on the farm(2): combining corn...

Dad and L were in the middle of harvest when we were at the farm. The soybeans had all been harvested, but they were still working on combining corn. I have not been out to the farm during harvest in a long time, and so I was super excited to get the kids in the combine with Boppa (and get myself in there too!)

Dad was unloading corn from the combine into the wagons when we got to the field (this is L's field, less than 2 miles east of my parent's farm)



W was up first - he was ecstatic about combining with Boppa!



heading out on W's round



next up was G!



Here is the combine out in the field on G's round.

(on a quick aside, long time ago our friend T asked us what environment makes our souls happy. Hers was mountains, if I remember right, S decided on being by a lake, and this right here is mine - cornfields. Yep, without a doubt, cornfields.)

I went along on C's round and got to drive the combine! (yes, I do admit, I am a farmgirl through and through, but I stink at driving machinery.)



And yes, this is a common site during harvest - luckily, this was a small fix and didn't require any major downtime or parts!

Thanks, Dad, for instilling the love of the farm and the land in me, and helping me show that to our kids, too.