September

 We spent some time one Saturday setting Son#1's plow.  The alfalfa was pretty tall, but the plow made it through.  We think we have it set pretty close to where we want it and it was doing a pretty good job.

We started harvest mid-September.  The corn is drying down very slowly, so we've only picked a couple of fields.  The beans are mostly dry, but with a lot of green stems yet.  It makes for slow harvest, but we are making good progress on them.  After the first full day of corn harvest, we parked the equipment and I snapped this picture.

I was doing some cleanup around the buildings and spraying some weeds one day when I stepped into an old calf hut.  My dad had built two pull together calf huts shortly after he got married and painted them white.  On the inside back wall of one of them he painted a love note for my mom.  I knew it was there, but forgot about it.  Barely visible, it was a good reminder of their long marriage ( 71&1/2 years) and their enduring love.

D#1 will turn 40 in a couple of months, and Bob turned 40 already.  They decided to throw themselves a birthday party out at Firefly Woods.  They called it an over/under party.  It was a beautiful evening, and since we weren't too busy in the field yet, we were able to spend the evening with them.  People came from miles around to attend.  The pasture and trails were mowed, so I was able to do a little exploring before it got dark.  It was a fun time and all the kids seemed to enjoy it as well as the adults.

Nephew Neil , wife Kim, and family built a new pizza parlor from scratch in Mahomet.  They imported a brick pizza oven from Italy and make their dough fresh.  We were invited to the soft opening on a Saturday night and drove down to try out the pizza.  Great pizza, great atmosphere, and a really nice building with indoor and outdoor spaces!  But it sure looks like a lot of work to this old farmer!  We hope we can get back and try some of their other food.  Congrats and best wishes to them.

And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.                                                                 Leviticus 2:4