We have 'gazillons' of hummingbirds! This foggy morning there must've been 20 or 30 of the hungry little critters at the feeder off the screen-porch. I fill this quart feeder twice a day and the one out front everyday. I think I have gone thru 50 lbs of sugar this summer ... I'm not kidding! We sure enjoy watching them!
It was anything but quiet around the farm this past weekend! It all started early Saturday morning with a nice 5 mile run with all of my 'buddies' (Heather, Kim and Chris)! We started at the Maury County Animal Hospital (where Heather works), ran downtown, around the Court House, over to River Walk Park and back! We had to make the trip to the park to check on progress of the River Walk which is scheduled to begin work on extending the walkway to the dam sometime this fall. That is going to be SO nice!
After our run I hurried back to the farm, loaded 'Jack' and Becky's horse 'Trouble' in the trailer and we headed to our favorite riding spot, The Why Not Ranch, about a 15 minute drive from Innisfree. We tried out a new trail Beth, the owner of WNR, told us about. It was fun ... some parts of the trail reminded us of 'The Man From Snowy River' and some were flat and winding thru the quiet forest. It was both fun and relaxing! And we got back before the storms rolled in.
Then it was time to start getting ready for our first Pub Party in quite a while. We have missed the music and laughter so much. We were not disappointed! Patrick got us all singing with "Not Fade Away", Heather did a beautiful rendition of Norah Jones' "Come Away with Me" and a couple other favorite tunes. Pam made us all swoon with her beautiful voice and even some of the kids got up to the microphone ... Hodge amazed us with his finesse of the keyboard, Jennifer sang the cutest song about a 'tater bug', Bill and Larry took turns on the bass and Gary kept us on track with his guitar. What a great evening!
This is a new poster Sarah had made for us from previous get-togethers ... it is proudly hung over the bar!
Sarah and Patrick entertaining us with, "In Spite of Ourselves"!
We were pretty surprised that so many folks came out in spite of all the bad storms rolling around Maury County. We ended up with about 4" in the rain gauge. High winds, lightning, power outages ... nothing put a damper on the fun in our little Pub in the basement!
Best of all was the time we got to spend with the Grandsons! They both love books and "Da" was glad to appease their desire for one story after another!
It was a very fine weekend and we thank all who participated in making it so! XO
It was a very fine weekend and we thank all who participated in making it so! XO
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