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The windmill is about 100 meters (FIFA World Cup is taking hold in Western Kansas) up the road from the house. It’s built shortly after the ‘red barn’….the early 1920s. Like the red barn the windmill is still preforming its duties.                         A … Continue reading →

Wheat Harvest 2026 enters its final hours. It’s been a good harvest. Not one of the legendary harvests but a harvest that is well worth remembering.             The family.             The food.             Even the chores. Certainly, the rain is one for the books. Hopefully this rain is going … Continue reading →

Living on dirt roads dust is everywhere. Clean the windows today and they’re dusty tomorrow. One of the nice things about rain is that it settles dust. Unfortunately too much rain can settle things bigger than dust….like semi-trailers.

With the end of Wheat Harvest 2026 it’s time to clean and lube the combine and grain-cart. Then put them to bed until Corn Harvest 2026.            Middle/end of October.The grain-cart is relatively easy to clean. Washing a Moose (cleaning the combine) … Continue reading →

Wheat Harvest 2026 is done! Just in time. Another Kansas Thunderstorm hits about five hours later. Drops enough rain (even horizontally) to have put us into another two ro three day rain delay. 

West Kansas is known for…..             Sunflowers.             Sunsets.             Wheat and….            Pheasant hunting. The wide-open landscape full of easily obtainable grain and good bird cover keep Kansas the number two pheasant hunting spot in the Country. Second only to legendary Nebraska. Although the state has a robust … Continue reading →

Our rain enforced wheat cutting hiatus has provided us with the opportunity to get some non-harvesting things done. The grain-semi gets new hopper door bearings and solenoids. The big tractor gets a radio. The laundry room at Grandma’s house gets … Continue reading →

Things break.  If you’re a Eukaryote being and make things….            they break. Side Note: Once saw a video of a sea otter lounging on the ocean surface in Morro Bay. The otter is happily breaking open clams for lunch. The otter’s anvil … Continue reading →

A threat of PFAS contamination in fish a few years ago curtailed most trips to the Lake (Cedar Bluff Revisor). Several years now without any increase in local health problems is revitalizing the fishing. Our recent fishing trip is only … Continue reading →

Grain-cart rule #1: Don’t spill any wheat. Of course, there are often contributing factors. Like the semi hopper door not quite closing all the way.Of course (again) the grain-cart driver has the final and ultimate responsibility to check the doors.