Johnny Appleseed Comes to Iowa!

     “John Chapman, or Johnny Appleseed was born September 26th1774, was the second child of Nathaniel Chapman and his wife, the former Elizabeth Symonds. of Leominster, Massachusetts.   His father started young  John  upon a career as an Orchardist by apprenticing him to a Mr. Crawford, who had an apple orchard.
    There are so many legends [...]

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My 2nd photo contest submissions

  
Perish-ability in a photograph is important in a picture.  If a photograph looks perishable we say, “Gee, I’m glad I have that moment.” 
~John Loengard, “Pictures Under Discussion
     I submitted three photos to our county conservation photo contest last week.   This is the second time in my life, when I decided to enter a photo [...]

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Bee Careful

“Do you want to see a swarm of bees?” my wife asked me. 
    Paul and Deanne  pulled into our driveway last night around 7:30 PM.  They stopped to see if we’d  like to see the swarm  of honey bees Paul had spotted  on an old wood fence post.
      Here’s what we saw: 

This is a large cluster of [...]

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Baby Chicks are coming to the funny farm

“If I didn’t start painting, I would have raised chickens.”
- Grandma Moses
 
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       We are ready!  A dozen baby chicks are headed our way  next week.  Here is where they will be staying:

Eventually we will  move them into a  ”chicken tractor”:
    
     A chicken tractor is a portable unit the chickens drive around the  farm yard so [...]

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Gearing Up for our annual waggle dance

       “You can’t stay in your corner of the forest, waiting for others to come to you.  You have to go to them sometimes.” 
                                                                                 Winnie the Pooh
     Our  apple trees are just about ready to burst into full bloom:

 

 

     Every apple blossom is potentially an apple.  As you can see by these photos, I’m [...]

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