Had a good day yesterday. I ran a mile in the morning, then walked a mile in the afternoon. After supper I spent an hour continuing to clean out the west fence row of trees, multiflora, etc. Thankful I could do all that.
Sunday, I was placed on-call about 1:45 after my patient went to Med/Surg. That was OK with me, because I took a nap, then went to Kansas City International to pick up Josh. He went to the Ambassador Academy last week. He had classes on presenting the Gospel, answering and dealing with many situations that come up in witness, and did some street preaching. Some examples of others here.
If there is any of Josh that I can find, I'll post them.
The garden is growing well. Maybe I'll post some pictures later.
That's all for now.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
23 April 10
Some rain yesterday and today--a true blessing.
The garden is well watered and so is the road--mud: )
Today was the first day we ate something from the garden. Elon's Black Seeded Simpson lettuce was ready. Yea! It tasted so good. Everything is growing well. My tomatoes are starting their second leaves. Elon's are further then mine. I guess I still have Wisconsin growing seasons in my mind. My onions, potatoes, broccoli, cabbage, lettuces, and peas are all growing well. The beets are just starting, and I may have some carrots. It is hard to tell the carrots at first, because they look like grass at first. The boy's garden is much advanced in all the above.
The children, chicken herders, built a new chicken gate out of a cattle panel and poultry netting; it looks nice.
Josh is in Santa Ana, CA at Ambassador's College for an intensive workshop/practice street preaching. This is taught mainly by Ray Comfort and his staff. He will be preaching on the streets today and Saturday. He comes back Sunday. I work Sunday, and then I go to pick him up at Kansas City.
Theo was here for the third time to see us--mainly Anna. Theo and Anna went to the KC Zoo on Saturday. It was the first zoo for Theo. We all had a good time while Theo was here.
Josh and I have been working on clearing the fence rows. There are lots of multiflora, trees, and etc. to be cleared. It is starting to look better. Hopefully in June sometime I can borrow a tractor and brush hog for Ezra--our resident expert--to clear our pastures. Ideally I would like to get some Dexter cows for milk.
Not much else. God provides for us.
The garden is well watered and so is the road--mud: )
Today was the first day we ate something from the garden. Elon's Black Seeded Simpson lettuce was ready. Yea! It tasted so good. Everything is growing well. My tomatoes are starting their second leaves. Elon's are further then mine. I guess I still have Wisconsin growing seasons in my mind. My onions, potatoes, broccoli, cabbage, lettuces, and peas are all growing well. The beets are just starting, and I may have some carrots. It is hard to tell the carrots at first, because they look like grass at first. The boy's garden is much advanced in all the above.
The children, chicken herders, built a new chicken gate out of a cattle panel and poultry netting; it looks nice.
Josh is in Santa Ana, CA at Ambassador's College for an intensive workshop/practice street preaching. This is taught mainly by Ray Comfort and his staff. He will be preaching on the streets today and Saturday. He comes back Sunday. I work Sunday, and then I go to pick him up at Kansas City.
Theo was here for the third time to see us--mainly Anna. Theo and Anna went to the KC Zoo on Saturday. It was the first zoo for Theo. We all had a good time while Theo was here.
Josh and I have been working on clearing the fence rows. There are lots of multiflora, trees, and etc. to be cleared. It is starting to look better. Hopefully in June sometime I can borrow a tractor and brush hog for Ezra--our resident expert--to clear our pastures. Ideally I would like to get some Dexter cows for milk.
Not much else. God provides for us.
Monday, April 5, 2010
5 April 10
Don't know why, but I awoke at 0250.
After breakfast I went out and finished the garden tilling. I was able to till for the third time a new area for Elon and Ezra. We now have about 7200 square feet of garden space plus whatever we do down at the creek (last year it was about 1000 square feet). This works out to something like 1/5 to 1/6 of an acre. We'll probably expand again next year.
Josh has been weed eating the fence line. I bought a new Kawasaki weed eater; it will also handle a blade for cutting up to 2 in thick weeds. We didn't have the right size nut for the blade, so we tried Ehler's and the MFA sawshop without success, so when I go to Nevada sometime, I'll stop in Nevada Small Engine and buy two.
Elon has another Approver's Choice picture (the one here).
Our road (800 Rd) is as bad as the rest of the dirt--yes dirt--roads. We took the cars into Eldo last week to the car wash to wash the mud off the car undersides. I still had a bad wobble in the Escort, but when I left work Sunday, the sun was shinning just right, and I could see the mud. With the help of a stick and my tool--I used the file--I scraped off some more dirt. The problem was solved.
Had a great day at church yesterday. We had a meal before the service. Lots of food there. I was on call for the hospital ICU all weekend, but Ethel was kind enough to split a shift with me on Med/Surg. Thanks Ethel.
The rest of us are doing well. The boys' plants are growing well. My lettuce is coming up. While I was tilling the other day, everyone else planted the potatoes finishing just in time before the rain. Thanks everyone.
Elon has some great lightning shots on facebook; here is one:
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