Dancing Queen

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY (& shoes that clash)

Lunch w/Grammie

The other day we went to lunch with Grammie (my Mom) at a local chicken/seafood place. Whenever we go there, Sophia has the job of putting ketchup into the little paper cups. She takes this job very seriously.

Oh - she's getting that rascal look in her eyes... watch out!

Sophia looks over at Grammie - (I love this look!)

Here's the 'I'm so proud of myself' grin, once she completed the job.

"Hmmm... you can drink ketchup, right?"
No - she didn't really drink it, she just teased me like she was going to.

Look at that yummy DEEP FRIED chicken and mozzarella sticks! At least it's real 100% chicken... crispy and delicious!

Sophia was curious about the little man in the corner.

After lunch we went to get apples. No, we didn't pick them ourselves, but bought them from a local orchard. Here is Sophia, posing with the pumpkins that were also for sale. She was very willing to sit there, but I couldn't convince her to smile.

Who loves her Daddy?

Sophie does!

Wordless Wednesday

Mainers... (ayuh)

Someone emailed this to me, and I couldn't resist posting. They're all true!!!

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through
May, you live in Maine (yup!)

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and
They don't work there, you live in Maine (This happened just yesterday!)

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you
live in Maine (I've gone barefoot in the snow to the end of the driveway to get the mail!)

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with
someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in Maine (yes. Once I even pulled out the phonebook to look up the number for the person that had dialed the wrong number, and got me!)

If you measure distance in hours, you live in Maine (yes)

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live
in Maine (I am one of those people!)

If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day
And back again, you live in Maine (hmmm.. I'd have to think about this one...)

If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a blizzard
without flinching, you live in Maine (yes)

If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked, you live in Maine (have left the pocketbook in the car overnight, unlocked too!)

If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how
to use them, you live in Maine

If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a
Snow suit, you live in Maine (as a kid I remember trick-or-treating in lots of snow, and getting snow in the tops of my boots!)

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes
are filled with snow, you live in Maine (This is so true!)

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still
Winter and road construction, you live in Maine.

If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car,
You live in Maine (not snow blower - plow truck!)

If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in
Maine (ha! Ask me in January!)

The Fox & the Hens...

We've got a good sized fox roaming around here. A few days ago he ran out of the edge of the woods and tried to get one of the six Guinea Hens that we have roaming around. We got the Guinea Hens to eat ticks on our property. Click HERE to see the original post when they were just 3 days old. I saw the fox, and grabbed the pups, and we headed out on foot to scare him off, and rescue the Guinea Hens. I found a pile of feathers on the ground, it wasn't looking good. As I rounded the corner at the bottom of the driveway, I saw the fox dart to the other side of the dirt road, and there was no Guinea Hen in his mouth. Now, where were my birds?

Centered in this pic is a Guinea Hen up in a fir tree.

This one was very obvious, up on the wire. How he balanced up there, I don't know. After about five minutes of calling to the birds, they decided it was safe enough, and flew down to me.

Here comes the last one, flying down to meet the rest.

Diesel helps guide them back home

When they're walking around on the lawn pecking at the ticks & bugs, they stay pretty close together like this. I really enjoy them. They don't make a mess, and they're so low maintenance. We haven't found a tick on the kids or dogs since getting them.

Here the Guinea Fowl are admiring themselves in the bumper of one of Ted's truck. We had read in the Guinea book they would do this, so I chuckled when I saw it was true.