Saturday, May 20, 2017

Heritage Homestead

Its a beautiful Saturday, and the Missionaries are all together, we ventured to the Heritage Homestead.  To enjoy the day!
 Elder Christensen found this frog this morning
 Leopard Frog
Homestead Craft Village

 Mocking Bird
 Elder Gibson
 Water collector barrel

 I liked these chicken coops
safe from the critters
 and movable



 Yee Haw
 Sister Gibson
 Sister Shaw






 Agave



 Picture moment
 Beautiful flower
 Heritage Ministries
  Sister and Elder Christensen, Elder and Sister Gibson and Sister and Elder Shaw


 We are going on the wagon ride
 My favorite cabinet is still here

 The working horse
 On the wagon
 Butterfly Bush
 Yucca plant

 Gristmill
over 300 years old
 Yellow flowering cactus plant
 Elijah
He lives here on the compound
 Herb Garden
 Century Plant
or 
Agave





 Yucca Flower

 Unloading the wagon for a view of the farms and the Brazo's River
 Homestead Heritage farm lands



 Agave


 Brazo's River is at the tree line



 Our wagon drivers



 Elder and Sister Shaw
 Elder Christensen


 Basket Weaving Building


 The Gift Barn

 Sister Christensen and the Pottery Shop














 wood working shop
and I love this tree limb box








 Ground Snail

 The Gristmill
my favorite building on the property


The water well
A grinding stone


another grinding stone

 Inside the Gristmill





 Teeter Gristmill
originally built in New Jersey in the 1760's
moved to this site in 1908


 The mill's water whell
a larger ground snail






 This is an Essential oils still










 This is a huge old Cedar Tree
 Admiral Butterfly

 It landed on finger


 Lavender
 Comfrey








 Basket Weaving Building
 Large Water Tower
 Queen Butterfly
















 Turkey

 Pea Fowl

 another water catching barrel
 looking back over to the herb garden


 Sister and Elder Christensen



 Homestead Cafe

 Pam and Jeff Gibson

 Marlese and Ron Christensen
 Brenda and Gary Shaw


We had a fun time at the Heritage Homestead,
and we went to eat at the Slovacek's Deli
in West, Texas

Fun yard ornaments at the gift shop

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