The 4th Watch

Last night in church Craig announced we have the older singles group coming to Peoria from all the AC churches over the US and talk to Amanda if you can help. Amanda was sitting right behind me so I turned and said, "I have room to keep people overnight at the barn."  Amanda turned me down pretty quickly. About then I mentioned, "No one wants to stay in the barn and it's really nice." Sarah R who had been listening to the exchange retorted, "it's the way you announce it. Come stay in my barn, it was good enough for Jesus it should be fine for YOU."  I think she may be right.    Beth sent a message this evening on some news of the Goose Ranch, scroll down to the bottom of this post for that.                      I slept SO good last night and woke up refreshed. On our walk this morning Ruth saw a huge perfectly formed spider web with a big garden spider in the middle. She took the picture below with her phone.

We wanted to see it in person. Below Diane is trying to get a good picture as it is hard to see the spider in the one above.

Mike came walking and had a black shirt on so Diane asked him to take it off and put it behind the web so we could get a better picture.

Diane moved one of the branches the web was attached to which stretched it out a bit but did not damage it too badly. We left the spider in peace hoping she gets some good meals and finished our walk. Mark was busy using the road grader on the drives this morning. That big rain yesterday washed out our hill drive pretty badly and as long as he was out grading he graded all the drives.  After breakfast he brought the broken bag game in from the barn for repairs. He used JB weld to fix it which is a very strong glue.

That worked well and once it was dry brought it inside to show me.

The laundry was done, a couple cupboards were organized, the left over chicken was diced up fine and made into soup. Thankfully I had all the other ingredients to make a big pan. That was simmered for a few hours before putting in quart containers to cool.

All of the dishes were done and the stove cleaned up. Today was catch up day in the house. Joan had the co-op picnic today. That was well attended and everyone really enjoyed coming.  Beth sent out a message that the band  The 4th Watch is going to be playing at the Giant Goose Ranch on September 7th and the Goose Ranch will be open to the public on that night.

SAVE THE DATE! If you ever wanted to check out that place this is a wonderful opportunity. This is the address 25369 N Goose Ranch Rd, Canton, IL 61520  Feel free to check out the website by clicking HERE. It is an amazing place. Maybe check out the HUB, the Goose Ranch restaurant. They have good food at very reasonable prices and don't forget to get a soft serve ice cream cone for dessert! Those are REALLY delicious.