Atwood Tractor Show

We went to the Atwood Tractor Show not long ago. They have 2 each year-one in June and one in October. We haven't ever been to the June one, because we are normally busy with hay at that time. They had a pretty decent amount of vendors at the flea market. I found a bridle that I hope will work on my Haflinger. His head is so large it is hard to find one that fits him. Not that I am going to be doing much riding, but I have dreams of riding again. Tommy only carried one tractor-the Oliver 550. His favorite tractor balked again and didn't want to start after we had washed it. He needs to do some tinkering on it and get it going good again. This was probably the last tractor show of this year unless we decide to go to Trenton in November. The thing about the Trenton show is you never know what kind of weather it will be that day. I am too much of a fair weather person to want to go when it is cold. We have gone when it was cold and wet. Not much fun :).

Tommy getting unloaded

Really old Farmall

Oliver Cletrac

I found this chicken at the flea market

A really sharp Econoline

If I ever have an old lawn tractor I would pick a Wheel Horse

This fellow had 3 really sharp ones on a trailer

Tommy driving in the parade

We had a good day there. One of our favorite things about the tractor shows is visiting with such fine folks. Junior and Sylvia Simmons were there and they are one of a kind people. Mr. Simmons is a died in the wool AC tractor man. He has been collecting for many years and is still adding to his collection. I just hope that when we get to be their age, we will be half as outstanding as they are. 

 

Happy Birthday, Julie

Today is my daughter Julie's birthday. I wish for her a very happy day. I have put together some pictures of her life up until today.

                                       What a sweet baby

                                 Sister Bonny giving her a thumbs up

She loved wearing her Golden Sun Feed clothes

She loves birthdays

She spent many hours riding Tony the Pony

Bonny, Julie, and Tony at the Banana Festival

Showing off her equestrian skills

Showing Smokey in 4-H

With Sally at the Obion Co Fair Barnyard

With one of our young herd bulls

One of her show steers

Showing her first gilt, Loretta

Showing a market hog at the Obion County Fair

Showing her gilt, Lucy at the Mid-South Fair

Showing her first lamb, Melissa

and waving at me

Wool and Woolies

Showing her ewe, Crystal

Everybody loved Crystal

                                 Showing Crystal at the Mid-South Fair

                                        At the Kentucky State Fair
Sure didn't think then that she would be living just down the road from there

                                Grand Champion Market Lamb

Showing Crystal at Trenton

                  At the Memphis Zoo with her cousin, Steven and sister, Bonny

At Opryland in Nashville-One of the few vacations we took that didn't involve showing livestock

                                    Julie has always loved Halloween

                                               Her basketball days

                                                   Christmas

                                                  Farmer's Daughter

                                    One of her many school projects

                                     Feeding a baby kitten a bottle

                                           Our border collie Nell

                 Julie with Chloe(she brought her home as a puppy as a rescue

                                       Julie with Shelby and Shyann

                                         High school graduation

          Julie and Pebbles(a dog she rescued while working at the vet clinic)

                                                     Riding Spice

                                                  

College Graduation

                                                 Julie and Michael

                                                 Wedding day

                                     Her sons, Joseph and James

                     Happy Birthday, Julie!!!                                                 

Wonderful Week

I had a wonderful time last week with my grandson Joseph. Julie came down to get her horse to take back with them and since Joseph had fall break he got to stay down here with us. Tommy and I both had a lot of fun being with him. Tommy was working on a field that he is breaking up and resowing and Joseph spent a lot of time either watching or riding in the tractor with Paw Paw. It was still rough at first so he and I just watched. Then when it was a little smoother he got to ride in the tractor. He dearly loves tractors  and has been that way ever since he was big enough to be put on one. He also loves playing toy tractors and spent a lot of his time inside doing that. I even managed to saddle up our horse, Jack and let J ride some. We don't have a real pony(not yet anyway). I'm working on that. We worked on a loading chute while he was here, and he called it his "boat". He has an endless imagination and fascinates me with some of the things he comes up with. 

  

  

 

He wasn't able to ride on this tractor 

 

 

Watching Paw Paw 

 

                    

Shyann never got too far away from J

 

 

Riding in one of his favorite tractors

 

 

                            Helping us move ewes and lambs

 

 

Helping pull up turnips

 

 

  

                  Using his wheelbarrow to haul the turnips
                     But he wouldn't eat any for supper :)

 

 

 

This is a cake I made for J

                                     He did eat some of it

 

He wanted it to be a birthday cake so I put some candles on it

 

Joseph really likes to gather eggs

 

 

                              Riding our giant pony, Jack

 

 

                             J and Tommy on the Oliver 77

 

 

                               Joseph sitting on my tractor

 

 

 

Getting ready for a tractor ride on the 550

 (J calls this one his tractor)

 

 

                   Playing with tractor toys at the warehouse

 

 

 

Helping Paw Paw move some cattle

 

 

 

He found some kittens in the lambing barn

J loves cats

 

There were a lot more pics I could have put on here, but time has caught up with me. Thanks, Julie, for sharing Joseph with us. I have so many more memories to add to my memory bank and they  will  be treasured.