Leaving The City For The Country--Part 2

As I told you yesterday , there was more to our adventure.

As we came back into the city we stopped at this

lovely little place--Faulkner's Ranch and Pumpkin

Farm. There is a multitude of things to do here.

Mr Ken reliving his childhood as a train engineer.

Here is the gift shop-You can find all sorts of things

here! I love the sign-which says" It's all about the

candy." Oh, so true!!!!!

The above photo and the next few are out front

as you come in from the parking lot.

Yes, folks this is the adventurous couple--Mr Ken and Me.

The above photo and the next few show all the

other fun things you can do here.

They also have many animals to look at and feed-

As you can see this is Humphry-a miniture bull.

Sheep to feed---You can buy feed in the gift shop

or out of machines in the barn.

Llamas--they really enjoyed being fed by some

of the kids there.

AND last but not least--- "The BIG Horny

Thing." This is Mr. Ken's title, my Father-

in-law said it was a Texas Longhorn.

As you can see this is a fun place even for

two "grown up" kids!

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For those of you in the area, here's the 411.

Faulkner's Ranch and Pumpkin Farm

10600 Raytown Rd

Kansas City, MO 64134

816-763-4644

They are 1/4 a mile south of I-470

on the west side of Raytown Rd. Who knows where our next

adventure will be!!! :):)

~Keep on Dreaming~

Leaving The City For The Country

Yesterday as I was reading blogs, I saw an interesting post on Wild Raspberry--Barn Sale. The post said the sale was going on in the city of Oak Grove, Missouri. So I did a little research, decided we could find it and so this morn- ing we hopped in the Sportage and off we went. From our house, Oak Grove is about 35 miles out. It was a cloudy day but still nice for a drive to the country. The red barn was our indicator that we had arrived.

This beautiful landscape was on the left side of the drive as we

went up the gravel drive.

After exiting the car we walked up the drive to the barn and

saw all these goodies waiting for us to look at! There was a

wide variety of antiques and collectables with a wide variety

of prices. For the most part I thought their prices were pretty

reasonable. the bigger pieces had higher prices of course but

that is to be expected.

This framed marriage certificate was hanging on one of

the walls and it fascinated me. It was hard to read so I

wasn't able to tell what year the couple got married

but I thought it was so fragile looking!

These two pictures show a couple of the "rooms" they had

set up in the barn. Everything was in good shape, clean and

of really nice quality.

This is the kitchen vignette set up . If you look on the shelf

under the cabinet doors--off to your right, you'll see some

little spice containers. (they are above the brown box

behind the lamp) Anyway they came home with us and

have Japan on them. There were three sweet and three

savory shakers. I tried to get Ken to purchase the spoon

that's hanging from the door --- he could eat his cereal

with it but NOOOOOOOOOO! We had a great time and in the next picture you'll see

what we brought home in the Sportage.

Ken got the foot stool for his tired tootsies, I found another

scale I was soo excited. It's a little more "used" but it's

smaller than the one I picked up at the Spinach Fest.

Some of the other things: two little pumpkin trays, a

plate, a large canning jar, my spice shakers, an ink

bottle and my most fav find--the WOODEN BOX.

It has a hinged lid and will hold a lot of loot. (not

sure what loot but...) The box was a bargain at 18.95!

It is in excellent condition.

Most of the items at this sale are from RED BARN

ANTIQUES IN OAK GROVE, MISSOURI.

Stay tuned --come back sometime tomorrow and find

out where we went after we left the Barn Sale.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Fantabulus Fall Fun

Hello-- My name is Melinda and I am a magazine aholic (sp?) and I am darn proud of it!! Look at these beauties!! All decked out and dressed for the Fall Season. Some of these I subscribe to and some I purchased.

Some of my favorites are Better Homes and Gardens,

ALL YOU and...

Country Living. I like Everyday with Rachael Ray most of

time--she has some good recipes off and on.

Midwest Living is one of my all time favs--probably

because it features the Midwest. Ol' Martha has good

stuff and so does Family Circle. I usually only pick up the Country Sampler for the

holidays/ seasons, I like looking at their vinettes,

tablescapes and other ideas for repurposing found things.

Women's Day is one I only occassionally pick up-the

cover on the current issue was so cute I couldn't resist.

Now for those of you who are "going green " you will be

glad to know that as I finish the magazines they usually

end up on the table in the staff lounge at school for others

to enjoy. I have also been known to leave ones I've read in

hospital waiting rooms, because we all know that the ones

there are never current!

My name is Melinda and I am a magazine aholic! :)

~Keep on Dreaming~

Happiness is.....

Do you remember the PEANUTS book? ---Happiness is

a Warm Puppy. I enjoyed that book as a small child. :)

As I was strolling through "blogland" the other day I ran

into a blog by sisters-- As Time Goes By---on that day

Victoria did a post on Happiness. It got me to thinking so

I am borrowing her idea somewhat for today's

Thursday Thoughts.

Things that make me HAPPY: :):):)

1. My wonderful husband.

2. Family and friends.

3. Dinners on the deck.

4. Cooler weather.

5. Children's laughter.

6. Finding that "perfect pumpkin."

7. Fall leaves.

8. Comforts of Home.

9. Good news.

10. Payday!

There are many more things that make me happy,

some are more serious than others and some are just

plain funny, these just came off the top of my head.

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?????

~Keep on Dreaming~