Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
First: I love seeing this across the road from our house. The butternut squash are a new crop for our Amish neighbors – and it appears to be a lot of work. The beautiful blossoms look toward our house each morning because we are east of the field. There are squash everywhere. Second: I love […]
Thursday, July 4 There was a large sprayer in the neighboring cornfield early Thursday morning – 7:13 am. A few hours later, the Amish neighbor was cultivating his butternut squash – in the field next to the corn. I read that mules are good for doing something like this because they are cautions with their […]
Thursday, June 6 and Friday, June 7 I enjoyed watching the field work from our kitchen window on Thursday and Friday. I think this is Larry putting manure on one of his fields. A bicyclist photobombed this picture of an Amish neighbor working his field. The Amish men are using different vehicles to work their […]
Wednesday, September 19 I heard the unique sound of the corn harvester about noon on Wednesday, and took pictures periodically throughout the day and evening. One field finished If you look over the tractor, you can see the tractors that are being driven over the silage that was placed in one of the trenches. The […]
Wednesday Morning, August 22 Our niece, Karen, came to me after church the other week and told me that I may enjoy seeing what is happening to the inside of the original part of the Hershey Homestead – where my siblings and I and many of my ancestors grew up. Our nephew and his fiancée […]
Tuesday, August 7 – Late Morning Just before lunchtime I noticed that our Amish neighbor was raking the field across from our yard. We had looked at the field a few days earlier.It seemed like a mixture of grasses – probably for their milk goats. I didn’t realize that I captured a flying bird – […]
It was beautiful to be outside on this lazy, hazy summer morning.
July 16, 2018 Jere invited me to arrive about noon to take a few pictures – especially the group photo. Cerwin was invited for lunch and to participate in any afternoon session that was of interest to him – since he in now an employee and picks up milk/blood/forage samples each week. It was an […]
Saturday Evening, June 30 When I went outside to take photos of our flowers, I noticed our Amish neighbor planting something in the field where the wheat had recently been harvested – probably something to feed his goats. Love country life.
Monday, October 2 Like I said in the previous post – this was the corn’s last stand. I heard the harvesting equipment about mid-morning. Not everything hits the truck when they go around a corner. 🙂 The birds and nighttime animals appreciate the extra food. By 5 pm they were working in the field below […]
Sunday Evening, October 1 During the day I learned that this was the last day the corn would be standing in the fields around our house. Consequently I took pictures of its last stand. As I took these pictures, I knew there would be the sound of big equipment in the morning – and the […]
Saturday, February 4 Now that I am in my 70s, I spend and entire week (or more) celebrating my birthday. 🙂 This year we began on Saturday by going to Hershey Gardens to see the Butterfly House and orchid display. Along the way I asked Cerwin if we could look for the farm where my Dad […]
I enjoyed caring for our great-grandson Anthony for several hours on Monday, December 12. He loves anything that involves tractors and trucks so was captivated by the action outside our house that morning. These men were preparing to unload an electric pole. The next day it was taken to the center of a nearby field. And the […]
I love being surrounded by corn fields each summer, but by the time fall arrives, I am ready to again have a house with a view.
It’s the time of year when we are closed in with corn fields – and I love it. I have a better view from our patio than from the previous one which was from our yard. The past two weeks have been a great mix for growing corn – heat and rain. This is what […]
Monday, November 23 It was about mid-morning when I heard the rumble of large equipment in the field next to us – looked outside and grabbed my camera. I took all these pictures from our front door, the patio, or one of our windows. From beginning to end, it took two hours. I love living in the country […]
July 22, 23, & 24 How is this for a Wednesday morning highlight – our great-grandson, Anthony, and his aunt, our granddaughter, Lydia? Anthony was here for a short time while his mom (Abby) ran a few errands. These three are cell phone pictures so we could send pictures to his grandma (Diane) in Maine. Love that […]
Friday Morning, July 10 Enjoy the scenery as we slowly travel over country roads. I missed my dad. He would have enjoyed this drive. This horse was as interested in me as I was of it. Oh, I enjoyed that. I hope you did too. ~~~ Our next stop will be Mount Hope Auction where the Ohio Truck Rally […]
March 24 to April 2 Spreading manure on the field to our south. Back to the manure pit Then back to the field The crops should grow well this summer! Two days later a rather ominous looking storm came through and made sure the manure was firmly soaked into the soil. The rain didn’t last long, […]
Wednesday, February 25 We awoke to a certain “country scent” in the air after manure was spread on the field next to our house. Thankfully we did not smell it indoors. It is interesting that God created birds to love this kind of thing. That way, the corn and grain that was eaten by the cows becomes food […]
Wednesday, October 8 & Thursday, October 9 We woke up to a beautiful sunrise on Wednesday, October 8. Can you tell that I am back to regular posting – and catching up with October photos? 🙂 I love morning fog. Later in the day we enjoyed seeing a beautiful blue sky with a few clouds sprinkled […]
Monday, October 13 We call this the “Grandpa Tree” because our great-grandfather planted it in 1889 – making it 125 years old. Due to lightening strikes and grubs the old silver maple had deteriorated and needed to come down. This is our family homestead – the place my great-great grandpa bought for my great grandpa. Consequently it is where my […]
Thursday, October 9 I heard machinery outside and noticed that the soybeans across the road were being harvested. Someone had recently asked me to do some harvest photos for their business, so I thought this was a great opportunity. While waiting for the soybean harvester to get to the truck, I noticed corn harvest equipment coming […]
Thursday, October 9 When my brother Clair emailed me to say that he was in the area for a farm meeting with our brothers – and could he stop in. I asked if we could do lunch. He liked the idea, and because neither of us had been at the Farm Show in a long time, […]
Corn fields have been part of my life as long as I can remember. Here in Pennsylvania our fields are not at large as those in the mid-West, but none-the-less I enjoy watching the corn come up each spring and grow quite tall by late July. I found a plant that was off to the edge of the […]
Tuesday & Wednesday, January 7 & 8 We came home from Maine to more cold weather – some of the lowest temperatures this area of Pennsylvania has seen in years. You can’t take pictures of cold, but the steam from this manure spreader in the field in front of us looked so cold in the setting […]
We have been looking at tall, beautiful corn all summer. This year we were surrounded by corn fields. It is kind of nice, because it gives us a feeling of isolation. That began to change on Monday morning. We again have a window with a view – if we look to the south. At this point nothing […]