Great Pictures-from others

I did not take either of these pictures but I think they are special. The top one is a picture of Brady, Leo and Keri's grandson, in a combine. There is a large part of the population who has never seen this view and that alone makes it special and then the fact that it is Brady ups the value.

The one below was taken by a fellow RVer. This is the sort of shot that could never be staged. The composition is superb.

The New Chair

Can Hardly Wait

Can hardly wait for what you say? To get to the land of fresh veggies all year round. I have had to give up on tomatoes(:-(, very sad face, because of canker sores in my mouth. This recipe sounded appealing to me.

Beanie Rice Salad
    When you begin with an interesting rice mix you have a head start on a unique rice salad.  Low-fat yogurt shaves fat calories while upping the calcium content. The raw vegetables can be varied if you wish: substitute celery, seeded cucumber, grated carrot, tomato and so on.
1 box or packet of cheese, broccoli and rice mix
15-ounce can of kidney beans, drained and rinsed
15-ounce can of cut green beans, drained
Medium green bell pepper, seeded and diced
Medium red sweet pepper, seeded and diced
Medium sweet onion, peeled and diced
2 cartons, 8 ounces each, of lemon flavored yogurt
    While the rice mix cooks according to package directions, prepare vegetables.  Mix vegetables and rice.  Fold the first carton of yogurt into a mixture, then add more yogurt to taste.  Serve now or chilled, as is or on a bed of lettuce. Serves six as a main dish.

Bike Trails Create Business Booms!!

This Youtube video is about the new loop on the RRVT but Jefferson is or can be if you want, a part of that loop. We love our bike trail!! On the map they show Jefferson is at the tippy top. We are the end of the line on the north end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9idygukNQg&sns=em

Baby Leo

What a cutie! And he looks like his ol' Grandpa Gary

Morning walk...yeah, I did.

I walked the route this morning because they predicted wind. I knew if I didn't get right to it I would put it off so I donned a hooded sweatshirt and my camera and took off at 7:15 AM. I shot some great photos but it still seemed very long. It is amazing how short it becomes with company.
This mornings photo's:

                                                       Iowa Sunrise

On the trail

Possum Lodge

Squirrels at play

Who Knew??

Who knew it was going to be an unusual day. Yesterday they called to tell us our chairs would be delivered on the 10th. Great news as we will be able to head south on the 18th and most likely will do so. So Jason was coming over to help his Dad get the old chairs out of the moho so the new ones can go in. Jason called to say he was coming over and Laura was coming with him to walk the course and did I want to go with them. I thought it a good photo op so decided to go with them. I was bemoaning the fact we had not seen a train as I planned to get a good shot of one. The golf course is perilously close to the track. Finally here comes a coal train and we are in the right place.

There are many good apple trees on the golf course.

Here comes the train!

Right after I took this shot a severe percussion took place and my left ear hurt! What happened was a failure of a brake system between two train cars. Suddenly there was a separation in the middle of the train as two cars started spreading apart and brakes were squealing and burning! Never have I seen this before!

The train is stopped...both halves.

This is the western part of the train

A tractor taking corn to Jefferson turns around after being told of the difficulty.

This fellow is waiting for the front half to come to him to be hooked up again.

This is the eastern half of the train.

That was the first event of an unusual day.

The golf goes on...I spotted what looked like a storm shelter so I opened the door to check it out and was very surprised by a daddy mouse who calls it his home. It was like I had caught him in his underwear. We were both surprised!

After golf we decided to eat at 209 Main in Paton Iowa. We all enjoyed a great meal and when leaving the area we notice a big fire and drove by to check it out. Still not sure what it was all about but it looked like a very large pile of corn stalks burning. I think it may have been intentional. I do not get good night pics so won't post that one. But here are some other pictures I took today.

The ceiling of the Greene County Courthouse

A very old tree on the courthouse lawn.

A unique rock on the golf course.

A moldy fence

Iowa landscape in October.

From Bill Brooker -All School Reunion Pictures

2013 Jefferson All School Reunion Banquet Pictures

These pictures reflect the essence of the whole event in my opinion. These are all people reconnecting with their friends, their youth and their roots. And it shows them having a very good time. This event is held every 10 years and they are all good but this one was very well done. We did not attend the last one and who knows if we will be here for the next one. This was fun. None of the subjects except for one knew their picture was being taken

Bill Brooker

Pat, Mickey and Jayne Class of '61

Charlene and Carolyn Class of '61

Jayne talks to Ted McPherson

Jack Lewis-deep in conversation

Pat and Carolyn were tight all through high school. When you said their names it was like they were one-patandcarolyn.

2013 Jefferson All School Reunion Pictures

Most of these shots were taken by Butch and I am not adding all of them because there were 72. Quite a few were taken of cheerleaders...I wonder the reason for that! Not!
We are having a great weekend. The open house has been a bust- very few takers. I assume it is just too busy a weekend.
Here are the best of the photos:

Registration at the Depot

Class of '61's "float"

The 60's float was a very good one but broke down part way.

Bert Beebe, on the left, helps with lining up parade entries.

Homecoming queen Carolyn  Hurdle Lynch,center, class of '61.

Homecoming queens

Pat Smith Lane -Homecoming queen, class of 1959

Dean and Lois McAtee

Mickey Sanders Starr and Barbara Brock Brooker drive the class of '61's parade entry

Denise O'Brien Van