Planting time

Soybeans are done.

Corn is next up. Year before last we got a newer, bigger corn planter so it takes less time. Also, DH and DS1 disked everything as smoothly as possible so Grandpa won't get jolted so much if he plants.

Now I wish I had taken a picture of all three of them in the same field, because Grandpa has not been able to do as much.

Maybe I can catch all three of them together when we make hay later.

A reluctant reader ...

As you might guess, my Dear Husband (DH) is a pretty busy guy. Right now he and our oldest son -- the baritone player -- are on tractors plowing and disking the fields. We hope to plant corn soon. This week they have plowed and disked at fields on three different farms. The beef cows have started calving. There were plow points to replace, tractor tires to repair, crop prices and weather forecasts to monitor.

So I was surprised last week when he picked up a copy of my book. He sat down with it and started reading.

He kept reading.

When he came in at night, he picked the book up and kept reading.

When he was done he pronounced it good and wondered what would happen with the family in the story. Then he started to read the other stories. He is not a historical romance reader at all. Mostly he reads the Bible and the newspaper and a couple of farm magazines.

For him choose to read our book and enjoy it was a touching complement.