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Pumpkin Pup Pies
It’s been a busy day at Farmer Days today. I’ve been doing some baking getting ready for Thanksgiving and Wylie and I have been walking and spending time outside as there is a change in the weather coming. I found this recipe on the internet for a pumpkin pie for dogs (not that we have told Wylie that he’s one!) and decided that he needed something special for Thanksgiving. I call them:
Pumpkin Pup Pies
3/4 cup flour (or gluten free flour)
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/4 – 1/2 cup water
16 oz canned pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie filling)
1/2 banana
2 T plain yogurt
Mix oatmeal and flour ( I used 3/4 cup of oatmeal that I ground). Add water slowly and mix, too much will make it sticky and not enough will crumble.
Roll the dough out and press into cupcake liner.
Bake 375 for 8 minutes or until firm and lightly browned. Cool and remove crust from liners.
Mix pumpkin, banana and yogurt.
Fill the crust with pumpkin mixture.
Freeze until firm. Wylie skipped the freezing and went straight to eating them!!! Top with some yogurt to serve (will look like whipped cream).
Wylie Approved
2 Years Ago October
It’s been a rather slow week at Farmer Days. Mr. Farmer is out of town and Wylie is “suppose” to be keeping quite and limiting his activities due to an injury, so I though I would look back to my photos from October 2013. It SNOWED on October 18, 2013. We could use the moisture now, but I would like it as rain and not snow. I’m certainly not looking forward to winter. Why is autumn so beautiful, but so short?!? I hope you can get out and enjoy this beautiful day.
One of the largest Cottonwood Trees in Kansas
This is one of the largest cottonwood trees in Kansas. It is located in El Dorado. Pioneers used the cottonwood as building materials for cabins. It was not the preferred wood as it is soft, weak, and porous. It was chosen only when other sturdy woods were unavailable. They reproduce from the “cotton” that the Kansas winds blow around like snow in the early summer. Cottonwoods grow rapidly in ideal conditions, reaching 100 feet in 15 years.
Where’s Wylie????? (Look closely)
Can quite reach far enough. I love those tree huggers:)
New Rooster
On my way back from Burns yesterday, I stopped at a shop in Marion, KS. TC’s WhatNotShop (look them up on Facebook) is a unique shop located on Main Street that is stuffed full of so many interesting items. A combination of new and used items. They carry KU and KState items that you don’t see at the chain stores. Lots of hand crafted items too. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to bring home a new rooster. When I placed it by the chicken run, he scared all my chickens!! I love Yard ART
Zenias 
God Bless You Mom
My dear precious mother passed away August 7, 2015. The most loving Wife, Mother, Grandma, and Great Grandma. The world is a better place because of you.
Rest In Peace in the beautiful Flint Hill of Kansas. Our hearts are breaking now but we know we
Will See You Again
God Bless You
Watch over US
I Love you
Kansas Sunrise
A beautiful sunrise as a storm rolls in from the west.
Close to Home
One of my favorite “close to home” adventures is just south of Salina, KS.
Classes were in session at the Smolan High School from 1926 – 1950. The last graduating class had 3 students. Elementary and junior high classes were held there until the closing of the school in 1987. In 1996 the school was occupied by the Hickory Tree BBQ Restaurant. It’s no longer open, I miss that place!
Salemsborg Lutheran Church. Built in 1929.
Certainly didn’t plan on the serpent!
The stone pulpit stand on the site of the original sod church
Coronado Heights overlooking the Smoky River valley
Wheat harvest in Kansas
Finally after a very cool and rainy month, the weather has turned hot and dry. Just perfect for harvesting wheat.
Chicken Run
The Hall’s Japanese honeysuckle is in full bloom. It’s an invasive medium-fast growing vine, but I have plenty of room for it and I absolutely love the smell. The double knockout roses have so many blooms that occasionally a hen will pick one, but they really don’t bother them at all. Whenever I plant anything the hens gather around in search of any worms that I dig up. I put small river boulders around the base of each plant so they won’t scratch underneath the plant. Other plants in the run are, Butterfly Bushes, Vitex (Chaste Tree, which is really not for this area zone 6-10, but I love them and it’s worth a try), Cotenester, Hollyhocks, Maple tree, Pampas grass, other various grasses, and of course numerous weed.
Farmer Days 