This last weekend, October let us know there are some rainy, windy and cold days still around. We were lucky to finish the corn a couple of days before all that nasty weather hit us. However, it looks like there might be some very nice days and a few light showers around for the rest of the ...
With a ridiculous name like "pumpkin" what else could it be but a plump orange vegetable that can weigh up to 200 pounds. They just weighed the biggest pumpkin this week and it weighted over 2,000 lbs. It was an odd shape and I didn't think it had the bright orange color I associate with ...
You only have to step outside and look up at the sky of the bluest blue and breathe the clean crisp air to know October is finally here. What a beautiful month to enjoy the weather and harvest on the farm. Our surroundings seem to go from the tans, greens, oranges to the brightest reds. I ...
I'm having a hard time getting use to turning on the furnace, but this morning we turned it on to take the chill off the house. Was it only a few days ago that I had the air on. However, we have been having beautiful fall weather even if the mornings are breaking records for the low ...
At the end of this week we will be welcoming a new season fall or autumn. In the northern hemisphere, autumn begins with the autumnal equinox, when the length of the day and the night are of equal duration. The season comes between summer's warm weather and winter's cold weather and away from ...
As I start writing this morning I realize it is 9/11 and it still feels like I'm on an emotional roller-coaster. It still is hard for me to realize something this horrible happened in our country. Our country still has the fear and uncertainty and doubt. While I will remember what happened ...
When I think that school has started and the Labor Day weekend is over, even when we are having these hot days, I realize that summer's end is very near. I would really like some cooler days and wouldn't a cool rainy day be nice. You can tell that the days are getting shorter and before we ...
Today we'll say good-bye to a hot August and hope we have a normal fall. With Labor Day coming this weekend, I wonder if it will be a day to work or play. I think sometimes I work too much, or is it too little, or an idleness I just can't help. However, I don't want my nose so firmly applied to ...
I celebrated a birthday this week and it seems as if they roll around pretty fast. Every year I always think this is the year maybe I'll just forget it, but anyone who knows me, knows I like to celebrate my birthday. I don't really realize how old I really am, but my body has been telling me ...
If you are craving a corn dog, a ride in a double ferris wheel and a look at some of the ugliest cakes around it's time to go to the Iowa State Fair. Also you can take in the butter cow, plenty of free attractions and the many animals that are shown and judged. This year the fair begins on ...