911 Memorial

As a resident of Anthony, Kansas I must profess a great deal of pride at what our small community has done to memorialize the events of 9/11/2001.

Entirely from private donations they have erected a wonderful memorial to those that died in that tragedy. They took several pieces of steel from the towers, a block of granite from the Pentagon, and dirt from the field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania where flight 93 went down and incorporated them into this wonderful setting in a park on the western edge of town. There are
twin lights that shine during the night to represent the twin towers and it is
quite striking to see.

I was going to write a lot more regarding this and found that there is a website that really says it better than I could. One of the more recent events regarding this memorial is the bill put into the Kansas legislature by the Govenor to make this the official state memorial. You can read about it at http://www.9-11memorialanthonyks.org .




 

Calf and Fish Fry

John and Mary Thomas held a Calf and Fish fry at their home last night and we were lucky to be invited. The calf parts came from the steers that John had worked and the fish came from some that he and his sons had caught on the Cumberland River in Tennesee.

Here John is taking some of the finished product out of the deep fat fryer.

Here they are setting up the area for the cooking. The gang standing around are the quality control people who snatch samples of the finished product and check them out.





Everyone had plenty of eats! Here Barbara is sitting with Mary Thomas (on the right.) Many of the ladies brought even more food to share. Quite a bounty!






Barbara visiting with Darrell Dodgen out at the cooking area.

Got to see a lot of people that we know and enjoyed the conversations.

Now if you don't know what a calf fry consists of please leave me a question on the comment area of this blog and I will enlighten you! 

Playing Lumberjack

Trees have taken over the dam on our pond out in the pasture. We had to rebuild this dam when we purchased the property because the tree roots had damaged it.
So in comes the fat old man of the house to tackle the problem with his trusty chainsaw! He picked the hotest day to do this. Wearing nomex chaps and a long shirt he got very hot.
Yes, he took many breaks to cool off and catch his wind. Behind him is the new Kawasaki 4WD Mule that he bought to carry his chainsaw! It did the job quite well and may even be used for other jobs around the farm. The job is about half done and will be tackled on a cooler day in the near future. 

Visit with the Walkers

We had a wonderful visit with Neal's sister and brother-in-law Jim and Deanna Walker at their lovely home before taking the coach up to Newell for some work. Their home sits high above Lake Hudson and has terrific views. It is in a secluded area which they like very much.

As you can see they like their dogs!


Jim is getting around very well even though he was in the hospital shortly before our visit.
Barbara attended a geneaology class that Deanna teaches at the local community college and was able to use what she learned to find many of her relatives! (I think she may be hooked!)
This is a picture of Sugar. She is an older dog that is as spoiled as they come.
Well fed too! The other dog is named Spice and is about a year old.