I just noticed the lilies are blooming again! I can’t believe how the time goes. We are already half-way through summer! When you grow things you really notice the seasons. The chickens are getting big and should start laying some time in August I am guessing. I can’t wait to see a green egg! That’s what the Americana is supposed to lay. The other two are brown-egg layers.
Holding the New Hampshire Chicken in the air
Britton and I have a three day weekend starting tomorrow which we are really excited for. He has been working so much on the little rental that this is really the first moment for a break (and we’ll still be doing odds and ends). I am not too sure what we’ll do for the Fourth, but I’m sure we’ll think of something.
This is our evening treat out our back door. The white chicken puts herself to sleep in the fancy coop before the young girls do. They like to hang out on the back porch with us for a while before bedtime. Here’s Kitty and the chickens at sunset.
Last night Cassie and I rode our bikes down to the fairgrounds. We have the 4th of July Greeley Independence Stampede every year. We get concerts, rides, food and a rodeo. We were talking about it because to us its completely normal to have a huge fair every year. I am sure that a lot of towns and cities just do fireworks and a parade. Which reminds me, we have a parade too!
Ferris Wheel
There are quite a few people that always turn out. People from all over (WY,NE,KS,NM,MT,UT,TX,ETC) drive into Greeley to compete in the rodeo. Our hotels get filled up as well as the local restaurants. Speaking of food they had quite a bit at the fair. Look at all the people! Lots of people
You can get all kinds of BBQ style foods. The new rage is fried everything (Fried twinkies, fried snickers bars, fried coke, fried Oreos, Fried Pickles). Fried Twinkies. Click to enlarge…Eat to enlarge.
We got in on some traditional BBQ for the County employees. A simple hog roast, not a fried hog. And yes….That is a boot as a centerpiece. No flowers in it or anything, just….a dirty old boot.
Our meal + boot Cassie
Britton
Fried twinkies and gas guzzling full size hummers with flames on the side. Only in America…and hey, it’s America’s birthday.
Here is a video so you can feel like you’re there too!
This is a walk thru the midway area with the carnies
Last night was my friend Kelly’s birthday so a few of us went out to celebrate in Fort Collins with a girls’ night out. We hit up the Rio and then went to a couple of night clubs including Zydecos, Suite 152 and the Drunken Monkey. We had a pretty good time and danced a lot. It’s amazing how much busier Fort Collins is on a Friday night than Greeley. I am also beginning to notice how I can’t party like I used to. We were yawning and ready to come back to Greeley by about 11:30pm. Still, it was a fun night.
Today I was a radio DJ onPirate Radio Station 104.7 in Greeley. We have a show that the Health Dept (where I work) puts on every week in conjunction with this radio station called 30 Minutes to a Healthier You. The usual DJ, Bobbie (my friend who I went to dinner with last weekend) had to go to a conference today, so she asked if I would mind filling in. I have been a guest on a lot of radio stations but I’ve never been the host, so I got to be a radio DJ for a day!
Me…A Radio DJ
It was pretty fun and easy. I didn’t have to mess with any of the technical stuff, and I had a script for the intro, midpoint break and outro. The topic was West Nile Virus and all the mosquitoes we have this year. With all the rain it has been pretty bad.
“Mike is live”
Pirate Radio Station in Greeley is a neat locally owned station that plays a lot of old, oldies (like Sinatra, Billie Holiday etc). The main demographic are people over 50, but I like a lot of the songs. Once when I was on there as a guest my Grandma called in and dedicated a song to me. It was really cute.
