There are three family groups in the photo. Beyond the trees is a good sized river, home to lots of waterfowl. These geese are headed there, grazing along the way. Can you tell which family group has the youngest goslings?
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Seen on a drive in the country
After lunch today Sher and I drove to a nearby winery to restock the fridge. After the winery stop we headed back home via country roads with little traffic and no construction. It was a hot and humid day, heat index in the 100 + range.
Wheat planted last fall, due for harvest late summer
A clever and patriotic use of tiles on a barn roof
This time of year there is not a lot of activity in the fields: crops are planted with most germinated and on their way. Newborn calves are growing as fast as the weeds in the fence rows. There still are things to see.
Same flowers two and four days later
The amazing progress of flowers as they grow and bloom
More blooms to come
More buds showing in background
Two and four days ago we posted photos of one of our Asiatic Lilies and a rose bud just beginning to bloom. Today both plants displayed some great progress in the blooming arts, adding even more color to our backyard flower and herb garden.
Another rose in the backyard garden
Rainy day but a pretty rose.
Local pizza restaurants can be the best
We had our own meal preparation ingredients in the RV when we were at the Highway 40 yard sale last week. We’d been there since Monday and were enjoying the time in our RV, including the meals we prepared.
However after the rains all day Wednesday and most of Thursday, we were ready for a change in our eating. A search of the web for pizza restaurants near us produced a couple in Knightstown, just a few miles down the road. Jeff’s Pizza looked inviting, and online ordering was quick and easy. Whenever we can we like to patronize local hometown businesses.
Special w/tons of veggies under that thick layer of cheese
The pizzas were very very good! We ordered a veggie special and a meat special. The toppings and cheese portions were most generous. Sher and I both had “leftover” pizza the next day as well. I’d have to say that I heated mine up on day two in the microwave, and it was frankly as good as if not better than the first day.
Indiana’s Madison County Winery
Sher and I found another winery to visit north of the place where we were having our big yard sale. The Madison County Winery is, for sure, in the country. In fact without our phone navigation app I doubt I could have found it!
The winery building is a great facility, and it was set up for safe tasting with all the COVID shields. We tasted several wines, including a couple of blueberry wines, including Blueberry Moscato. They also have one very different wine, a Chocolate Covered Pear Wine. Interesting, but not our favorite. We ended up buying a bottle of Blueberry wine, and we also got a large Blueberry Moscato slushy to go.
Store and tasting room
This large farm site has not only vineyards, but also an RV park. Local complaints about of all things smoke from their outdoor firepits have shut down the RV park until permitting is completed. Outdoor concerts are planned, and we look forward to visiting again when we can catch a concert, enjoy some wine and stayover in our RV.
Asiatic lilies in bloom mode
Our Asiatic Lilies are starting to bloom. These are from bulbs we transplanted to our backyard flower and herb garden.
Great day for Highway 40 sale
Finally getting a sunny day. Lots of vendors now set up and a decent crowd is beginning to arrive.
Harmony Winery gave us a break from the Highway 40 sale
Today was another wet day, though not a total washout. Sher and I decided to visit a local winery in the early afternoon while our son stayed at our setup for the sale.
Tasting room/bar
Inventory racks
We headed west for about 5 miles to Knightstown, Indiana for a visit to the Harmony Winery. This comfortable and intimate winery is located in an historic building that used to be a chicken hatchery at the turn of the century. The winery has a great selection of wines and we decided to taste a flight of 5.
Tasting the flight
Our host was most helpful in our determination of which five wines to taste. He described not only the making of the wines we tried, but also gave us hints of other uses of wine in different ways. Some of the owners concoctions sounded very interesting. We purchased three bottles before we left and look forward to enjoying our selections each evening after the sale closes. This is the Harmony Winery website.
Parental care
The starling parent, below, has a morsel ready for to feed its juvenile, above. The youngster is perfectly flight capable, and follows the parent around demanding to be fed.
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