We’re done, we’re done, we’re done! Another harvest finished on the Schraefel farm. Yahoo! It is always such a relief when those machines pull into the yard for the last time. Although now the fun begins – trying to sell all this good grain. But at least it is dry and safe in the bins.
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Scratchings in the Dirt
There’s an owl in our yard!
I went out to bring in the clothes from the line this evening, and saw what I thought was a big old crow in the trees. On closer inspection, I found it was an owl. A gorgeous, big owl, just sitting there taking in the lovely evening! It sat, perched on the very tip of
Happy Birthday, Stephen!
My favorite middle son turned 16 today. It often overwhelms me how fast these boys are growing up! Older and up, I guess. Although Stephen seems to have levelled off at 6’2″. Now he just has to put a little meat on those long bones. He looks like such a toothpick on the football field.
A September evening walk
We had a little shower around supper time this evening, which put the kibosh on any more combining (although Clem said the peas were still a little tough) and swathing (which Clem had stopped doing anyway because the lentils are still on the green side). But it made for a beautiful evening for a walk
Let the games begin!
Harvest has begun. The guys got two fields, or 280 acres, for you farming types, of peas cleaned up. The peas look great, and they busheled quite well, considering we haven’t had much moisture again this year. Clem and I had a little get-away last night – in the grain truck. I decided that if