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Pappy:
Just catching up BJ, looking like things are coming along. Nice tractor Eric, looks like it would pull a load. BJ really like you man cave, especially the Miller signs, I worked for them for almost 40 years and have many old ones like that, I collected metal signs/mirror's and all sorts of other advertisements for years, they are hard to come by and people try and beg me out of them all the time for their house bars and man caves. ;) :) Glad the wife and pup are doing better. ;)
Pappy
bjrogg:
Thanks Pappy. Got the Miller’s sign from my son in law. I’m so glad my wife and Zoey are doing better. My brother had his MRI and meet with his doctors yesterday. They are going to start Chemotherapy and then Radiation. Then see what happens. I didn’t get to talk to him yet, but doctors said lots of people keep working through the treatments. Everyone is different and won’t know how it affects him until he gets it.
My oldest son ( actually step son) helped one of our bachelor Neighbor's since he was 14 years old. Cass our old timer buddy had a heart attack then and required triple bypass surgery. That was probably 20+ years ago. Cass was in the hospital for over a month. My son rode his bicycle 9 miles every day to take care of Cass’s cattle. When Cass got back from hospital he was still very weak and my son kept talking care of his cattle. My son became the son Cass never had. They made a really good team. I’ve known Cass all my life. We got along really well and it wasn’t like losing my son. It was more like gaining a Uncle, or something like that.
Cass was a interesting character. He had a shop we all call the hanger. We started meeting at it on Saturday mornings many years ago for a cup of coffee and breakfast. Cass drew a crowd of interesting old timers there and it was in front of that crowd I broke my first Selfbow. They all had a big laugh over that. Later they were very impressed when I got up the nerve to bring my second selfbow there and shot several arrows I had made. They turned out to be some of my biggest supporters.
The crowd of old timers has passed away. I’m almost the oldest one now. We lost some really good people and I am so glad that they were part of my life and my families.
Cass passed away last winter. His old pickup was affectionately named Ray after his brother in law he got it from. Cass had a lot of health problems the past few years but he always loved keeping up with what was happening on the farm. He loved to take “Ray” out to the field. Park somewhere out of the way and watch the operation.
Yesterday planting my son’s corn. He brought the seed corn out to me in Ray and left it parked in one of the spots Cass always watched from. Man it sure felt like he was still watching everything. I’m sure he is.
Here’s Ray
Bjrogg
chamookman:
Nice story ! Touching for sure - Bob.
bjrogg:
Thanks Bob. I have been very fortunate to grow up where I did and to have had some very good friends and neighbors.
Yesterday Me and my shadow finished up planting my sons corn. Just the two of us. My son went to a feeder cattle sale. Nice to see my shadow again it seems like it’s been such a cloudy spring until last week.
Our rye cover crops are really starting to grow and it’s time to terminate them. They will grow really fast in this weather and use up a lot of moisture. If they get more than about 1 1/2’ tall the residue gets difficult to deal with. My nephew is learning and liking the new sprayer. That’s really good news for me, as that takes a lot of pressure off of me. It will be very nice having someone to share the job.
Less than a full week and looks like the first beets I planted are coming up really nice and taking in the sunshine. This ground is more loam and doesn’t dry as fast after tillage.
The fields I planted after this one are heavy ground and it really dried out the top few inches after it had tillage with the wind and sun. I looked at second field I planted last night. Some sprouted and nice tap root. Right next to it laying in dust.
We have some sprinkle showers predicted for next few days. Hopefully they will make it yet.
Really hard planting beets in those conditions. You can plant them to shallow to sprout, yet at the same time to deep for when the rains and following crust comes.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Me & my shadow
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