Monday, November 11, 2024
Veterans’ Day 2024. It is a day my mom called ‘Armistice Day’. I’m not sure when the title changed, but it is an important day to remember… to salute those who have served the country in our military. I had an uncle and cousin who served as MPs in the Army. My BIL was in the Navy. Our family’s participation in the US military is perhaps rather limited, but our appreciation for those men and women is not limited. We celebrate and honor them today.
Grain deliveries continue. The GPC contracts for early November are filled, and now a contract of corn must be delivered to ADM in Newburgh. The two Brandon’s just returned from their first trip there this morning (takes about 3 hours to make the round trip). Now, they are working on the final touches of washing the older S780 combine in the shop. They will have that shining like new by the end of the day. I think it’s their goal to get that completed today. After this combine, only the 9R540 and the 6145R tractors remain to get shined up.
The older S780 is just about ready to come out of the shop after its clean-up
Ray from Hutson’s is here today to replace the reverser gearbox on the feeder house of the new S780. It was sorta cantankerous all during harvest, hesitating to return to normal after running the feeder house/header backwards to clear an obstruction. He was here initially to replace some inner shifting mechanisms and forks inside the original gearbox. That repair was unsuccessful, so Deere has recommended that he replace the entire reverser with a new one. (Sure glad that one is paid for by warranty!). When finished, he will test run it with a corn head attached. It should be just fine when he gets done.
Ray is a great mechanic.
Th local economic development organization is developing new promotional materials for Knox County, Indiana. Among the agricultural portion of that, they wanted to highlight a farm family. We were chosen for that, and they sent a photographer to the field one afternoon to capture some pictures. Here are a few of them.
Pat and me
John and Ashley
Kate, Molly, and Ella
Emily, Hudson, and Brandon.
and here’s a group photo of the team that was in the field that day…
added into this picture is Brandon Dreiman and Larry Corn
The photographer shot lots of stills and video to use in his creative project. It was kinda neat to be involved.
We have an unusual thing happening here this fall. The azaleas are blooming again! I’ve never seen this happen in the fall before, but I really enjoy it.
No, it’s not May, it’s November!
Lookin’ good!
Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, and we have many reasons to express our thanks to God. Pat and I have another granddaughter that is coming that week, and we are eager to meet her! It’s going to be an extra-special holiday season this year!
Have a great week.
