Category Archives: Sunnybook Farm

Come for a little ride

September 16, 2020gardening, Sunnybook Farm, worksusanmanzke

A tiny video of mowing around the shed.

I held the camera between my knees to try to keep it steady.

Something different to post on my blog today.

Mowing

September 14, 2020Sunnybook Farm, worksusanmanzke

I mowed lawn today. About half done before I took a break.

Not a bad job when using the zero-turn mower.

Trees are the only things that bother me when I’m mowing. Low branches sneak up on me and too often I have to duck.

Early walk down the lane

August 20, 2020Sunny, Sunnybook Farmsusanmanzke

Many of recent walks were down the road because the grass was dew-covered.

Today the farm lane was dry and Sunny decided that’s where we were heading.

He was on the lookout for deer as we saw one peek out of the corn one day this week.

No luck on the deer hunt.

But cranes flew overhead.

A nice early morning walk.

Mismatched subjects

July 20, 2020Sunny, Sunnybook Farmsusanmanzke

I just realized I hadn’t blogged today.

After taking Sunny for a little walk I thought I’d take his photo next to the corn.

The corn is growing and starting to tassel, but it still has a long way to go.

When I was a kid we cousins used to play hide-n-seek in a neighbor’s cornfield. We never got lost, but younger children have been known to get lost in a cornfield.

Once, I thought we lost our little Becky in the corn. Luckily, she knew to walk around the tall corn to get to the neighbors, but she sure scared me when she disappeared that day.

The neighbors weren’t home so one one could tell us our two-year-old had gone to play in their sandbox.

I wanted to tether her to me after that. She sure was one slippery child, also getting lost in the Museum of Science and Industry when she was five. I didn’t let go of her hand after we found her that day.

I let my mind wander today. See what happens when I don’t plan what to write in my blog.

Surprise! Critter camera photos

May 13, 2020Sunnybook Farm, wildlifesusanmanzke

Both 4-footed and 2-footed critters are caught on my camera.

I had left the camera set up for a couple of days/nights in a row. These are a few views that I caught.

Usually, the camera isn’t set for daylight shots, but as you can see it caught me working.

Cats are not the only critters caught coming onto the front porch. This Hen is named Silver.

Last night, two raccoons made a lot of racket because there was only crumbs leftover for them to share–I hope this discourages from coming back.

Maybe if I had this set up the bear walked through the yard, I might have caught him, too.

Will set up the camera again and see what happens.

Susan Manzke

Writer, Speaker, All-Around Good Person