Apples 10-9-09

It's Apple time again !

Our group went apple picking at Wards in Madison.

It's amazing to see how the kids have grown. Now most can reach the trees .
We always need to taste the apples to make sure they are good. Yummmmm !

More tasting.

We don't just pick, we pose tooo !

More posing !.

More tasting !

Picking is finished before the rain started.

Mag's Birthday 8-15-09

It's a Luau Party !

Mag wanted a luau for her birthday this year. So her aunt and I have been planning this for a long time. Since her b'day is in Nov. and May ,June, and July was soooo wet, we decided on Aug.

And LOOK all the girls are in dresses ! The grils just hangin' out -- Party down girls !
The raft was my idea for the salads , it was really hot that day. So we put ice in the raft , then put the salads in the raft. It worked great. This raft is so old, I used it for Jon and Sara when they were little to Walk a cross the river, ( I can't swim) It worked great.

These two are my brothers - they didn't want the tropical sun to damage their skin.

This is the Pina Colada Cake I made.It's really good. I love this cake.

Then we are off the do hula hoops, limbo, bubbles, and water ballons.

My brother got in on the act.

Then my brother had an idea , to use the raft full of ice. We had an ice fight, That's how my cell phone got really wet. OOOps!.

Then presents. Thanks everyone. Mag all wet and dirty. The other girl managed to stay quite dry.

Then we finished the day with a trip to the river. I have pic.'s I don't know where they are.

It was quite fun, I think we should have one every year.
A big Thank you to my sister, for letting us have the party at her house, and all the help she gave me to plan the party.

Bison Farm 9-10-09

I know this is on the late side - but we had problems with flashdrives and pic's. I'm not sure what we did --but here we are. This is Chief the Alpha male on the Beech Hill & Bison Ranch in North Waterford, ME. This was an AWESOME field trip . Chief is just inicrediable. What a beautiful animal. You really need to see these animals in person , to believe their size. Chief is around 2300 lbs.

Here he is eating apples the kids tossed in the fence. I can't imagine how big these guys look to the little kids.

This shot I tried to get all the groups in one shot. We had two groups, ours and a group from ME.

I hope everyone learned a lot that day, I know I did.Like these are the largest land animal in the United States.The numbers of the bison that roam North America today on both public and private land are about 550,000.The bison were the Indian's most main sources to life. They used all the parts of the buffalo.

This is Little Warrior, He is one of twins.This is very rare among bison. The mother only takes care of one, and rejects the other. This little guy is a miracle, He is now around 200 lbs. Here he is looking for his lunch.

Here they feed him with a bucket and nipple. They don't want him to have human contact, he needs to go back into the herd when he is big enough.

With a full belly, he is ready for a nap in the sun.

The owners of the bison farm,--Ted and Doretta, had a friend of theirs paint this life size painting on their barn door, so people could get the full effect of how big the bison really are.

This is Mag and I up close to the bison. What a beatiful job painting this animal. And this is a picture of chief by the way.

Just a fun fact:--- Buffalo - means one, Bison means many. Like goose, and geese. I thought that was interesting.