Monday, May 29, 2023

On this holiday, John was working on spraying a herbicide application to corn in our corn fields down in the White River bottomlands.  He had about 400 acres of corn left to spray, and he got that all finished today, by 4pm.  I got his water truck re-filled and taken to a location where he could fill more conveniently.  It went quite well today.

Here, John is working at our Huey farm location. This is one of the few fields that we have that is flat.

John was having fun spraying here today.

After today, we will consider that the corn is “laid by” until harvest.  This usually comes around the 10 of June, but the corn got laid by a bit early this year.  A milestone of summer to mark off!

Yesterday, I got to go to the Indy 500 with my son Ben.  The weather was perfect–cool and cloudy, the race was fabulous, and the pre-race pageantry was touching.  When Jim Cornelison sang “Back Home Again in Indiana”, it brought tears to my eyes.  But best of all, it was great to spend the day with Ben.

A happy day…

Pat and I decorated family gravestones today.  She made up the floral arrangements, and she cleaned the stones today before installing her beautiful work.  All in all, Pat made up more than a dozen of these works of art.

Gravestone of my parents, Lowell and Ruth Carnahan

Gravestone of my maternal grandparents, Craig and Phoebe Byrd

Gravestone of my fraternal grandparents, Welker and Rose Carnahan

These markers are all located in the cemetery at Wheatland, Indiana.

Pat is preparing a meatloaf and mac’n cheese for supper.  We have a friend from church coming to share the Memorial Day meal with us.

Hope your holiday is a happy one…count your many blessings!