October 12, 2015

View of the day-Technically, yesterday. Before and after. We officially called it "done" and washed the combine.

Al spent a few days driving around the area, checking to see if there was any work to be found. On the one hand, it seemed we should be doing something with the fabulous harvest weather, that just refuses to leave...and we're not complaining at all! On the other hand, it would take some doing to get back into the "zone" and we aren't feeling it anymore for this year. 


We started washing the combine and watched across the road as the baler man finally got going again and just a mile south of that, there was canola being combined. We had nicely gotten everything hooked up to start washing, when the rain came and put the kibosh on that. Marilyn wanted to run the brush over the combine quickly so the rain would end up doing all the work of rinsing it off, but it started to pour, so we had to quit. As did the baler man and the combines. The sun came out about an hour later and we got the job done.

The last couple of weeks have been spent getting everything ready for storage. With the camper winterized and parked along side the General in the "shop", half the fleet is where it belongs. Al took the straight header down to its winter lodging...Kim's shed at Carlyle, so that is out of the elements for the winter. 

The combine isn't so lucky, although it does get nestled between the house and the pines...after serving as a tree trimming platform.

And speaking of trees...it would appear there is a good crop growing in the eaves of the house.

While Marilyn is back at work and getting ready for a couple of theatre events, Al is getting in the zone for a toy show in Regina at the end of October, followed by a road trip with Roger and another friend, to Dyersville, Iowa for the National Farm Toy Show. Marilyn misses out again.

She does get to go to the Regina Show...