Under the wire :)

I was just about to go to bed when I realized I promised myself I was getting back on track! So, I jumped up and scoured the house for interesting subjects. I found these Black-eyed Susans that I had picked earlier today. I didn't like the photos I took until I cropped and used the color pencil effect from photoshop. Now I really like this one!

Sorry..

It has been really hard to get photos this week. Dirk's camera eats batteries like a kid eating candy and I have not been able to keep up with the demand.

I am making due though until my b-day in August. Posts will be sparatic until then.

Animal Updates :)

This is Diana showing off the new breach in the goat pen. It is a good thing we live on so many acres that they can wander without going into anyone else's yard. They have stretched the whole fence so much that it would be easier to redo it than to fix it.

Sad chicken news, these are the last four left out of 24 that went into the yard. I was having a rough time putting them up at night, and so I left them to fend for themselves in the trees. One morning we counted 24, the next morning 18, the next morning 13, the next morning 4. These guys don't wander off the way the others did and Nathan is actually catching them and putting them in the coop at night. I think I will be looking to buy 4-6 more year old hens soon, if I can keep these guys healthy until September. If not, then my chicken experiment is over. I am not paying to feed my wildlife!

Father's Day...

We went to my dad's house for a simple cookout on Sunday. It was very nice and relaxed. Check out leftovers for what everyone, except my step-mother and I, did after lunch :)

More food...

Chicken breast, green pepper, sweet onions, and fresh mushrooms, mesquite grilled, then eaten with wild rice in a tortilla. That was dinner tonight. It was very good.

Played today.....

After two hours of math and one of history, Asia and I decided to play today. She had never made a cake from scratch, actually had never realized you could make a cake without a boxed mix, and I had never played with real fondant.

We choose a recipe from the early 1900's because she had just finished a report on Susan B. Anthony. We went with a spring bonnet theme because it just seemed 'lady like'. It was a lemon/cherry liquor pound cake with a mixed berry filling. It also had a blackberry glaze, lemon buttercream frosting, and topped with fondant. My fingers are still green. I am very proud of my first fondant roses and bow.

Possible Location One

Stone Rest
It is a nice place. It would need some TLC, but the grounds are beautiful, the place is really special. The biggest plus is that the wedding can be indoors or outdoors and the reception can be indoors or outdoors and the dance floor is HUGE and it is a real dance floor. More pictures on leftovers.