Summertime

We drove out to Burlington a couple of Sundays ago because Son #2 and DIL served lunch .We had a nice day in church and enjoyed the fellowship.  Before we left for home, we went out to eat with them and Dave and Charlene for dinner at an upscale pizza restaurant. On the drive home we took the country route south of Galesburg that takes you over the BNSF train switching yard.  We parked on top of the overpass (with many others) and watched the action below.

We have been eating lots of fresh sweet corn and the old farmers wife has been helping put up corn and making applesauce.  We also bought peaches through the Farm Bureau and picked two bushels of pears from our trees.  The girls have spent a fair amount of time on the farm in the last couple of weeks, so we have enjoyed a lot of grandchildren time.

This little girlie will put anything in her mouth (dirt, rocks, grass, flowers, sticks), so we gave her some sweet corn to gnaw on.

I was finally able to harvest a little honey from one of my beehives.  It wasn't enough to give out to many people, or sell, but at least we will enjoy a little fruit from my labors.

Earlier this week, the Mogler brothers were all in town for a few days.  Their families all stayed together at the Freedom4Life house west of Peoria.  We (and other cousins) joined them for a small "Metzger Reunion" for the two out of town (Colorado, Minnesota) brothers.  It was good to see them again and we enjoyed the fellowship with them and our other cousins.  They stopped by the farm on Tuesday afternoon because Russ's granddaughter had never been on a farm before.

The Mogler brothers; Jay, Russ, and Randy.

Ken, Russ, Roger, and Jay.  We all seem to be aging a little!  A lot of old stories were exchanged!

I've been walking beans, spraying weeds, a little combine service work, and doing a little mowing.  It has turned very dry after our wetter than normal spring.  We have had less than an inch of rain since the first of July.  The late planted corn is finally tasseling, but the fields are still very uneven.  I don't have high expectations for the crop as of now.
I saw this young fox playing in the sunshine one morning.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24