Cisco

I have come to terms that I am going to have to sell Cisco. I really do not want to but I spend no time with him. I feel bad for him all he does is hang out out back. He always seems happy to see me, I think because he thinks I am just going to feed him. He has Pepper to hang with but I think he will be happier with someone that will spend more time with him.Plus no one is ever home on the weekends and I am afraid to ride by myself. He is so beautiful.

Morning With Mom

Mom and I went to where Robbie's girlfriend, Rachael, goes to beauty school and we had our toes and nails done. We went shopping after that and then we went to lunch.
I went back to work for a little bit then went home. So much yard work needs to be done. The last frost killed mostly everything.

Dudley Farm

One of Missies college class projects was to visit places that were "energy efficient". One place on her list was Dudley Farm. An authentic working farm, sounded interesting, my ancestors were farmers so I decided to go with her.
Dudley Farm is an early pioneer farm established before the Civil War. Currently it covers 325 of the original 640 acres that were operated by the Dudley family for three generations. In 1983, the last of the third generation, Myrtle Dudley donated her family farm to the Florida Park Service.The homestead consists of eighteen buildings. These are restored - not recreated - and include the family farmhouse with original furnishings, an 1880's kitchen outbuilding, a general store and post office, and a functional cane syrup complex.
Park staff in period clothing perform daily chores, raising crops, and tending to livestock. The farm features seasonal cane grindings, corn shuckings, and heritage varieties of livestock and plants. Deer, wild turkeys, gopher tortoises, and bluebirds are still seen in the fields.
I had a great time. The best part is when Missie learned what the corn cobs in the outhouse were used for! She will never waste toilet paper again.