Sunday on the farm

Pentecost Sunday began with a family of five trip to Yellowstone Lutheran Church. The service was enjoyed by all. The church shifts to summer schedule next Sunday, a real sign of the arrival of summer in Wisconsin. Service will alternate at 10:00 and 8:30 on alternate Sundays starting with a 10:00 service next week.

After apple cinnamon coffee cake, we pulled the bicycles out of their winter mothballs, put air in the tires, and adjusted the heights of all the seats. Three operational bikes and three non-working model children worked out just right. Later in the summer the excess of children to bikes will lead to a noisier fray, which is also good.

After lunch, Barb and I attached the manure spreader to the Oliver and proceeded to load and spread manure in the northernmost pasture. I became reacquainted with the Oliver.
Shrue brought our son up in the ATV.
Shrue took her turn at the wheel of the Oliver, spreading manure like a pro.
While Shrue spread manure, I took my boy for a short ride in the pasture.
With the manure spread, I wandered off for a very brief session of chain sawing along Gui's trail, using the older and harder to start Stihl chain saw. The saw had defeated me on Friday, I had been completely unable to start it. Today I got lucky, and the old chain saw came to life. I cut a number of branches and one downed tree trunk that had been too much to hand saw or machete whack on Friday.

For dinner, Shrue whomped up baked chicken, mashed potatoes, green salad, white rice (my request), and homemade gravy. For desert a yellow cake with made-from-scratch chocolate frosting to celebrate my eldest daughter turning thirteen. I am now the father of a teenager - and the years go by.

Word arrived today of the next set of arrivals for the Argyle summer 2009 reunion. A week from Monday Gui and his youngest brother are slated to arrive.

Comments

  1. Anonymous01 June, 2009 16:59

    Wow, it sounds like fun. I wish I could spread manure like you guys do. I would like to be a manure spread master. Have fun and continue with your update. We are still working our ass off here.

    Joe H.

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  2. Anonymous02 June, 2009 02:53

    Great Dana. I see Joe H. said something about a manure spread master. I thought that was the SDSU program he shills for!

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  3. Dana Lee Ling02 June, 2009 14:24

    Thanks, Joe! Keep a spot for me open with the maintenance crew for when I get back!

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