Walking is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things. It is the one way of freedom. If you go to a place on anything but your own feet you are taken there too fast, and miss a thousand delicate joys that were waiting for you by the wayside. Elizabeth von Arnim

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Saturday, May 16, 2026

A farm loop walk and Ken's bird feeder pole

A nice sunny morning for walking around the farm loop.
It was 42 degrees.
Started out sunny but ended up with more clouds than sun.


New yellow lines down the middle of the road.


Not many roads where you can walk down the middle of the road
for 2 miles and not have a car come by!



Took this picture up at the school.
You can see the church in town.
The long barn where I see the cows is way to the right.


When I got back to town the pond had a fishing event going on.


Saw Rebecca out walking around town when I got back.

A good morning for finding coins.
quarter
dime
2 pennies

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Stitching day at the library with the ladies.
5 of us there.
I started knitting the second pink slipper.

After lunch I made Potato Salad which we are having with
hamburgers for supper.

Also made a Rhubarb Cobbler.
I'll have that for my snack later.

Here's Ken bird feeder to keep out the chipmunks.
A pole with a cross pole to hand the feeders and
a piece of square metal that the chipmunks can't get around.
So far it's working.
Did you know that chipmunks can jump 2 feet up and
3 feet across.


Thanks so much for stopping by.
Hope you had a wonderful day.
HappyK😊


Friday, May 15, 2026

Walking, Lowe's, and out for fish and chips

On my way to town this morning I saw 5 deer.

It was 39 degrees this morning for walking with a mix of sun and clouds.

Walking past the pond on my way to the cemetery on the hill
I noticed another family of geese.
Just 2 babies for them.
Last year there were two families who ended up hanging around 
together and it was like one big family.
Wondering if these are the same parents as last year.


 Went up the hill and walked around the cemetery.
I like how the sun on the grass makes it look golden.


Continued out to the main road and walked towards home a ways 
before turning around and going back to town.
On the way back I made a detour up and down Sale Barn Road.


Then it was through town to the ball park around there
and back to the pond and Jeep.

Another quiet morning around town and didn't see any one else out.
There are always the people in cars and trucks waving or giving
me a toot as they pass me.

It was a delightful morning for walking. 😊

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After breakfast we made a trip out to Lowe's.
Ken has come up with an idea for a contraption for a bird feeder pole which 
we hope will keep those pesky chipmunks from eating all the seed.
We've already trapped 6 chipmunks and there are MORE.
The trip to Lowe's was to buy poles and hardware.
Hard to explain his idea so I'll just take a picture when it's done. 
He worked on it this afternoon.

A nice sunny day but just a tad too windy and cool 
to sit out on the porch and read so did that inside.

We went out for supper and enjoyed our fish and chips.
Yummy!

Hope you had a wonderful day and
Thanks for stopping by.
HappyK😊
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✏️Comment Replies:
Not to worry about the chicken making her way back home. Once when there were a few chickens walking around outside the fence I went to the house and told the people they had chickens that escaped.  They told me it happens often and the chickens come back on their own.