Pictures of the Threshing Bee

Have you ever been to a Threshing Bee?

 The little town of Braddock, which is about 8 miles West of us, annualy turns from a sleepy little village into a big hub of activity. The reason? The South Central Threshing Assn.'s Annual Threshing Bee!

This is a picture of one of the wooden shingles that are made at the Bee, which they then sell.

Here are a couple of pictures of some of the old tractors that can be seen there:

Here is the "BIG" one,

This tractor is owned by our neighbor, Allan. I got to drive it through the parade!

Here is a nicely restored threshing machine;

 

~  I started this post a couple of days ago, and never got a chance to finish it. I guess I will just post it now...

An Appleseed shoot.

Hi all,

 Well, it is finally offical, (and I am the last one to announce it...) :-) Our family is hosting an Appleseed shoot here at our farm, on October 3-4! If you are not familiar with the Appleseed program, please check out their website Here. I was at the one held by our friends, the Bartletts, and really enjoyed it!

 Some of the things that you will learn include:

• Some basic rules of gun safety
• Proper positions for holding the gun, standing, siting and prone
• The six steps to firing a shot
• How to properly use a sling to help keep your gun steady
• Lots more!

If you would like to join us for our "Shoot", or for more information on our shoot, check out This website

 Now we have just 15 days to get everything ready around here! Dad just baled up the flax straw bales that we will be using for the backstop yesterday, so now we just have to move them home and stack them up...  We are also trying to clean up around here a little bit, and are working on cleaning out the barns and lots, so we will have a lot of "Fertilizer" to spread...

 Got to go,

 Andrew B.

Busy, busy, busy...

Well, I haven't posted in 18 days! Wow

 I have been busy on the farm, like normal. :-) We have been working on puting up the second cutting of alfalfa, getting ready for the Appleseed shoot that we are hosting, and yesterday Jacob and I started cleaning out the barns. (hold nose...)  Maybe I should post seperate posts on each of these subjects so they don't get so long....

 Ok, more comming shortly,

 Andrew B.

Zoo pictures!

Hello!
 I have a little frustration to vent, so watch out for steam!

 Yesterday, I spent several hours figuring out how to transfer music/ringtones to my new cell phone from my computer. I finally found a free program (BitPim) that allows you to open and edit lots of information on most cell phones. In the process, I found I could upload all of the pictures I had taken with my phone to my computer, and use them as any other pictures. Cool!

 Now, after all that work, I proudly showed the rest of the family MY pictures. They happened to be of the Appleseed that Jacob and I attended up at the Bartletts, and of our trip to the zoo last weekend.

 Now comes the frusterating part. After all of that, Mom and Cora took the best of MY photos and posted them on THEIR blogs, before I have a chance too, because I am out working in the shop all day... HEY, IF YOU WANT SOME PICTURES, TAKE ALONG YOUR OWN CAMERA! At least let me post some of the good ones before you do! Now, I know your camera is broken (again) Cora, and you don't like your camera Mom, but if I took the pictures with MY camera, doesn't that give me some right of ownership?

 I guess that is enough steam for now, so I will continue with the pictures... :-)

 ZOO PICTURES

 A picture of (most of) our group:

Left to right: My Dad, my Sister Cora (Hiding behind Morgan), Morgan G (Green shirt), Miranda G,

Molly G (Other green shirt), Mrs. (Lisa) G, and my Mom

 The rest of the group, ie. the boys. :-)  The only problem with taking all of the pictures is that you don't get any of yourself. :-(  Right to left: (Yellow shirt) my brother, Jacob; (Red shirt) Moses G; (Red striped shirt) Josiah G.

Molly was taking pictures for their friends, who were hosting the free day at the zoo. Smile!

       Oops, another Geiger! This is Jubilee. I am still missing some...

 Here is Morgan, trying to see the ...

  Leopard!

This guy didn't mind being seen:

 More pictures...

Sorry this one is blurry, that little monkey was sooooooo cute!

It would be pretty safe to say that we all enjoyed our time a lot!

 Andrew B.

More pictures from the Appleseed

Hi everybody!

 Here are a couple more pictures from the Appleseed up at the Bartletts. I took them with my cell phone, and just figured out how to get them on my computer yesterday, so that's why they're so late. :-)

 Got to go, mom wants help making her bed...