Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The year is winding down. I went off to the bank this morning to make an annual farm payment. Here at home, the guys are cleaning bins and trucking. Sweeping out a grain bin is one of our ‘glamorous’ jobs here, but Brandon does it without complaint or delay. Bill is here, too, taking the Volvo on a delivery trip with soybeans to ADM in Newburgh. I think they will also be delivering some corn to GPC in Washington.
The Volvo is loaded are ready to head out on another delivery trip. You can also see the Tony truck back there which is also loaded and ready to go.
After seeing our banker, I checked on our fire-damaged John Deere S780 combine this morning. (see the post for November 26) It is being repaired at Alliance Tractor at Vincennes. They have all the fire-related damage repairs completed. While the combine was there, we also had them thoroughly inspect it, and they found some wear items that needed replaced. Those repairs are also almost done; the final ordered part came in today. The main technician working on this combine, Justin, is now on vacation until January, so they’ll keep the machine indoors until he comes back and finishes it off. I thought the inspection was a really good idea after a fire event. This machine will be ‘like new’ when it comes home early next month. It will need cleaned up then!
Yesterday the temperatures got up into the mid-30s, but it was very, very unpleasant outside with the winds gusting to 40mph! It was not fun to be outdoors yesterday. Today, the day began colder at 18ºF (-8C), but it is a much nicer day because there is no wind. Plus, the sunshine is bright today; much better than yesterday’s gloomy and gray skies. The forecast is for a warming trend, with temps going into the mid-50s over the weekend and into next week. Looks like a “White Christmas” is not gonna happen this year.
19 degrees on the pickup this morning, but it is still a rather pleasant and sunny day.
Last Saturday, I rode along with Troy Clawson, our DeKalb/Asgrow rep, to Indianapolis to see our Purdue Boilermakers (rated #3) play the Arizona Wildcats (rated #1). It was close game throughout, and the Arizona team was very impressive. But the overwhelming majority of the sold-out crowd in Gainbridge Fieldhouse were Boiler fans. It was a fun evening to see our team pull out the win! Then, in the aftermath of that game, our Boilermakers moved yesterday back into that #1 ranking! We will enjoy that for as long as it lasts…
Here, the game is winding down to the happy finish…
We hope your preparations for Christmas are winding down. (I just ordered another small gift for Pat today at Amazon). We hope you’ll have the blessing to spend some time with your loved ones and share in some joyful times together. May this Christmas bring you happy times that will bloom into beautiful memories.
