Must be Fall

Fall has arrived! Temperatures remain high, moisture is absent, but other indicators point to a change.



"Babe" the wonder truck loaded down with a new, as yet unnamed, motorcycle (!).

Matthew loaded up and moved out for another year of college.  He's studying forestry and living in an apartment for the first time. Thanks to our "u-shaped" driveway, he made three complete victory loops before heading to the interstate, much to Hoover's delight (and his parents').

Marching band and cross country are in full swing.

Rachael front and center for her first year of marching band.

Grace, ready to run!
 

And, as family life moves, so does farm life. Grace came in the house after school last week very excited to have found a new kitten in a back granary of the barn. Laura was disappointed and a little envious--until two days later when Grace discovered another to share.

"The Mr.," as Jacob says, dove into the corn to fill a contract for the third week of September, which meant his harvest crew of Jacob, the boyfriend/all-around-can-do-man, and yours truly was up and running this week.

Digging in!

My set of wheels.



For the person driving the tractor and grain cart, here is View 1, getting ready to accept a load;

View 2, driving forward, looking backward as grain fills the cart;

and View 3, unloading grain into the back of the semi.

You would guess that a harvest doesn't happen without an oopsy-daisy.  Here's the one I'm willing to share (as David willingly cleaned up my mess).  There have been others, and will be more, but the Lord has graciously spared us from more than slight inconveniences.

 

 

Each day wraps up with meetings, family life, laundry and activities but the moon keeps its own time, reminding us that hours never go backward, only forward.