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Big Snow

Monday, January 26, 2026 The weekend brought us a big snow…12″ at least… and that’s a big snow for us here in SWIN.  It started about noon on Saturday and kept coming down until 5pm Sunday evening.  It was such … Continue reading

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Finally…a clean-up day for the 780

Thursday, February 1, 2024 Right now, it’s 58ºF (14C) outside, an unusually spectacular day for February in southern Indiana.  Brandon is using this afternoon to air-clean the combine.  This one is the combine that had the fire, and has been … Continue reading

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Rainy Day.

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Yes, it’s raining today, and the prediction is that it will continue throughout the day.  I can’t remember when we had an all-day rain.  If you look at the ponds and creeks around here, the water … Continue reading

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MT

Monday, April 3, 2023 We are nearly MT (empty) of 2022 grain.  Brandon has been doing a good job marketing the remaining crop, and cleaning the bins.  All storage bins are now swept clean, and maybe one load of corn … Continue reading

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Warm spell

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 We awoke today to 50ºF (10C).  That’s not unusual for winter in Southern Indiana, but it does feel a bit odd to have it be this warm.  Really, I’d prefer 20ºF (with no wind) for these … Continue reading

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A trip to Purdue for a basketball game

Saturday, January 15, 2022 Yesterday afternoon I took off to drive up to Purdue to take in the Nebraska at Purdue basketball game.  It’s about a 3-hour trip to get up there.  Accompanying me were a couple young guys from … Continue reading

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Ending the week on a high note

Friday, December 3, 2021 It’s 67 degrees out there!  (19C)  Yesterday and today we’ve had upper 60s for temperatures.  Who would have thought that December would begin with days like this?  Wednesday was a dreary, wet day, but that seems … Continue reading

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Calm before the storm

Today brings us brilliant blue skies, and light wind. It is a beautiful January day in SWIN. But the weather forecasters tell us that rain (a very big rain) is coming tomorrow. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday is supposed to bring … Continue reading

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Grain moving today

Monday, February 11, 2019 Brandon is delivering corn to GPC today.  Three trips will make his day a success.  He says we will soon be clearing out our soybean inventory.  Ross monitors and responds to the grain markets.   Even if … Continue reading

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A good weekend, and then some other thoughts

Monday, February 4, 2019 The weekend had some special highlights.  Because we live in Indiana, most involved basketball. First, our Girls’ HSBB team won their Sectional.  They played on Tuesday and Friday, with relatively easy games, but then in the … Continue reading

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