Harvest is in full swing in our Valley we have been picking, rolling, and driving through the days. The kids have been pretty good sports riding around with me in the truck and with grandpa in the combine. It was a nice break to have the big kids home this weekend to give us all a break.
Riding with Grandma for a break.
The hungry cows that will devour this corn. The feed operation is amazing. The cows are so uniform and precisely managed. It is a treat to see American agriculture at work. We are truly a blessed nation to have such excellent producers. We have no wants when it comes to food and variety in our diet.
I found out 24 hours too late that we had a very neglected calf. I successfully tubed it with Mark holding it but it was too far gone and died a few hours later. I hate losing animals. This year several have been lost due to poor mothering and other natural factors.
Greg has been milking every spare minute he can to assemble another truck for hauling corn. He bought a salvage truck off of an online auction then Uncle Matt swapped a bus engine for the burned up engine. Then Grandpa suggested retrofitting a bed from a truck here. Progress has been steady but it has definitely been the straw stack that broke the camels back for all the hours it has taken to make modifications to make it useable again. Harold has gained skills over the years and is becoming a very important part of making things happen at the farm.
And Millie on her turn to ride. We found this huge ear of corn on the ground. It was the biggest I had seen this year. We dutifully pick up any ears we see and add them to the load you don't waste the crop that took so much to grow. Millie is such a happy kid always pleasant except when served hot mush for breakfast. Being a younger kid she got to eat later and enjoy cold cereal this new reality of hot mush almost every.day.! is not a happy truth for her.
It has been beautiful harvest weather. IT has been very hard to ignore home responsibilities and just drive truck. The wrestle spoken of in general conference betweent he natural man and hte spiritual man is very real to me. The desire to be where I should be and where I am needed is a pull. Sue's knee got very swollen from driving a truck with the seat too far back. Thus, the need is real in the harvest...life is a constant series of prioritization.
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