Back Home Again

Hey, it's good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend
Yes, 'n, hey it's good to be back home again

So its back to the extreme heat and humidity of central Illinois. Vacations are nice and I really got fat and lazy. But it's still good to be back home. Especially back to my own bed - I have a great bed with a down mattress pad. The main problem coming back is all the work that is awaiting and trying to get motivated to do it! You work overtime to get everything ready so that you can be gone with minimal work for the hired help, then you work overtime to catch up when you get back and you wonder if it was worth it. Yes, vacations are always good for you and your family, so go anyway. This one to Michigan was a little short(6 days), but we can live with that. The good news when we got back was that we received almost 2 inches of desperately needed rain while we were gone, and the crops have responded by looking great. Of coarse the weeds appreciated the rain also and are growing. Farmers can always find something to complain about :) And the prices have been going up because of the dry weather concerns. Life is good.

13And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
14That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
15And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
(Deuteronomy 11)