4-H at The Royal

This little miss and our oldest son had a busy time at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto.





The photo below shows K competing in the 4-H National Junior Beef showmanship. In Comformation they won 1st place in Calf Class.





It was a sea of green in the 4-H beef parade that started the competition, with youth from Ontario and across Canada showing their region or provincial signs and flags. 





It was a busy, exciting, fun, and tiring few days and we are proud of K and all the competitors. So much to see, to eat and hours upon hours of walking and standing. (And I have learned that I need a different lense on my camera for next year for distance photos.)

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Happy Thanksgiving and Roses

It is our Thanksgiving weekend and in between cleaning and preparing for guests I bought myself a boquet of roses.





I don't usually indulge, but today I popped by our local grocery store for a few forgotten ingredients and couldn't resist. They had beautiful Fall bouquets and potted mums, but I was drawn to the simplicity and beauty of these roses.





They started out in a galvanized sap pail in the dining room,





but soon moved to the kitchen. I think I like the simplicity of them better in the dining room. Remington was very curious.





(I really need to change the placement of our light and I should probably redo the finish on our farmhouse table to better match the buffet and china cabinet.)





I am really enjoying these roses as we prepare for 25+ family members for an early dinner tomorrow (my husband and sister are helping.) The menu includes turkey, spiral ham, meatballs, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberries, turnip, caesar salad, rolls, corn, peas, and a veggie tray to start. Dessert includes pumpkin pie with whipped cream, apple pie with ice cream, and confetti squares. We are blessed to have our family, our home to welcome guests and food to share.





Wishing you all a great weekend, and to my Canadian readers and friends a happy Thanksgiving!


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Vacation Memories ~Summer 2011

I'm joining the Vacation Memories link party at WhisperWood Cottage by sharing some of our summer trips.





We had a very busy summer spending time with family and taking lots of trips around Ontario. Our boys were very busy entertaining their little second cousins and hanging with their cousins...



...digging deep deep holes in the sand on a cold and windy trip to Wasaga Beach...



...so cold and windy that we had all of Beach 2 and Allenwood Beach to ourselves...



...we spent a great couple of days of endless blue skies at a 4-H Beef Invitational show ...



...where all the care, washing, blowdrying and general fluffing of the Charolais show cattle had two young men placing really well...



...our boys have 4 annoying sister-like girl cousins who play rep field lacrosse and we took in some games...



...and two days at a 4-H Junior Dairy Show...



...lots of trips to spend time with cousins and family in our favourite Grey County...



...a day trip to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum...



...hanging out in my sister's family pool (fortunately only a 5 minute walk or two minute drive)...





...a wedding shower, lots of birthdays and bbq's,  rabbit club meetings, dairy club meetings, beef club meetings, tractor pulls, Elmira livestock exchange and quilt shops. We also took some time to just hang out at home and relax. No wonder I barely dented my list of diy projects!

I hope you had an enjoyable summer and be sure to stop by WhisperWood Cottage to see Vacation Memories from near and far.

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A Trip to Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

This week the guys and I visited the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario.





That's our 12 year old beside me (growing like a weed!) The highlight of our trip, the Avro Lancaster Bomber. So very cool up close.








Our oldest is very interested in history, particularly WWII, and he could tell us lots about this night bomber. I had 5 uncles and an aunt serve in WWII so it was pretty awesome seeing all the planes and displays.
  






The volunteers are really knowledgeable and the guys got to climb into an Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck.





The CF-100 was a jet interceptor/fighter.





So many cool graphics on the restored planes.

















Hot Gen is a B-25 and the graphics were popular on souvenirs in the gift shop!





Great views from the upper observation areas, and an outside balcony area with views of more planes.





We really enjoyed our visit and if you are in southern Ontario it is well worth a visit.


Keeping all those in the path of Hurricane Irene in my thoughts this weekend. Stay safe!

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The Difference A Year Makes

The boys and I just returned from a two day 4-H show, Dairy this time.




Great people, wonderful chaperones and the kids learn lots of leadership skills. It's also a nice break in the country watching all the age groups take their turns in the ring.





Lots and lots of kids and their calves and it all comes down to the judging of the finals.



And what a difference a year makes. Below is the same calf at the same show last August when she was still a tiny little girl.



And for comparison, here she is again this week.



Now I need to get those whites clean again for the next fair and put all the camping stuff away. Hope you have a great summer weekend!

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Summer Show

Summer is the start of shows and fairs and as a 4-H family we really look forward to going to some great Invitational shows and fairs.



We live in town but our boys love 4-H. Our oldest shows beef, dairy, rabbit and tractor. This is our younger sons first year in rabbit. 

Lots of prep (by the 4-H youth) goes into training and getting the calves looking their best at the show. The judge makes his decisions after several heats and many trips around the ring.



And then calls them in, in order of placing. Lots of different breeds in each age group. I love their different colours and markings.


In Conformation the groupings are by calf age, and in Showmanship by the showperson's age.


Pure Charolais loveliness (the Charolais breed originated in Charolles/Charolais, France.) Aren't they gorgeous girls? We are so thankful to the cattle owners that allow our son to learn and show with their animals.



Camping is part of it sometimes too. But the scenery is worth it! We are really enjoying summer here (even with the heat). Hard to believe in only one month we are back to school!

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