All in a day's work

It's that time again......the fourth time for cutting alfalfa this summer.  They had their work cut out for them today.  The harvester hit something in the field (a rock or a piece of metal) and bent the knives on the harvester.  So Grandpa brought it in to the shop and they had to work on that.....about the same time Karl's wagon tire blew out.  So he took a tire off of another wagon to replace it.

 

Karl had to eat on the run but mostly he just wanted to drink water.

Nathan was starting the harvester for Grandpa to see if the harvester was working properly before taking off again for the fields.

Back in the field again chopping the alfalfa.

If that wasn't enough to do , Karl had to climb in the silo and work on the unloader. It's very hot and dirty in there so when he climbed out I had a cold drink of water ready for him.

Nothing like a cold drink of water to quench your thirst!

Hoped you enjoyed seeing  another typical day

 "on the farm."

Diggin' Potatoes

"Just go right on just as you are; keep on serving the Lord..........

If you're digging potatoes, go on and dig them out. Say, "Well, nobody will eat them." That don't make any difference; dig them out anyhow. Just continue on as you are."

63-0324M Bro. Branham

Well, we dug our potatoes today.  Faith was my little helper.  I dug and she picked them up and put them in the egg baskets.  We didn't get as many potatoes as other years.  I guess the tornado, hail, and 4 weeks of drought made for a small crop of potatoes.  But, thank the Lord for what we got.  Today I made fried potatoes for lunch. Yumm!  Potatoes are good for any meal here at the "farmhouse."

 

Potato family posing for a family portrait!

Faith's Great-Grandpa used this potato fork to dig his potatoes.

Cottonseed

Our cows get fed cottonseed along with their alfalfa, corn, and rye.  The cottonseed is good for protein and energy and helps produce more milk.  We buy the cottonseed about once or twice a year.   It comes in a big truck and they pile it up in the barn loft.  That's a pretty big pile of cottonseed.  Faith is always looking for something fun to do, so she goes sledding down the cottonseed pile!  Here is a video of her having fun.

A beautiful visitor.....

While I was outside today looking over my flowers, I noticed a beautiful insect.  I took a picture of it and came in and looked it up on the internet.  It turns out to be a moth.  His real name is "Ailanthus Webworm Moth".    They are native to South Florida and the American tropics but migrate north each year.  They cannot survive a cold winter so he won't be around here for very long.  God is certainly a God of variety!  Everything in His creation is so beautiful and colorful!
  I'm glad Mr. Moth stopped by for a visit at "our farm."

Fixin' Fence

My farmer has been fixin' the horse pasture fence in the evenings after working all day on the farm.  After "tornado #2",  half of the horse fence had been destroyed so he had strung up an electric wire across to keep the horses in the pasture.  They escaped a couple of times, so Hannah was really glad when Dad got finished with the fence.  Now if she can just remember to latch the gate when she goes down to feed the horses!  :)

County Fair video

Here is a short video of the county fair from last week.  Thanks Grandma for helping with some of the pictures!  Enjoy!

Do you know your ABC's?

"You know what abc means? Always Believe Christ. That's right. Don't believe the church; don't believe their creed; don't believe their doctrine; believe Christ. Why? "To know Him, to know Him is Life." 61-1231M Bro. Branham

School has started in the farmhouse today.  Reading, writing, and arithmetic is on the schedule, but we want to be sure we learn our ABC's also. The most important thing to teach our children is to "Always Believe Christ."