August 27, 2012

View of the day-The morning lineup and meeting of the minds.

We went out to the field just before lunch...there was a lot of dew this morning.  After Marilyn got the windows washed on the combines and the truckers showed up, we were back in business.

We finished the field we were on, then moved across the road to the next quarter section.  There were several pump jacks on this piece...as there were on the last one...so there was a lot of dipsy-doodling around them.  

The wind had also wreaked havoc with the outside rounds and it took three passes on one swath to get all the spread out canola picked up.  There were a couple of spots where you could see the wind had rolled up the swath leaving a massive "hoagie" for some unfortunate combine driver to try and pick up. The above picture is where the swath had been and further up, you can see how it neatly rolled it up.

Here you can see the beaver house that Marilyn was "lucky" enough to have to pick up.  After skipping over it and picking up the next swath, she was able to come at it from the narrow end and after some work, had it all cleaned up.  Ya gotta love a challenge.

We were lucky enough to have pizza brought to the field by Precision Ag. They came out with their weigh wagon to check on a couple of test strips that they had Marilyn combine.  While they were waiting for the test, they brought out a cooler full of "beverage" and a couple of delicious pizzas from The Office Bar and Grill in Carlyle.

After dining, they proceeded to dump the weigh cart into the General, before gathering up the leftovers and leaving us to our business once again.

Marilyn had her Wheat Harvest Movie t-shirt on and was asked what it was all about, so here it the trailer for the upcoming movie.

The wind died down so the dust was really hanging in the air, which made for yet another  bright red sunset.  It had already been a gorgeous day and that just topped it off.  We kept going until Al had filled the bin which meant the trucks had no place to dump and who wants to move augers in the dark?   We filled the last tandem truck at the field, then called it a night.

The truckers have it pretty tough during the day as you can see from this picture.

And then there is the pie that Al insisted that Marilyn pick up from Costco yesterday.  You can see the size of it...a foot wide pumpkin pie...now that will take a can or two of whipped cream.  This picture had to be posted to prove to Bob from Balcarres that Costco now has the big pumpkin pies.

Marilyn prefers the fruit...