Northview Diary

  Cute little Magnolia Warbler right in the backyard Of this poor blog, and I'm sorry . It is just too easy to throw a couple of picture...

Opens today. Liz's pony, Diamond, is there along with some various other entries from the rest of us. Hope to get over to take...

Liz and Becky with Richard in his later days.  Although he was sweet to them,  there was still a fire in that little furnace. T o ...

Antique milking machines....sure glad I don't have to use them Some fair goers I think I have seen somewhere before The butter sculpture...

Junior heifer calf. ..Fonda Fair...Bling No complaints. The competition is fierce at Fonda and there are a lot of nice cattle at the sho...

Peacock Cumulonimbus Seems the Hurricane from Hell is on its way. Prayers for everyone and everything in its projected path ... Upstate NY...

Our "feral" visitor kitty The cows did reasonably well at the fair, not too surprising since there were very few animals this ye...

Rose Magnolia, milking shorthorn Moments and Rosie, taking a nap

Moments, the Jersey cow Bling, Holstein junior heifer calf, with Chrome Taken by Liz's cell phone and texted home to mom.

Liz milking her now retired show cow, Mandy, in the Altamont milking parlor in 2007 The cows and calves are all moved and vet checked in ...

Rose, last year At Altamont Fair. Of course, yesterday, Monday, Liz's three-year-old Silky Cousteau daughter, came down with one tiny...

How 'bout the horns on this highlander? Spinning wheels, twisting up the wind into threads of energy A heifer we liked at the fair This ...

Have I mentioned that I love harness racing?

A kind friend sent me this link to a lovely article about agricultural fairs...which are among my favorite things that there are. The author...

And a tiger just for good measure.

A friend and colleague is in charge of this building at the fair and, along with a group of incredible volunteers, she does an amazing jo...

Looks like Rose Magnolia will have to be scratched . Alan starts college today and both girls have full work weeks. Nobody to stay with her,...

.........It runs on fuel and can take two or more passengers For more Sunday Stills ....... This is the Montgomery County Farm Bureau Pro/Ed...