Showing posts with label Trade Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trade Day. Show all posts

Sunday, October 4, 2026

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?