Remembering Mercy Farm - Photo Gallery

Bridget Robb Williams and crew!

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:56:15 -0700

Bridget lives in Lowry City , MO these days and has been a very busy girl!
Sorry, I don't have all the names of the kids...

John's blog page: John Williams
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The Romans

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:37:46 -0700

Merry Christmas from the Romans in Missouri.

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Group shots

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:33:56 -0700

Where all the women are strong, the men are good looking, and the children are above average... (Lake Wobegon, Garrison Keillor)

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The Northways

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:31:44 -0700

From various sources:

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Mercy Farm Christian School

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:24:18 -0700

Thanks for sharing this photo Job!

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The Vic Millers today!

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:12:51 -0700

Well, we found 'em on Facebook, and thanks to Joanna there are current photos of the gang to share. Enjoy!

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Pie Baking School 2009

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:58:21 -0800

It was time Paul learned to bake a pie. My philosophy is, if you are going to learn to drive, it may as well be on a standard transmission rather than an automatic. That way, driving an automatic seems like a piece of cake (or pie in this instance). So we started him off with the most difficult pie he could try -- his favorite, btw -- the Black Bottom Pie. And he came through with flying colors! Of course, he had some help from me, and a lot of moral support from Trevoli; but for someone who has never spent much time in a kitchen, he did remarkably well. He excelled at separating eggs, got a B- for his pot stirring technique, and still needs to master pie crust crimping. We won't take the training wheels off just yet, but he's well on his way! And his pie got rave reviews from friends and family. Needless to say, it didn't last very long! Bravo Paul Bommarito!
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Farmies

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:20:49 -0800

Here we are in all our glory!

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Jim Wilson

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:09:19 -0800

Our intrepid leader...
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Families

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:02:00 -0800

Family shots... send new pictures and info on your families!

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Map of Mercy Farm

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:16:29 -0800

This is the farm today (thanks to Yahoo Maps). Located just north of Wellington, Colorado on County road 66. About 100 acres.
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The great Thanksgiving Bake-off!

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:13:24 -0800

I think it was 1985... a transition year. We'd sold the bakery and were training a new crew to replace us. We baked about 3,000 pies in approximately 24 hours. All told, about 40 folks helped get the pies out the door and on the road.

Carter and a helper loading a rack of black bottom pie in the annual Thanksgiving bake-off.

Elsa, one of our hired bakers.

Hired help to the rescue! Barton is in the background hamming it up.

Mickey getting giddy.

Clara and Marylee wrapping it up.

Carter, loading pies that will go into the walk-in freezer behind him.

A local high-school student, Baker Barton. He was just 16 (or there abouts), started as a dishwasher and graduated to baker!

Rug-rats

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:01:55 -0800

Okay, so they are all adults now and would definitely not want anyone to know them by the nicknames we gave them on the farm, but where's the fun in that? There were a lot of kids... I don't have pictures of all them. Send me more!

Steven Balmer enjoying his dinner

Outside the couple's dorm on a beautiful summer day.

More kids!

Matt on the loading dock (the hoop is waaaay up there!)

Jeff and Matt enjoy a little "pick up" game

Apple boxes made handy cribs for our bakery babies. We stuffed Matt full of sliced apple chunks... he seemed to like them!

Pam's babies: Joel and Leah.

Karate kids!

Working in the 'yard'. Sharon is giving little Julia an extra tight squeeze while Lydia supervises her dad.

Bakery Buddies

nospam@example.com (Dona) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:00:04 -0800

Bakers by the (almost) dozen!

What a crew! Liz, Carol, Barbie, Marie, Sharon, Birdie, Dona, Kit, Alice

Almost a dozen bakers (including the apprentice Wanda is holding!)

Hamming it up in front of the ovens.

A student from Colorado State University (Ft. Collins) hired to help during the summer. I remember stories about a moose getting friendly with her while she was sitting on a rock in the wilds of Alaska...