The Rest of the Fair

I spent an hour at the fairgrounds today, walking around and taking pictures. 

Production hens. 

Total. Cuteness. 

Love the poodle cut, but it had just awakened from a nap! 

Hogs were being shown. 

The Corps of Engineers has been contouring the land around the Big Ditch.  I was totally dismayed to see on the way home that an herbicide was sprayed on the banks. 

I can't imagine that the herons will be back, or the ducks who came down at night while migrating. 

If I had had the color right, you could see the acres of contouring, you can also see plants dying.  The big earthmovers are gone now.  The creek line is at the right. 

I stopped to take a picture of the crossvane... but got my color all out of balance again. 

You can see how low the creek is now. 

Can you see the flies on the poor calves? 

Those ear tags in their mamas are not just for identification, 

there is usually a fly ear tag, too.  The calves have not been 

tagged yet.  I felt so sorry for them. 

Sometimes I get the color right. 

I felt guilty about the grape jelly for about two hours 

this summer.  You see, I read an article about how it 

did not really "feed" the birds, it was more of a treat. 

I can testify to that, because they do not come and eat all day long. 

They fly off, eat seed on the ground in the side yard, go far off and 

eat... and come back for little bits and bobs of jelly. 

They are so fun to watch. 

I change the jelly bowl out every other day.  I wash them the day 

I change them, so in other words, I put this one out Wednesday night, 

topped it off several times yesterday, and then will take it in 

tonight and put a fresh one out tomorrow. 

I should find a little lower container, then I would not waste hardly any jelly. 

These little bowls are just so handy, they are ridgid enough for the birds to perch on 

and we don't eat anything out of them. 

The hummers are every where on our feeders these days!