It's been awhile.

Not like anybody reads this!

Still hanging on.

Since the robbery last august, I haven't been in the mood to write much, but we are still working, hammering and hanging on.

Suddenly it's almost October.

Hard to believe, after the robbery in August, I lost steam on the tractor projects, though we are slowly replacing everything that was stolen. I have worked myself into the ground to get the farm more secure since then. And just sort of shoved the tractors aside.

August is here.

The Findlay show has come and gone, the garden is producing. And I'm slowly working on projects. The concrete is poured for the fireplace, the wagon bed is done. But a thousand little jobs have to be finished before plow day.

Finally to the C.

Tomorrow, we split the C!!

Not much to say.

We are still rolling along on Windy Hill.

But no major projects have been completed, the wall for the storage room in the big barn is mostly up, and I've dug the hole for the fireplace in the shelter house. Thats about it for now.

Knowing when to walk away.

I've been keeping an eye out for an appropriate vintage combine for the farm, one that matches the rest of my equipment in era,

and would have been the proper size for our farm if we had bought it new.

I found one, and I walked away. The IH Model 93 was very much a product of the proper era,

a machine built specifically for the small operation. Perfect for us.

But perfectly worn out.

Maybe another time.