Feelin' Blue?

You can't feel blue when you're in the Bluegrass State....Kentucky!  There's always something to do!  From hillbilly bike rides to sittin' around and singing....we enjoy every moment of life.  Come along with us on another trip to Kentucky!

I guess my heart was on my ol' Kentucky home and I decorated our mantel with a Kentucky theme before we left.

Mom and dad have a lot of bird friends!

 Do you see the hummingbird to the left?!!

The scenery around my ol' Kentucky home.

Sittin' around and singin' is always enjoyable!

Ridin' on the 4-wheeler down to the 'holler'

Swingin' out above the 'holler'!  Hang on Faith!

Billy took us to this country road for hillbilly bike ridin'.  He put the bikes on his truck and drove up to the top of the road and it was downhill ridin' all the way!  

When you don't have enough bikes to go around, you just have to make do! 

There were deserted old farms with old trucks and tractors sittin' around in the weeds.  A 'crick' ran all along the side and a doe even joined us at one point!

See the bird in the bush?

Honey Locust tree with giant thorns!  Ouch!

Thanks Billy and Lavonne for a great afternoon!

Did you ever hear of anyone eating the peel with the orange?

Yep...Billy does.

My talented mom has started yet another beautiful quilt!

 This is where I went to school through 4th grade.  Needless to say it's not being used anymore since they started busing everyone into town to school.  Country schools were the best!

 Here comes mom and dad home from driving the kids to school.

We went to a giant flea market while we were visiting, and our pictures got put in the local paper!

While we were gone, my lettuce and onions had come up!

  "So happy to be down here in this lovely state of Kentucky again, my home state. No matter where you ever go, there's something about where you were born and raised that always makes you long to get back." 

   55-0806 -  Bro. Branham

Did your blues slip away as you joined us on our trip?

See ya'll!

Truckin' and Hikin'

Since I hadn't been out in the truck with Karl all winter, I decided to come out of hibernation and go exploring in the feed truck.  We went on a night run and a Saturday run together.  Below are some pictures of what its like loading and unloading tons of animal feed.  
Sunday Faith and Queenie took us on a hike at Swatara Park.  If you've never been hiking there I recommend it!

Come on and go truckin' and hikin' with us!

Let's get loaded! There's 8 pockets to fill up in the truck.

There's lots of ingredients for a load of feed.  Each farm is different too....that's Nathan's job to mix up each farm's specialized feed.

Loaded....total weight.....72,220 pounds!

First stop!

Sometimes its unloaded in open bays...other times in closed bins.

Sometimes it needs help getting out.....

see the flashlight in his mouth?  

Next stop...Amish farm on the other side of this covered bridge....

well we can't fit through there so we had to go way around to the other side of  the woods and down the hill.....

On the other side!

This old barn had dutch doors and inside were work horses and dairy cows.

I walked down to the bridge and got some pictures from there.  

See the feed truck?

 Somebody has got their wood cut for the year.

Headin' back to the mill.....lancaster county....farmin' country!

We even went past Sight and Sound....no time to stop and see Moses....kept right on truckin'

Whew! made it back!  

Sunday afternoon...a good time to enjoy God's creation!

Swatara Park

What side of the tree does moss grow?

"Well, now, if you can't see this North Star, and it's cloudy, then if you'll notice, if it's daytime and you're lost, if you'll watch the trees. The tree is always, the moss is on the north side of the tree, because the south side of the tree gets the sun more than the north side." 

   62-1014E  Bro. Branham

    

Brace yourself!.....there's someone hiding behind the tree!

You could always use a hollow tree for a dog house Queenie!

So long!