Life, Zinnias, a Wedding, and Ducks

Life ...

I think these are baby wrens nestled down in the Bohemian Jew right outside our front door.

These zinnias are so pretty in Amy's back yard.

Congratulations and Best Wishes! Stan and Carla are now Mr. and Mrs.

I hope you don't tire of seeing our ducks. I don't!

Life

Life ...

Paul just happened to be at the right spot when I asked to get a picture of Justin and Rachel, the new bride and groom.

Maybe Quinten can help get the radio controlled plane going.

Home ... sweet home!

We have 4 Pekin and 4 Mallard ducks that we enjoy.

... as a Quilter

I've finally finished a quilt for Josiah Paul.

He was right pleased to be able to take it home.

I'm starting another quilt for "PeaPicker" using the scraps of his daddy's ties. It's taking a little longer as I need to do more piecing and trying to make the best use of the scraps.

Wedding Guests -- Jared and Dayna

Recent guests in our home have been this group of young people who traveled to Mississippi for the wedding of ...

... Dayna & Jared

Phillip & Hilda Barnhart, Susanna, Aaron & Sarah & baby

This was a 'singing' group of guests.

We even enjoyed a midnight hymn sing you can see HERE.

Life, Wedding, Rena and Lily Quilt

Recently Rena joined our Possum Town Quilters for a visit. I was so pleased to see her finished “Lily” quilt. She came to our house for a class last winter (here) to learn the technique. I like the way she changed it from a lily to tulips to make it personal and unique.
 
 

We were invited out to Levis along with our neighbors, Nathan & Amanda for a fish fry. Amanda wanted to learn how to fry those good catfish.

Levi times the frying time to 5 or 6 minutes depending on the size of the fillet.

We attended the wedding of Josh and Dasie.

Josh’s folks, Walter and Myra

Josh’s cousins from PA.

We don’t often see ice in Mississippi.


 

And then it warmed up and Paul and I went for a walk.

Ben and Dorcas Wedding

Congratulations and Best Wishes
to
Ben and Dorcas

I got to sit beside this charming little girl, Lia, at the reception.

    

Wedding and Mitchell Farm

Saturday we  witnessed the wedding of Paul’s nephew Nathaniel to Jen …

… at Mitchell Farms near Collins, MS.

There were all kinds of things to do and see on the grounds.

Paul helped Tina clean the corn from her shoes.

The livery stable was full of horses to ride.

M is for ….. monkey!

Stacy enjoyed being engineer.

I wonder what they did to deserve time behind the bars!

Grampa preached a good sermon on John 3:16.

~~~Parting Shot ~~~

Sugar Brix and Earl & Gina’s Wedding

Life …

Quinten brought in a corn stalk and chopped a small section from it to …

… test the sugar brix in the juice to see if the nutrients are readily flowing.

After looking into the little scope he said, “not too good!”

Paul’s nephew Earl and Gina invited us to their wedding in Alabama.

We took along Paul’s folks and Ashton and Georgi who handed out programs.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bontrager

Life–This and That

Sam and Sheri

My sister Coleen and I took a walk down by the river and got a shot back up the river of our home stomping grounds.

Before our day, a railroad used to cross the river.

Coleen enjoyed a ride on the swing out over the river up at our old swimming hole.

On up the river and around the bend we met my cousin Ransford's daughter Reece and her friend Mike out for a pleasurable afternoon.

Later we took a drive around the country to look for old silos. This one is made of tile similar to …

… this one we pushed over in Mississippi

I love the red barn behind this silo with the unique roof between Harrisonburg and Broadway.

And then we came upon this old spring house south of Bridgewater and had to stop for a photo shoot.

The Birthday Party

Kirby brings the whole family from over the way.

Best wishes to two year old Talya.

The boys think it’s taking Talya way too long to open her gift.

Great Grampa & Gramma help Georgi with her gift.

Hop Scotch

Jump, jump, jump!

Pleeeeaaaase Grampa, you try it too!