Homespun Yarn

I'm thinking about making a trip to a couple of yarn shops today.  I like buying it and knitting with it, but I don't think I'm ready to spin my own.  I saw this yarn hanging by the stairs in the 1850 farmhouse at Living History Farms.

Farm Field Trip

Last Friday was our annual field trip to Living History Farms.  When I drove to school in the morning, it was raining, but fortunately it turned into a really beautiful day.  We did the usual tour.  We were disappointed when there was not a blacksmith at the blacksmith shop.  My little talk about what goes on there was not very informative.

As we were leaving the 1850 farm the guide let us know that the sheep were free, but not to worry about them.

They were up ahead of us on the trail.  They must have decided to serve as trail guides because they lead up all the way to the footbridge leading to the 1900 hundred farm.  She had to come after them to round them up.  She said they had never gone that far.

It was a great field trip, but I was totally exhausted when that week came to an end.

Photo #135/365: The Barn at the 1900 Farm

I like barns and other farm buildings. This is the barn at the 1900 Farm out at Living History Farms. You can see how wet and muddy it was when we were there.

Photo #133/365: The Oxen

These are the Oxen at the 1850 Pioneer Farm. They're taking a little break here. We made our annual field trip and visit to Living History Farms today. It was a rainy, chilly day, but we still had a good time.

Photo #134: The Church of the Land

We had our annual field trip to Living History Farms today. We had beautiful weather, which was lucky since it rained just about every day this week. I really hate field trips, because for the teacher, field trips are lots of liability. Sometimes kids do things away from school that they would never dream of doing on campus, and often it's the child that you would least suspect. Such was the case today, but everyone came back in one piece, and we did have a great time.

The Church of the Land is located at the end of the main street in the 1875 town of Walnut Hill. My church used to have services there once a year, in combination with another church, until our congregations became too large to fit in the sanctuary.

Every year I worry whether I'm in good enough shape to do all the walking required for this field trip. There is a lot of hiking and hill climbing between the 1700 Ioway Farm, 1850 Pioneer Farm and 1900 Farm. But once again, I have survived it, and nobody had to push me uphill. My feet hurt though.