Fall sightings.

Our hedge is a beautiful varied colors of gold, orange and reds. The petunia's are blooming as big and beautiful as they can before the inevitable freeze takes the life from them.

Isaiah 40:7-8 "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the

flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall,

but the word of our GOD STANDS forever.

The creek is still running and this is a great sight for this time of year in our area. We have had several years with little rain and the creek barely trickling.

John 7:37-38 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said,

streams of living water will flow from within him."

Now wouldn't it be fun to try one of these two Wheeler's?

Two frisky squirrels were watching us as we hiked around "their" tree's.

The ducks followed us along the creek with hopes we had goodies to toss to them.
I really like the beauty of the WOOD DUCK. It has such distinct markings that it almost looks fake. We did find a apple tree and bit off small pieces of apple to throw to them. They loved it!
Another fall adventure was up in the Hills to pan for GOLD. First we found a nice shallow creek or stream. Then we got out our spade, shovel and pan.

We looked -- -------and looked---------and looked! Do you see any gold?

1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold

that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ ,

a lamb without blemish or defect.

It was a very nice calm day and we certainly enjoyed our time. But as for Gold, the only gold we found was the gold of Gods beautiful creation, sights and sounds. Below are pictures of our almost 15 year old dog enjoying time outside in the fresh air.

He was a happy dog!

Before the freeze

Today (this gorgeous sunny Sunday afternoon) me and my husband went to view the flowers before they freeze. We also went for a walk around the park and I will share a few pictures of things we saw at a latter blog update.

This is at the entrance of the garden.

All the flowers are full bloom and always look so nice just before a frost.


This Sun dial has been in this park for many years. I remember it when our daughters were small. They always had to see what time it said.

I have no idea what this plant is but it is taller them me and very beautiful. The leaves are so dark and huge as a dinner plate.

call these Johnny-jump-ups. We always had them in ND on the farm. These were the only plant with flowers on in the "HERB" section.

Fall colors in September

This picture was an experiment without a flash at night. This is the one golden tree we have in our yard. This certainly shows the golden color but it sure is a blurry photo.

Today we traveled the 1 1/2 hour to Porcupine on the Pine Ridge reservation. I was surprised how beautiful the fall colors were. The colors are well ahead of this area and also the Spearfish Canyon area. The drive was absolutely beautiful. I took several photo's to try capture the beauty but it is always much prettier in person. I will never forget last fall as we traveled many miles to WV. The colors were spectacular and the most colorful I had ever seen in my life. God sure can do wonders with His paint brush and it is all for us to enjoy and give thanks.

Birthdays and other fun times.

Our daughters made our Birthdays special this year. Our youngest daughter had just arrived at my parents (her Grandparents) home in Eastern ND when she surprised Jeff on his 61st birthday with a beautiful hand crafted cake. You can see the boat, the fishing rod in his hands and even a fish at the end of the line. There are cat tails and rocks around the lake and even ducks. What a work of art. It was a total surprise for him too.

Since it was just a week earlier since I had my birthday, she also surprised me with this beautifully decorated garden cake. It had flowers, grass,a bird house, seed packets, garden trowel and gloves, even a white picket fence around the sides. I also was very surprised.

Below, my first cousin Harriet brought over a unique Birthday cake for my husband on his birthday. Four donut's with a candle. We all sang Happy Birthday and he blew out the candle.

Our youngest daughter cutting the cake and serving for afternoon coffee/lunch at 3 pm.

Below is a picture from My birthday celebration when we were spending a few days at our oldest daughters home with her, her husband and our 5 grandchildren. These delirious grilled rib's were a special treat. My son-in-law makes great tasting rib's, you might say I pigged out!

My oldest daughter made a scrumptious cream puff cake with vanilla pudding and then whip cream drizzled with chocolate. I know your mouths are all watering now. I loved it and can still almost taste the sweet rich flavor.

There were even candles and they sang a beautiful Happy Birthday to me and also God Bless you today. A glass of wine was also a nice treat. Below is a picture of everyone enjoying the Delicious Birthday dessert.

This is our oldest granddaughter top right and middle granddaughter bottom right with some really great friends who are also home schooled.

Our oldest granddaughter is 13 yr old. Below she is at the 4 H cake auction. Her dad is in back of her with her sister next to her.

The boy in the center with the big smile is our 12 yr old grandson. These twin boy's have been very good friends for many years. They also are home schooled and members of the same LCMS church, and 4H club. Below our grandson and his father check out a baseball catchers mitt for next season.

Our 9 yr old granddaughter loves sparkles, is in 4H, and was being a big help with the fresh corn on the cob.

She has a wonderful imagination,and plays very well with all children, younger or older. She has big beautiful eyes and a nice smile for everyone.

This is our 6 yr old grandson. He is always on the go.

He looks so handsome in his Sunday go to meeting cloths.

Now this is the "BABY" of the family and she thinks she is a big girl. Well, I guess I have to admit that she is getting big fast. she will be turning 3 yr old the end of September. She is so much fun.

She loves her Papa Jeffey., and he loves her too.

She helped with the corn and she seems to think she can do everything her older brother does.

She loves having books read to her. As soon as we finish one she comes with another.

We had a hot dog roast in the back yard. It was great fun.

We got to go swimming in their big pool set up at their other grandma's home. It was a perfect day to cool off and have a lot of fun in the water. Marco! Polo! Marco? Polo!

Fun at the fair. The rides were up but would not be running until latter that week. Our youngest granddaughter just had to walk around and check out the rides she was hopeing to ride on.

She called this the "CANDY SHOP"

Our oldest granddaughter modeled a dress she had sewed for her confirmation and won a couple trophies and ribbons for construction and modeling. She is a lovely girl and does a nice job sewing.

A purple ribbon for her 5 tomatoes she entered. Good Job!

Every year there is a cake auction with half the money going to the county 4H and the other half going to the 4H member who baked the cake. It is fun to watch. Our oldest granddaughter made a Greman Chocolate cake with the carmel nut frosting. YUM! Below our middle granddaughter made 16 sugar muffins, topped with buttery sugar and cinnemann. I know how delitious these are becouse she practiced a couple days earlier and we got to eat the muffins. YUMMY YUM!

We had a great 2 weeks

with family and friends. The Behm reunion on Aug 13th was great. My next blog will include many pictures from the reunion. We hope you have taken special time this summer to enjoy family and friends.