Tuesday, July 25, 2006
A Weekend Trip...
We took a trip to see Uncle Walter and Aunt Beth. Jan and Jim stopped for a visit, too. The children enjoyed swimming in the pool.
Noah loved sitting on the steps of the ladder. With a great degree of regularity, he would fall in. Both children jumped off the diving board: K.K., multiple times; Noah once. Noah is not yet the 'fish' that his big sister is. One day he will be!
Grandpa and Noah. Noah wants little to do with Grandma. Grandpa, however, is another story.... Just look at both of those smiles!
A fun visit with the relatives...
Monday, July 17, 2006
There he goes, trot...trot...trot, off to the safety of his home beneath the forsythia bush. How many times has that hole been filled, only to be dug out and made into a new home....
Friday, July 14, 2006
Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association, Inc.
Yellowstone National Park Transportation, a red mail coach that took mail from Circleville to Waverly and a beer truck were a few of the 'carriages' on display. An ambulance and a band wagon were two more of the unusual 'carriages'.
Buzz's Green Limousine Service - a creative use for a manure spreader.
Now here is something you don't get to see every day. This is an ingenious device that belonged to the grandfather of the man on the left of the picture. It's a snow fence maker. His grandfather got the slats from Canada by the boxcar load. The wire is hand wound on spindles at the top. Every time a slat goes through, the spindles with the wire rotate three times; then another slat goes through. It is powered by a hit and miss engine.
This is downtown, downtown Plain City.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
While Fred and Kathleen enjoy their trips to the Minnesota Wineries, John and I take trips to a variety of antique and farm machinery shows. The first show this year was a new one for us - the 27th Annual Mad River Steam and Gas Reunion in Urbana, Ohio. The featured tractor was John Deere. This particular show did not have a huge display of tractors, as some of them do. There was plenty of shade, places to sit and watch the activities, plus some mighty fine bean soup and corn bread!
This exhibit is called 'Let Freedom Ring'. A 'hit and miss' engine (on the right side) rings a large bell (center). The gears that make the bell ring are on the left.
There it is: the perfect tractor. John Deere, of course, wide front end, two cylinder, three point hitch, hydraulics, power steering. What a pretty site!
