Someone Turned 6 in August

The month of August hasn't slowed down

with activities ~ we are still busy!

Somebody turned 6!!

and yes he starts Kindergarten

this year!

This year a birthday party for Grand #1

and Grand #3 is being planned

together and soon.

2021 Taken by Mommy

Grand #1 celebrated before going

on a little vacation ~ looks like

they had donuts!  and 6 candles!

We visited a week later and delivered

part of his birthday gift (the rest he

has to wait until the party).

Happy Birthday Grand #1 ~ you are growing

so very big!

Have a great year!

Windmill

While in Hill City, South Dakota 

riding the trails you see many things

other than the scenery which is

beautiful!

This caught my eye....

quick drive by picture

cool!   So a better zoomed in

picture!

a wood windmill base 

with a metal windmill top.

Maybe once lumber prices

return to normal I will

think about a plan for 

one of these.

Forest Fires - Smokey Bear

In Hill City, SD it is a busy town with

tourists and lots of traffic.

This guy sits on one of the corners as

you pull onto their main street filled with

bars, restaurants and stores.

He is a giant woodcarving 30 feet tall and

25 feet wide created by chainsaw artists

in 10 days.  That is a huge

Smokey the Bear!

 

Smokey Bear was born on Aug. 9, 1944, when the U.S. Forest Service and the Ad Council agreed that a fictional bear would be the symbol for their joint effort to promote forest fire prevention.  (copied from the Forest Service website).

(picture from other) 

CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES!

Hopefully the firefighters fighting the

Greenwood Fire in Northern Minnesota

start having some luck in getting it

slowed down and can start to contain it.

Rain, Rain

 Last night we got rain (much needed rain) ~

over the weekend we had rain also.

Apprx now a total 3+ inches (rain prior to

this was back in July).

We are in a drought ~ so very dry.

Anything will help.

A mud puddle for a moment.

Another Bear Sighting

 I had a couple of more game cameras to 

check ~ and look who I found....

that bear (maybe the same one or 

a different one)   Not sure.

I do know that 7:50 a.m. I am usually

walking right there.  I had to look back

and on August 10th I skipped that

morning.    Hmmm that may have been

interesting although my music

may have pre-warned him.

I am anxious to see if we have any 

more pictures into the fall.

(we have not had any issues in the yard

and I do have birdfeeders out)  Maybe

it is our guard cats!

Summer Game Camera Activity

 We have had some activity on the game

cameras ~ we didn't start the summer

season until after the logging was done.  The

month of June we had deer that visited.

The first part of July we had some moisture so

there were puddles or mud up in the woods

and things were green.

The first part of July we had quite a bit

of activity...

I was pretty pleased to get a head shot

of the bear (I think he/she is a residence

bear).   I usually only get a picture

of the bear butt.

There are several babies showing

up on the cameras (I say several since

there is a single and twins on at

a different location).

And some pesty raccoons.

A scraggly coyote.

And coyote pups (this is a first) - all

babies are cute!  Looking at pictures 

there were 2 or 3 pups in the picture, they 

apparently were on a mission and

passing through several times never

stopping to play.

The last sighting of the coyote family

was the first day of August. 

We had rain the week of July 19th and 

then it was dry for a month so other

than deer we didn't catch any more

animals on the cameras.

I was in the woods yesterday and it 

looks like we have already had our first

hard frost - the grasses are changing, the

forest floor the plants are drooping

and dying.   It is because it is so

terrible dry here.

Maybe we will have some more

animal activity once it cools down.

August Garden Updates

The first part of August we gathered

peppers from the garden ~

Green bell peppers * jalapeno peppers

* sweet peppers  *hot peppers

Grand #1 and #3 helped pick the last

of the little broccoli sprigs (I am

surprised how much those broccoli

plants produced).

There have been a few almost ripe

tomatoes (about a handful a day); there

are many green tomatoes.

Pumpkins are growing....  I planted

some leftover seeds and I think some

of the seeds were "giant" pumpkins, they

turned orange a couple of weeks ago. 

We searched for pumpkins under

the vines and the weeds (I have

a plan for next year in the works for

a cleaner pumpkin patch).

Hubby and I enjoyed the green peppers

stuffed with hamburger, cheese and

some cut up fresh hot peppers.

It was delicious!

August Evening Sun

August 16, 2021

 

Car Shows

 We took in two car shows this week ~

The third DL Cruise-In on the lake.  This year

we have attended all of them (so far).  In July,

they had over 400 cars and I see this past

week there was a count of 375 (so far).  That

is a great turnout!

We usually see a vehicle that we haven't

seen before ~

This painted van  :) 

I have a brother-in-law that would like

this ~ he likes the Rat Rods.  I would 

have liked to see how this starts and moves.

and this Desoto, a big beaut of a car.  We

enjoyed our visit with neighbors.

And this thing... 1973 Volkswagon The Thing...

the plate said ORTHNG.  Very interesting.

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Our local car show we attended as spectators.

The car show attendees filled up nearly all

three blocks of the Main Street.

There were some beautiful cars and several

that appeared to be just for show (and not

driven). 

We see the owner of this car at the dump ~

he and his wife both race.   This car has

won several awards.

It is absolutely stunning in person!

A Jeep Jeepster

Our friend brought two of his cars ~ both very

nice.   His cars are all in excellent shape, the

Pace Car next week will be judged on its'

originality ~ we wish him luck!