Another visit to Buhl

The last 2 weeks, while the house is busy on the market, I've been coming to Buhl to hang out with Fritz.  It really is a great escape of my regular hectic world.  In Buhl, the air is clean, the people are nice, and life is simplier.  Not to mention, Fritz is just a sweetheart to me.  So I will tell about my visits with photos so you can see maybe what the draw is and what brings me 250 miles.

When I turn down the road at the end of the long drive, I drive down a long road of corn. 
There are cute farm houses every few fields but it is mostly corn. 
Remember the farm sprinklers that are huge and go in circles? 
Yeah, I'm very familiar with those now.  I also know about sprinkler bubblers!!
(They clean dirt from the sprinkler lines)

Fritz and his kids treated me to a tour of the farm.  We took the 4 wheelers down to the creek.  The creek is very important to the family and they all have very fond memories of times on the creek.  The fields were quite wet so we had a tough time through some ditches.  We got stuck in one and had to be wenched out with the other 4 wheeler.  While that happened, the cows all stopped and stared at us.

This is the creek.  Matthew (Fritz's son, and his wife Armela).  We were having fun.



We drove past Fritz's fields down the irrigation ditches to get to the creek.

Fritz was having fun although you can't tell by his serious look on his face.
 I can tell he loves his land and getting out there.

 

Gizmo is learning to be calm while I am here working alone.  He misses Fritz when
he is gone and likes to lay in his chair.  He is a sweet dog although he is huge. 
Pretty good for a blind and deaf dog.

This is a sunrise I caught last weekend.  I had to head home super early
for an open house.  The smoke from the fires were thick and made for a spectacular sunrise.

Fritz's front yard.  You can't really see his big elm tree on the left. 
There is a squirrel that lives there.  I can't help but think about evenings
with a good cocktail relaxing on the lawn.  But I am often drawn to the back to watch the sunset instead.

Yesterday I heard this really loud engine noise.  I could tell it was a plane that was flying really low.  Strange.  So I waited and heard it again and again and again.  I finally went out to see what was going on.  This yellow bi-plane kept flying over the corn field next door.  Just one sniff and I figured out it was crop dusting the field.  I don't mean to be a sissy but I wasn't very excited to smell that chemical.  When I talked to Fritz, he said most people just stay inside when they dust.  Probably a good idea.  And not something I've ever seen!

Today we are going to an open house for his son, Matt and daughter in law, Armela.  They actually got married in March in a small courthouse wedding but today they are going to celebrate!  We are going to a park for a big party.  Maybe about 50 people.  Armela's family is from Bosnia and I hear they still have much of the culture and heritage of home.  I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and enjoying some Bosnian food.  Armela said her Mom has been cooking like crazy.  Fritz supplied the alcohol.  I am making a bouquet for her.  Should be fun!