September 9, 2016

View of the day-It seems the skies have looked the same for the past week...this was today at Carlyle.

We have done the sum total of nothing the last few days. So little have we done that Marilyn did not get out of her pyjamas on Wednesday.

Before we left the farm Tuesday, Marilyn took the drone out to get some shots of the yard. We are nestled in the trees between two other yard, so we have our own little village. After the flight we took the scenic route back from Yorkton by driving over to Jeff and Michele's place at Gerald. Jeff has a sweet corn patch, so we had to fill a couple of bags to take back to the camper.

After leaving Gerald, we took another scenic trip south to Wapella. We went through the Qu'Appelle Valley on a road that Al hadn't been on for over 30 years...and Marilyn had never been on. We stopped in to visit at the farm in Wapella where we had been combining, what seemed like, forever ago. They were having issues combining peas...the rain didn't help either.

We came back to the camper, welcomed by two traps full of mice, one that needed the coax crimper treatment to be put to rest. Tomorrow some reinforcing will have to be done. To finish the day off we had a corn feast and called it a day. 

Wednesday was a rainy day and we did nothing, as noted earlier. While watching TV, Marilyn heard the "snap" of the trapline again. If it hadn't been for emptying the trap, noses would never have been stuck outside the door.

Thursday, we got the new gas lift jacks put on one of the side panels, then tightened up one of the chains that needed it. Marilyn had a theatre meeting in Yorkton in the evening, so Al tagged along so she wouldn't have to drive back alone. 

We took the scenic route again, going south to Wawota for lunch, then stopped in at a garage that had quite the collection of farm toys. Al did some dickering, but came out with nothing...but he's not finished yet.

We got out to the farm and hooked the cart up to the tractor...there are a couple of chances that someone will be needing it, so we want it to be ready. Unfortunately, the PTO shaft was seized up so bad that we couldn't get it stretched out enough to hook it to the tractor...not even by hooking it up to the truck and pulling. Well, we didn't want to pull too hard and wreck something, so we lubed it up with a can of WD40 and left it to soak. The "borrowers" will have to deal with it.

Al stayed at the farm while Marilyn went to her meeting. He got the grass cut and enjoyed the actual high speed internet that we still have hooked up at home. Marilyn came back from her meeting, then we loaded up to drive back to the camper. Through the rain.

Today had a lot of promise, the sun was shining and the wind was blowing. Before we tackled any jobs, we went into Kipling for lunch, then went out to the combine to check on the grain elevator chain...it needed to have a couple links taken out. 

Marilyn got the moisture sensor auger cleaned out...it needed it. We have been combining canola and it was full of wheat, so it probably wasn't too accurate.

While we were there, the farmer came out to do a test. The power pole in the picture is where that poor combine was stuck so bad a couple of years back. We continued with our work while we waited for the results, but noticed the clouds were starting to bunch up and there were random showers popping up. We got the word it was too wet to go just as it started to sprinkle. Done for the day and we hadn't even started.

We took a road trip to Carlyle, Marilyn had been hunting for popsicle sticks for a theatre project and couldn't find any in Kipling...or Carlyle for that matter. We had a visit with Kim and Marg, watched the storm move through, then came back to the camper...where it rained just as we got back.

Sleep in day tomorrow...