Corn

We finished planting our corn on Wednesday, April 25.  This is the earliest we have finished in years.  We were able to plant 8 consecutive days (minus Sunday) without a weather interruption.  Rain was much needed by the end of the stretch.  We immediately switched the planter over and started planting soybeans, because we were at our most distant farm.  So, we also have one field of beans done.

Friday evening we got .2" of rain which gave us a break from the fields on Saturday.  So the old farmer took his wife out to eat in the evening, and then went tie shopping.  Sunday I slept in until 8:00, which gave me 8 1/2 hours of sleep for the night.  Typically I get 6 3/4 hours a night.  Then, after a blessed day of worship and fellowship in church, I went home and took a nap!  So, I ought to be caught up on sleep.

March ended up being a warmer month than April this year.  We have no corn up yet because of the cool temperatures, despite some of it being in the ground almost 2 weeks now.  We have received a total of .8" rain over the last three days, and with predicted temperatures in the 80's for the next few days, the corn should pop out of the ground soon.

Shop Kitty gave birth to a litter of shop kittens.  Somewhere along the line, she snuck out and had a liaison unknown to us.  We did notice her increasing waistline the past few weeks, and we made some assumptions.  They are still very little, so we don't disturb them.

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
Isaiah 66:9