September Picnic

John wanted to go out the road and have a picnic. Since the weather was rainy it was decided to find a fire pit under a shelter. We ended up at Blind Slough and enjoyed the new upgraded shelters.

 

 Usually we use 5 gallon buckets, turned on end, for seats but they were forgotten. We turned a chunk of wood on end with a cross piece to sit on. We made do with some NA beer and  chips.

Out it comes! Back in it goes...

We decided to order new windows after the seals had broken down...over 30 years of use. The energy audit pointed to them as a source of heat loss and caused us to "bite the bullet" and get the job done. This video shows the last of the big six being taken out. Dale Drllevich and his helper, Brian Richards, had John's help with this huge undertaking.

 
When viewing this last video, if the quality is bad adjust it at the bottom of this window. You will see the number 360 that can be clicked on and switched to 480.

We're Goin' to the Fair, Fair, Fair

We were early birds, thanks to Annie getting the gang going Saturday morning. She had been out at garage sales and stopped by with donuts to pry Caitlin and I out of bed. We all piled into the Pilot and headed for the Chelan County Fair. The fair grounds are about five minutes away from their house. We had a great parking spot on this man's lawn...$2 for the day! I had to take a photo of the easy chairs out under the plum tree.

They were having a parking war on this street...I was headed into the $3 yard until "Eagle Eye Annie" spotted this spot.

We headed in to my first fair!

The girls let me wear Oliver!

Brooke and Kent loved the farm equipment - she sat and "drove" just about every one on display.

Chickens of all sorts...

Goats that were treated just like pet dogs...

Heading down the goat aisle.

An auction was being called - here a 4 H-er was showing a goat during the bidding.

It seemed that the hogs all came in pairs...I thought this was priceless and had Annie snap this photo! I learned that some farmers notch the ears for identification. Some of the poor pigs had ruffled ears!

Walking behind a food concessions I spotted this table of older gents shucking corn and shooting the breeze. This photo doesn't show much, but they were priceless!

 After some time in the Ergo Front Pack Oliver lazed in the stroller...not a fussy peep out of him all day!

Pile on Grandma!

One day when the kids were visiting I stretched out on the floor...probably to play with Oliver. Brooke decided she needed to have a snuggle and then we thought Oliver should join in on the fun.

Oliver is a tough little cookie and likes to be right in the middle of all the action. He loves his sister and wants to nibble on her!

A Brooke Sandwich!