A long overdue update, part 2

 Last weekend found me over in Braddock helping out with the annual Threshing Bee once again. I really enjoy all of the old equipment, although I am glad I don't have to use it every day! :-)

 

 This year I got to drive the old Rumley Oil Pull through the parade! That was a new experience... :-)



  Starting the old "B" John Deere before the parade:

  ... and then driving it through the parade...

 One of the annual highlights for the youngsters, the miniature steam railway!

I was also helping out with the Corn husker demonstration once again:

  Some of the many antique tractors on display:

 

That brings you pretty much up to date with all of our recent "Activities", the rest of our time has been spent in the usual fall work... Moving bales home, planting some cover crops, working in the shop, etc... It sure seems like we never get bored around here!

  Andrew B.

A long-overdue update!

Hello readers!
  No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. (Although I have done some falling onto the face of it...)  I am afraid I have been neglecting my blog a lot lately, partially because I recently got back on Facebook, but also just because I have been awefully busy.

 Ok, so to bring you all up to date, I will try to cover the main events of the past month.  First off would be our Appleseed shoot:

It was a great time, we had about ten shooters on the line, two of which shot Rifleman scores, which is the highest classification on our targets!   The rest also showed a lot of improvement as well! I passed my test to move up a level in my Instructor training, now I just need to learn all of the history so I can teach that too... :-)  
  We are planning on hosting another Appleseed here at our farm on October 6-7, so if anybody is interested, you can check out the Appleseed website, or go to the event page directly. I also set up a Facebook event page you can check out if you would like...

  Random picture from a foggy morning... You can also see our new volleyball net!

 
 A stormy evening:

We celebrated my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary!

 Cora and I were both a little bit bored while waiting for the guests to arrive, so I took pictures while she sat and listened to the conversation:

Labor Day weekend we went to a family camp at the Crystol Springs camp! This was a private camp hosted by some friends of ours, and attended by lots of friends! We had a great time playing games;

 And getting wet!

I really have to go now, but will try to finish this update soon~
  Andrew B.