I had just talked to DH then he went out, jumped in the truck and drove over to the other farm. Phone rang -- he was calling on the cell phone.
He had dropped it, and the hay wagon ran over it.
But it still worked. Either Motorola makes them really tough, or the ground was really soft, or a little of both.
Just glad it's OK! Hard to believe how much we depend on that gadget now. Or, as we tell the kids, "When we were little, the telephone was fastened to the wall and you couldn't lose it!"
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Rain, rain go away ...
October is supposed to be our driest month, but this year it rained every three days. Across the state only a fraction of the soybeans are in and even less of corn acres.
Soybeans aren't as weather-proof as corn.
However, we did get a good third cutting of hay on some of the fields. Got a portion of the wheat in. The salesman from the seed company says "All you have to do is get it in the ground." Hope so!
And, our broiler chicks are really grwoing. Yasha's chicks that he brought home from first grade grew up and we are keeping them as layers. They look like small turkeys but I do believe they are laying.
Not everything is a disaster, in other words.
Soybeans aren't as weather-proof as corn.
However, we did get a good third cutting of hay on some of the fields. Got a portion of the wheat in. The salesman from the seed company says "All you have to do is get it in the ground." Hope so!
And, our broiler chicks are really grwoing. Yasha's chicks that he brought home from first grade grew up and we are keeping them as layers. They look like small turkeys but I do believe they are laying.
Not everything is a disaster, in other words.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Reading list:
... Right now I am reading "Sojourner Truth's America" about the famous activist; cowboy poetry by Baxter Black; and "Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival and Freedom in a New World." That last is arranged alphabetically, almost like an encyclopedia.
Also started "Healing Grace" by writer friend Lisa Lickel. Set in Michigan. I like books set in places where I've been. So much easier to picture the setting.
Also started "Healing Grace" by writer friend Lisa Lickel. Set in Michigan. I like books set in places where I've been. So much easier to picture the setting.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Another beautiful day ...
... and a good day to recover from the weekend.
First thing Sunday morning, I saw we'd been TP'ed.
By midgets.
DD hosted a sleep-over with several friends. They rode their bikes up and down the hills in the farm lanes, played tag in the hayfield, played the Wii up at the house and had pizza and ice cream Sundaes. Then they TP'ed at Grandma's, next door, and here while I was asleep.
But, poor DD. During all the hilarity, she and a friend collided on their bikes. She fell off and skidded down the gravel driveway on her bare leg since she was wearing shorts. Next morning, the kitten got shut in her room by accident and while trapped, went potty on DD's bed. Finally, the class hamster, who came home with DD this weekend, escaped from his cage.
It all came right eventually.
Meanwhile, DH and the boys were camping with about 50 other father-son groups from church. They came back tired, sunburned and smelling like smoke.
And, DH admitted, no vegetable of any sort was seen at any of the meals.
We were ready for Monday morning to recover from the weekend!
First thing Sunday morning, I saw we'd been TP'ed.
By midgets.
DD hosted a sleep-over with several friends. They rode their bikes up and down the hills in the farm lanes, played tag in the hayfield, played the Wii up at the house and had pizza and ice cream Sundaes. Then they TP'ed at Grandma's, next door, and here while I was asleep.
But, poor DD. During all the hilarity, she and a friend collided on their bikes. She fell off and skidded down the gravel driveway on her bare leg since she was wearing shorts. Next morning, the kitten got shut in her room by accident and while trapped, went potty on DD's bed. Finally, the class hamster, who came home with DD this weekend, escaped from his cage.
It all came right eventually.
Meanwhile, DH and the boys were camping with about 50 other father-son groups from church. They came back tired, sunburned and smelling like smoke.
And, DH admitted, no vegetable of any sort was seen at any of the meals.
We were ready for Monday morning to recover from the weekend!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Those calves ...
... by the red bull look pretty good. Like him they are thick and muscular, big boned and growthy. Too bad he's related to most of the herd now and must move on. He is a red Limousin x Angus cross. About half of his calves were red since we have so many black baldy cows.
The calves are a nice uniform bunch.
I have studied them in detail because they've gotten out every day this week.
The calves are a nice uniform bunch.
I have studied them in detail because they've gotten out every day this week.
September ...
... last of summer.
After a week of rain (more than 7 inches) we finally get a week of clear mild weather.
So the hay mower broke down.
*sigh*
After a week of rain (more than 7 inches) we finally get a week of clear mild weather.
So the hay mower broke down.
*sigh*
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