The ol' homestead

Bricktown

Howdy to you!

We now have a college graduate among us. It was such a nice ceremony with the procession of the bagpipes and all -It left us all teary eyed. We are all quite proud of him and now he is no longer College Son but Police Son….wow, It seems so strange to say that. Here are some pictures we took at the ceremony which was held at the Cox Convention Center in OKC.

This is what he wanted for graduation… an OSU frame for his diploma.

We had a great week-end, lots of friendship time and laughing too. We had planned a day at the local Valley Vinyard for a cajun festival, but they ran into some snags and offered a refund, so we took that and went to Bricktown. We had dinner at Crabtown and enjoyed some crab and shrimp boil, where they cover your table in butcher block paper, dump a cluster of snow crab, shrimp in the shell, andouille sausage, corn on the cob, & red skin ‘taters all over your table, give you a roll of paper towels, and a crab cracker and LET YOU AT IT! we also tried some fish and chips (English style battered cod), and a bowl of gumbo. For desert it was key lime pie and turtle cheesecake and whoooey…… did we feel like major pigs when we left there.

While we were in town we stopped by to pick up some tickets to Red Earth which will be there in 2 weeks, and this photo was taken right before I went face down on the sidewalk…. Yep, they blamed "The Relaxer" drink that I had with dinner on that little stumble…. Okaayy it wasn't a stumble but an outright fall and it was quite embarrassing….

This was right before I fell...(Full House Mom on the run)

I even scraped my toe and knee and here I was trying to get sympathy from Full House Mom but she wasn’t buying….

I was okay really though...(the 'Relaxer" again?)

We then took a water taxi around Bricktown to see some sights and this is some of them. It was nice and cool and breezy and we enjoyed our time out.

This week we are preparing for Big Miss’s graduation. There are lots to do with decorations and food and I will have to put off some of my regular homestead chores but after all, it isn't everyday that your Big Miss graduates. sniff, sniff.....

On Sunday we were able to get okra and cucumbers planted and this week hopefully a few more varieties of tomatoes. The blackberry and strawberries have little berries and I am wondering if the chickens will find them. Basil and cilantro is up (and so are the weeds) but we have yet to get the watermelons and pumpkins going.

Tuesday will be day 21 for our sitting hen and so hopefully will have some little peeps hatching. Mom gave me 2 dozen guinea eggs for the next broody hen and I will exchange her out on eggs. I am not very fond of guinea's but they do clean your yard of bugs.

Frontier Man did alot of mowing and I asked for him to mow around the old weenie roast area as it has been a long time since we have had a fire down there because of all the burn bans but I think we are in the clear for now and will hopefully have a hot dog cook-out soon for any friends who want to come.

Well, I better get to my chores and hope you have a productive week!