Remnants

Here are two rides my seven year old daughter rode, that I her much older mother, did not. I am such a wimp.

This weekend is our local county fair. In the fall I volunteered to help out with my daughter’s 4-H group. She is a Clover Bud, which is like the introductory level for kids too young to be in full-fledged 4-H. In many ways I am also a Clover Bud since I did not grow up doing 4-H and lived in the “city”. This year has been a great experience for both us. The best part was this week when the projects were judged at the county level. The kids have done some outstanding projects from Clover Bud all the way up to the high school students. Many of the projects received blue ribbons and 6 projects are going to the state fair in August. My daughter received 3 participation ribbons for her 3 projects, including her chicken project. Way to go kids!

This evening I found my very first tick on my person. Yuck! Luckily I did not freak out when I felt a strange little lump on the top of my head. Instead I called for my fearless husband who lovingly removed the tick from my head, with only the slightest bit of scalp and hair also. He said it was easy to remove ticks from yourself, just practice on dogs and cats. Oh boy, can’t wait!