Road Trip-Niagara Falls

Before I forget.......HAPPY AUTUMN!!! This is my favorite season. Love the sights and smells and feel of this wonderful season of change.

Okay, onto other stuff and the purpose of this post~

The Tuesday before Labor Day my mom had shoulder surgery. Starting to feel a bit better, and unable to do much of anything with her right arm (of coarse she's right handed), we decided to take advantage of the situation.....Make lemonade out of lemons you might say! So we piled into their 15 passenger van and headed north to Niagara Falls and the Finger Lakes on a 3 day ROAD TRIP.

Since our return, I've been working on digi-scrapping all the photos I took. And I took a lot! So here's just a sneak peak of the progress. Remember, you can click on the pictures to enlarge them. These photos are of the Falls taken from the US side. In a future post, I'll share the photos taken from the Canadian side, a much better view of the Falls. So stay tuned!

The cover page of the album

The folks, Hubs and I, and Mother and Daughter!

What a pair! The one arm bandit and a crazy driver on a scooter.......LOOK OUT!

Until next time.....

FOTO FRIDAY-Tobacco and Watermelon

Even though I snapped over 200 pictures this week, I have only 4 to share with you today. The others will have to wait for another day when I have more time...a lot more time!

Lancaster County tobacco field

Tobacco harvested and drying in the barn

Jack's Great Grandpa dropped off a treat for him...

A huge watermelon....

A 53 lb watermelon!

Enjoy what's left of summer....

FOTO FRIDAY- JACK

GOING, GOING, GONE!

Poor little Jack could hardly make it through lunch!

FILLING GRAMPIE'S SHOES.....thems some big shoes to fill!

Jack was trying some fresh from the garden beets. What a mess!.....a cute mess....but still a mess! Thankfully it was his mommy's job to clean him up!

UNDER HIS (or her:-) WING

He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. Psalm 91:4

New Peepies

About 3 weeks ago, one our Henny Pennies went broody! At first, she was laying on 9 eggs that she had collected. The next time I checked she had 17, and next time.. 21! Evidently, her girlfriends were helping her out! So we moved Miss Henny Penny to the tractor coop where she could cozy up in a nest box and have some privacy. Yesterday the chicks began hatching. So far....2 brown chickies and a white one. And at last check, a white leghorn was beginning to hatch. Let's just hope that none of them are roosters. My record on roosters isn't too hot. The last batch of chickies were about 50% roosters...UGH!

FOTO FRIDAY- Watermelon Jack

Enjoying the taste of SUMMER!

Cumberland Valley Co-op

Last week we went to a local co-op where the Amish bring their goods for a produce auction. Our mission for the day-CANTALOUPE! Now that we are deep into the summer season, we were able to purchase 2 huge bins for $10.00 each. One bin was for my folks, the other for us. And we of course, shared the bounty with others! Here are just a few of the sights that afternoon I'd like to share with you. (Since I can't share the cantaloupe;)

Notice the little boy hiding on the other side of the bins. He was throwing random pieces of cantaloupe to the ground just to watch them smash.

Notice the steel wheels....I thought this was a cute shot of this little fellow. I think he was trying to put the pin in the hitch.

Horse and buggies waiting for their drivers and a great view of the Cumberland Valley in the distance.

Here come the lopes!

Happy Summer!!!!!!!!!! I hope you're enjoying the tastes of the season..............they won't last long.