The park where they played has a petting zoo and SD and I stopped by to see the animals before the game started. This is one of several pigs who was quite loud in their demands for something to eat. SD giggled at all of the grunting and squealing going on.
A chicken and an egg are lying in bed. The chicken is smoking a cigarette with a satisfied smile on its face and the egg is frowning and looking put out. The egg mutters to no one in particular, "I guess we answered that question."
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TIME: 10:12 AM
PLACE: Rainbow Ranch Petting Zoo
SUBJECT: Buff Cochin chicken
One of the nice things about working part time is that I can volunteer as a parent helper on school field trips. SD had one today to the Rainbow Ranch Petting Zoo. 2 teachers, 6 adults, 21 kindergarteners and 23 first graders boarded the bus a little before 9am. 4 other adults followed in cars. It rained yesterday so we were prepared for a muddy farmyard. Luckily there was a break in the rain this morning while we were there. We saw rabbits, goats, swans, ducks, deer, horses, zebus, zebras, donkeys, miniature horses, an ostrich, an emu, sheep, llamas, a peacock and a cat. There was even a farm dog (a Great Pyrenees) named “Stella.” At the end we wandered through a corn maze. We were going to eat a picnic lunch in a local park, but after we re-boarded the bus it started raining heavily again, so we ended up going back to the school. The kids enjoyed themselves and behaved for the most part…a successful outing!
