September 2025

September 2025
Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11


Tuesday, July 24, 2012

7-24-12 Good, Bad, Ugly, and Other

First the good - - -

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Aah yes the peach crop is good. Very very good.

The bad -

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Typically corn isn’t supposed to be drying up at this time of year. Neighboring fields are much worse, but this is just south of our house.

Other bad -

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Lest you fail to recognize this spot, it’s the creek where in past summers we have spent many wonderful hours.

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There is very very little water flowing here. Without rain soon, we might have no creek. Which hasn’t happened since 1988. And which means we will be hauling water to the nine pregnant cows which currently drink from this creek.

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Dave’s lake is down too.

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The shoreline is growing, and once-covered peninsulas are showing up again.

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The dark dirt around the edge was once covered with water.

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The ugly - - -

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Yep, the watermelon are pretty ugly. Sorry Carmen, I guess I can’t teach you how to grow watermelon! The debate rages – did they not get enough water, or was it something else? We suspect something else, because these muskmelon continue to do ok, green and growing,

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And Grandpa’s pumpkins are very green and thriving!

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Soooo - -

the jury’s out on the watermelon. They are not ripe, but vines are drying like crazy. Chickenfeed, that’s what it is Sad smile

(the unripe watermelon, that is).

Other - - -

House progress continues.

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In preparation for trusses going up – -

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Activity at Topsoil Mountain.

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Messes everywhere.

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That means progress!!!

 

Good night!

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