Day out, lots of photos.....

It's that time of year again, when the Great Northern Exhibition is on.  The weather was terrible on Friday with rain, and the forecast was iffy for Saturday, so we weren't sure if we would go or not on Saturday.  Anyhow, it turned out to be a stunning day, and quite hot and sunny.  Both dh and I got sun burnt while we were watching the trucks go through the mud bog. 

The first trucks that went through were the smaller ones and they all got stuck at one certain place, so the tractor had to go in and haul them out.

Took a few photos of the trucks lined up ready to go through the mud bog:

This is a type of a Mercedes Benz.

Another Mercedes Benz.  I overheard someone say these vehicles were made for the army, but are no longer made.  It had a lot of gears and was able to go through the mud bog no problem. **Please refer to my brother Nick's comment as he tells us more about this vehicle.  The guy whose conversation I overheard, obviously didn't quite know what he was talking about.**

I never did figure out how the driver got into that truck.  The girl in the photo was probably at least 5' 5".

Another Mercedes Benz, like the other one. Even after going through the mud bog, this truck remained nice and clean.

This truck was either called "Rednecker" or "Redneckin," I can't remember which.

This guy was just covered from head to foot in mud by the time he got to the other end.   I didn't get a photo of him though.

That's him going through the mud bog.

We really enjoyed ourselves, but there were so many wasps around it was awful.  Poor dh got stung by one so his arm is swollen now.

Talked to a farmer for a while regarding the cows that were on show in the ring. Very interesting and the way they pronounce Hereford over here is totally different to the way we pronounce it in Britain.  By the way, the way I pronounce it is hera-fud

Also, saw a sheep sheared and that took around a minute and a half to do that.  The fastest time to shear a single sheep is 45.41 seconds by Dwayne Black (Australia) on the set of Guinness World Records at Seven Network Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 17 April 2005.





I will post the photos of all the quilts tomorrow, there were some beauties as always.

When we got home I decided to go out in the garden for a while.  Managed to get the grape vine trimmed back for the winter.  Not sure if I did it correctly, but it has two choices, it will either grow next year and I'll have a big crop; or it won't!!!

I also spent an hour and a half trimming all the bank down.  It's much too steep for me to cut with the tractor and even the push lawn mower is hard work.  I managed to get over half done, so will finish it off today.

Good day and a productive day for us.

Spring lambs, and other stuff........

Coming from the "fells" in the Eden Valley one thing we saw a lot of were sheep.  It's something we don't see very often here in Southern Ontario.  However on one of the backs roads to one of the nearest cities we pass a sheep farm, and frolicking in the sun on Sunday afternoon were all these sheep with their lambs.  Dh stopped to let me take a couple of photos.

LizBeth was asking yesterday how the church cookbook was coming along.  Up until the end of the Church service on Sunday I would have said slowly but surely.  I picked up a number of recipes from the church, so will get them input into the system this week.

However the **it hit the fan at the end of the service as I was leaving.  Two ladies from the Advisory Committee aproached me and asked me how I was sorting the recipes.  I told them I had them them divided into catagories, and explained what and told them they were custom dividers and I couldn't change them.  I asked what they had in mind and they wanted me to sort out the recipes by "religious season."  For example, Easter, Lent, Advent etc.

As I explained to them, if I were to do what they wanted, it would mean starting afresh and re-inputting everything again; and did they realize how much work that was?  One of the ladies said that as I was doing it by computer it wouldn't be that hard???  So I basically said no that's not going to happen it's staying as is.

They were not suited at all, and I noticed they hung around to the end to talk to the Reverend!  So no doubt I am in the dog house.  I was close to tears when I got home, as I really don't think they realise how much work goes into this, as a lot of the people are not writing down full recipes, or methods.  I end up having to call them, all which takes even more time; as although you know I bake and cook a lot I am not familiar with every recipe out there. 

So although I enjoyed the service, I left church feeling pretty disheartened.  However, onwards and upwards I will go with this project.

I know I haven't mentioned this in a long time, but we caught a mouse in the old basement yesterday?  Which I thought was pretty unusual, as it's been a while since we have caught any.

Did you remember to put money in your Daily Savings Pot today?

Another Earth Day/Money Saving idea:

Food: Eating less meat and dairy is good for your health, your budget, and the planet (raising livestock is responsible for 18% of global greenhouse gases). Cutting back even a little bit helps. Some ideas to get you started: Limit the amount of meat on your plate and fill up with grains and veggies, avoid meat for one meal each day, or make one day a week meatless.