272/365 Fall Has Arrived

272/365 Fall Has Arrived

This is in Chicago, we don't have trees like this really.

Gorgeous !!!

271/365 Little Things In The Barn

271/365  Little Things In The Barn

These are a few little things that I saw in the barn. I have some other great pictures that really show all the horse stalls and how big it really is.

It would be such a great place to do photo shoots, to bad it's a 2 hour plane ride from us. 

270/365 Airplanes

270/365 Airplanes

I don't know anything about airplanes and none of us are really into them either.

This was a quick pit stop to just see these up close.

I thought it was fun.

These both are SOOC

269/365 Safety, NOT !!!

269/365 Safety, NOT !!!

See this is just a baby seat, not a restraining device but someplace to put the baby when driving.

It never occurred to me but where did people put the baby when they were driving in the 60's? 

I mean a 6 month old would just roll around in my car. 

I remember one time my sister in law had a baby carrier/carseat that you had to strap in with the seatbelt. This was only 9 years ago. Anyway she forgot to strap the carrier into the car with the seat belt. You can only imagine what happened. I, with my sick twisted sense of humor thought it was hilarious. As my sister in law turned the corner the seat totally flipped over. The baby was ok of course but can you imagine. Someone my moms age told me she used to nurse her baby while driving !!!!

Wow, how times have changed.

268/365 An Elf & A Masked Bandit

268/365 An Elf & A Masked Bandit

What a pair these two make.

The Rhino, on the left is explaining to the little elf how to drive the getaway car.

It was a long involved explanation.

Then there was a physical demonstration of where your hands should be placed on the steering wheel and what your face should look like.

Disclaimer : I actually made that up, they don't know anything about getaway cars yet. 

267/365 The Farm

267/365 The Farm

Such a great place, the farm. It's outside of Chicago and it's such a great calming place.

We love it, the kids love it, the critters love it, the deer love it, the wild turkeys love, the trees love it and so many more people, creatures and things love the farm.

These are the walnut trees that were planted about 10 years ago.

They started out as little tiny saplings I think, they might have been grafts but they were tiny, I mean like maybe 2 feet high.

This is them now. 

It is amazing every time we go out there to see how much they have grown. 

On the farm they grow soy beans as well as corn. This field has soybeans that are ready to harvest.

I think the kids were excited because they love edamame.  While these soybeans are used for other things, not soybeans, they still looked exactly the same just dried.

So pretty in the setting sunlight.

I  just loved this photo. 

266/365 Car Show

266/365 Car Show

This was even funnier in person.

I would have loved to see it actually driving own the street.

This is an idea for the Christmas card photo !!!

I just have to find a hubcap like this.