Happenings on the Homestead in the Appalachian Mountains

 

Weekend Coffee Share

Angel Trumpet, Roll & Read, Trade Day 

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from Georgia. How you doing? I'm sitting out here on the porch today enjoying the fall air & the gentle rain. We've still been getting okra out of the garden & plan to have some for supper tonight with some leftover meatballs & gravy. The dogwoods & poplars are starting to have some color & the angel trumpet is finally blooming. During Homeschool Day this week we talked about Why Leaves Change Colors along with doing some leaf painting & rubbings. We've had a busy several weeks going to the Goat Farm Trade Day & Son in Law's Mother passing away. Kevin did some hog & bear hunting. He watched a bear for a while, saw some squirrels & lots of hog sign. The bear weighed about 40 pounds so not big enough for taking. He's been waiting till a little cooler weather to squirrel hunt & plans to do some muzzle loader hunting in a couple weeks during that season. He got a muzzle loader a while back at a decent price & is anxious to try it out. I hosted a fall farm day, assisted with Daughter's Meet Up at the Park & went to the community recourses Roll & Read. Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage, I'll tell you what the Roll & Read was all about & tell you how we did at the Trade Day. 

I finally have angel trumpet blooms after getting
cuttings from Moma a couple years ago.

I went with Daughter & Youngest Grands to the Roll & Read at the park. It was a fun family event giving details about community recourses that are available for just about every phase of life. Bringing skates, bikes, scooters, strollers & wagons was encouraged for traveling along the trail to each of the booths. There were all kinds of giveaways such as books, pencils, crayons & diapers. We visited each booth & did all the activities & games. The kids had cards that were to be stamped at each booth.  Each fully stamped card holder got to choose a nice size stuffie as a prize at the last booth.

    

Our favorite story time librarian was there
reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear What
Do You See? Each family got a copy of
the book. The book was the theme of all
the booths. 

We met Smokey the Bear. Belle from
Beauty and the Beast was there too.

The playdough molds &
frog tosses were popular.

Older Grand joined us for a while rolling
in on his new wheels. 

Making price posters.

Trade Day was good & fun. We camped overnight along with Grand who came along to help set up her family's booth. The morning was chilly & the afternoon started getting hot. Kevin had the pinto beans & cornbread for lunch. I had the hamburger with everything. There didn't seem to be as much activity as there was at the spring sale, but all was good. Grands had a lot of fun on the bouncy house.

We made it, unloading & getting set up.

  

Played cards & worked a puzzle
 before bedtime.

 

Up early making sales.

Hot chocolate & snacks
for Grands when they arrived.

Walked around to see what we could see:

Grands sold their rabbit cage & squishies.
 The guinea pigs didn't sale. Our chickens
sold & gave away the last little kitten. 

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how has your week been?