YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am one very happy bunny!!!!!!! I got a picture of our Hummingbird! In fact we have a pair but when they are together they are too fast for me to catch on camera so I will keep trying. My pictures aren't great but its a first try......expect a LOT of Hummingbird pictures for a few weeks as I will be practicing whenever I can!!!

The silhouette ones were taken through the window of the front door hence the fact the sun is in the wrong place and they are silhouettes!

I am so happy.....we have a pair of Hummingbirds and they love our pretty feeder!!!

Hummingbirds are the national bird of Trinidad which makes them more special :)

These are Ruby Throated Hummingbirds...the only Hummingbirds seen this far from the Mountains :) They are TINY and so sweet and speedy!

I can't believe I own a home that has its own pair of Hummingbirds!!!! I love living here just SOOOOOOOO much!


grrrrr blogger won't let me add the pics....will add them a bit later.............

The Schoolhouse

Abigail today.......

Early settlers.............

This little home would have been the kind first built by settlers on arrival here....it would have seen them through their first winter.......then they would have prepared the ground and built a larger homestead or permanent home. This little cabin would have housed the couple and their children. It had a stove and a flour mill inside........they brought tools, a few clothes and seeds with them.

The ladys husband carved the washbowl for her and she has just washed the dishes.....they have quite a nice vegetable garden growing......Laurence got to help grind some flour.......he said it was heavy and hard work.....children as young as 7 would have been expected to grind flour. It took 2 hours to grind enough flour for bread!!!

This was my favourite part of the Ukrainian village....

The grain elevator...............

Orthodox Church

This Church is still used......occasionally for Sunday services and for a wedding two weeks ago.......

It's beautiful inside.......I love turquoise anyway so I thought it was very pretty!

Sam the little farm boy......................

Sam had so much fun running around the homesteads...he loved watching the chickens and turkeys under the barn............he's such a boy ;) He also loved the wagon ride!

Old barns

Old cars and carts.......................