Afternoon at Aunt Willie's Wildflower Farm

Our church has a program where a group of families get together occassionally and hang out. One of the families, the Doans, invited everyone over to their farm for some scenery and dinner. Here are some pictures of what all we got to see and do this afternoon. The first picture is of a persimmon tree....we actually pulled in underneath it, plucked persimmons from the tree, and ate them. They were delicious! Linda (our host) said the trick was to eat them after the first frost.

We saw a multitude of cows! This was a baby cow with a really cool face that went running by. Apparently, the white face and brown eyes are the result of some sort of special breeding. We also saw a buck, in the next blurry picture, he didn't hang around long though.







































































The farm house below was built in 1870 by the ancestors of our other host, Roy. Now, the Doans' use the house as a workshop where they hold seminars on creating flower arrangements with wild flowers.





Lily has now put Papa and I both to shame by driving around this Ford tractor. More so than any Cub Cadet or John Deere, this big Ford was built for serious work over a long period of time. Driving it was obviously a highlight of the trip for Lily!