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"If my life is fruitless, it does not matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it does not matter who criticizes me."
- John Bunyan
A short poem
It was not a cold and rainy night
The moon was full and the stars were bright
As I stepped out my house door
The clock said it was half past four
Down the path towards the barn again
Time to get the milk cows in
Begin the day before the light
I have much to do before the night
Won't finish all, but that's all right
I'll have something to do come morning's light
IJK
Ova Art Kelley
My brother, PK, called me yesterday evening and talked for quite awhile. He told me that Art had his own Wikipedia page. I did a quick search while we were talking and found it on top of a search for Ova A Kelley. For those of you that are not familiar with Art, he was our Great-Uncle who perished in WWII but received the Medal of Honor. I added it to my favorites so I could get back there today. I returned and read it and decided to add some info that whoever made the original page did not know about. Travel to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ova_A._Kelley to read the entry. If you have anything to add you can either add it yourself or send it to me to add for you.
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Brown Swiss Heifers
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The Brown Swiss heifers shown here represent the future of Kelley's Brown Swiss Dairy. They are the result of 23 years of continuous A.I. breeding. I do all the breeding myself. The heifers above are all bred and waiting to calve. They should be calving within the next 6 to 8 weeks. It is always with great anticipation that I await the calving of a heifer. The hottest part of the summer should be behind us by the time they calve and that is good. Hot weather is a strenuous time for them to calve.
We have been raising Brown Swiss for 34 years and have always raised our replacement heifers. It has been over twenty years since we purchased one. The last one purchased was from Mason McCubbin of Springfield, MO. It has been quite some time now since he and his wife, Dorthea, have passed on. He was a very knowledgeable breeder and really loved the Brown Swiss breed. We always enjoyed competing against him in the area cattle shows and learned a lot from him.
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IJK
We have been raising Brown Swiss for 34 years and have always raised our replacement heifers. It has been over twenty years since we purchased one. The last one purchased was from Mason McCubbin of Springfield, MO. It has been quite some time now since he and his wife, Dorthea, have passed on. He was a very knowledgeable breeder and really loved the Brown Swiss breed. We always enjoyed competing against him in the area cattle shows and learned a lot from him.
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IJK
Obama plans to disarm America
Who is he wanting to disarm America for is the question? This man is absolutely dangerous to our nation.
Homemade Applesauce
Once upon a time when our daughter was very small (about two), she wanted an apple one evening and I did not have one to give her. I promised her that I would plant an apple tree for her. The next day I went to town and found an apple tree to buy. I did and brought it home to plant. We nurtured it for a couple of years and although it would bloom it would not bear apples. I did some asking around and found out that for an apple tree to bear fruit there must be another apple tree close enough to pollinate it (I was told within a mile). I thought about it and then realized that there likely was not one within a mile so I went to town and bought another. The next year we had a limited supply of apples. The two trees are now fully mature and giving us lots of apples. My wife has started learning how to preserve the apples in different forms so we may enjoy them all winter long. Today she made applesauce (photos below) and started dehydrated some for pies this winter. We just learned two years ago that an apple can be dehydrated and then frozen and when water is added back and then cooked it makes a real good pie.
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 The pot of apples on the stove. |
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 Finished Product. |
Glinda worked hard today getting these jars of applesauce but they sure will taste good when the cold wind blows.
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