Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
Friday, October 23 It feels like we are coming to the end of pretty leaves in our woodlot for this season. Leaves are quickly falling and covering our yard. The shellbark trees are quickly changing from bright yellow to an orange/brown. It has been a beautiful fall season.
Thursday, October 22 The final day of butternut squash harvest. It was amazing to watch them continue to fill trailers. By my calculations they harvested a total of eight or nine trailers. They finished the harvest by 2:30 in the afternoon. By early evening Jacob had already begun planting a winter grass – probably rye. […]
Thursday, October 22 The property in our woodlot (southeast side) is being sold and part of the deal was taking down some of the dead trees. The guys on the ground fed the smaller branches (and some fairly large ones) in to the woodchipper. There was a large crane that picked up the branches and […]
Wednesday, October 21 Almost more beauty than my eyes can take in. Moving my camera toward the southwest. The waxing crescent moon was bright and high in the evening sky. Before long the sun had set and the sky was dark except for the pretty moon.
Wednesday, October 21 The harvest equipment began about noon. I didn’t take many pictures on the second day of squash harvest, but enough to show you that it was happening again. The outer border shows you how much of the seven-acre field was harvested to get 3 large trailers full the day before. I didn’t […]
Tuesday, October 20 I was hoping I would be home for the butternut squash harvest – and was pleased to see the equipment about 9:45 am. I enjoy watching this, because it is more unusual in our area than corn or soybean harvest. This is Jacob’s field (Amish neighbor), but someone else does the harvest […]
Monday, October 19 Bongiorno Conference Center, Carlisle, PA While the TFC Global Staff had a several day training conference, Cerwin, I, Sam Rittenhouse, Inge Koenig and Bunny & Peg O’Hare (the “old” guys) were encouraged to only attend on Monday afternoon and evening because the training was old information for us. The training was for […]
Tuesday, October 20 The coloring of the shellbark trees finally made it to the bottom of the trees. The trees are beginning to loose their leaves from the very top of the branches. It won’t be many days before our lawn is covered with leaves. The Juncos are back – a sure sign of Fall. […]
We love you! Daddy & Mother
Saturday, October 17 Maybe it’s because the leaves are so pretty this year, or maybe it’s because I have time to notice them, I am enjoying walking around our yard on warm fall days and trying to capture pretty pictures in the afternoon sun. Did you know ivy gets flowers? I just learned that these […]
Friday, October 16 I am enjoying mornings when the sun comes up and heightens the colors of the two shellbark trees in our front yard. During the mid-afternoon, our grandson Josiah called to see if we were home. He was leaving a job nearby and could easily come by on his way home. Before long […]
Wednesday, October 14 and Thursday, October 15 Our two shellbark trees are changing from the top down this year. Notice the difference in height between them and the small red maple tree to their right. Other trees in our woodlot. This one is hickory. Looking over our house roof – facing east with the afternoon […]
October 18 Sunday School Love for Neighbors – Luke 10-25-37 Teacher – Anthony Lehman Today’s lesson is a parable. Jesus often told parables so people could understand the lesson He was teaching. 25 Then a teacher of the law stood up. He was trying to test Jesus. He said, “Teacher, what must I do to get […]
Wednesday, October 14 I captured the edge of the cow barn as we went by the homestead. The sun in setting these days when we leave for supper – instead of when we come home. We had a great time with these two and enjoyed learning more about Olya Hershey and getting caught up on […]
Wednesday, October 14 I was surprised to look out our kitchen window when I got up at 4 am and see two skunks rooting around in the flower bed below our bird feeders. It was fun watching them quietly scurrying around looking for something to eat. Our daughter Deb said they are eating a lot […]
Tuesday, October 13 This breakfast was a long time coming – a promise from me before COVID captured our lives. This was a birthday gift (June) for my sister, Nancy (left), and a sympathy gift for our Aunt Julia whose husband Glen died just before COVID closed restaurants and changed our country. My choice was […]
Thursday, October 8 Apparently our motel window was facing east, because this is what I saw when I opened the curtain at 7:15 am. We drove through a bit of fog as we headed east – which made the morning quite pretty. When I saw this picture, I was disappointed because it captured the dead […]