Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. "Summer is like childhood. It's full of warm memories and gone too soon."~Kellie Elmore  Agree or disagree? Share something you loved about the summers of your childhood.

    I agree.
    One of my best memories would be having my friend come over and we would go to our favorite fishing hole and spend our day fishing and swimming.

2. Are you a fan of auto racing-NASCAR, Indy, Stock, Grand Prix, etc? Ever been to a race in person? Any desire to do this?  Do you know a lot about cars? Do you notice particular makes and models when you're out and about?

    I guess you couldn't call me a big fan of racing, but if there is nothing else to do I don't mind watching it.
    No I have never been to any race, and I don't have a desire to actually attend one.
    I don't know a lot about cars but since my dad is a truck mechanic I have a general idea of how they work.
    Yes, Ford is especially appealing to me. 

3. What's something you think is too serious to be joked about? Or do you think anything and everything is fair game?

    I think something that is to serious to be joked about, is God.

4. July 29th is National Lasagna Day. Are you a fan? Do you have a great recipe, and if so where did it come from? If given a choice would you choose a plate of lasagna or a plate of spaghetti?

    Yes I am a huge fan, especially if it's my mom's famous lasagna.
    No I don't have a recipe, and if given the choice I would always choose lasagna over spaghetti.

5. What's a simple pleasure you'd miss if it were not a regular part of your life?

    Drinking water from our own spring would be something that I'd miss.

6. If you could be the CEO of any company, which would you choose?

    I would choose Duck Commander.

7. August is just around the bend...bid farewell to July in exactly seven words.

    Until next year. Been good knowing you.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I am starting school in two weeks. I intend to make this year the best school year of my life.

Filling Silo

    About one month ago I helped the landlord fill silo. First we had to mow the fields, and let the hay dry anywhere from an hour too a full day.  He let me drive the tractor that was hooked to the mower which really excited me since this was only the second time in my life that he let me mow.  He would stand on the step with the door open to the cab of the tractor just in case I needed help, and gave me instructions and tips on how to do a good job mowing. It took us about five hours of mowing before we got done with what he had wanted to mow for the day, and then we drove back to the barn and unhooked the mower. He then went and hooked up the tractor to the blower* and shut it off.

He told the helpers that had showed up earlier, that they would drive the tractors hooked to the silage wagons,* and I would operate the tractor hooked to the blower, and he would drive the tractor hooked to the chopper* and silage wagon. With that he jumped into his tractor started it and drove down the road to one of his fields. While he was doing that the helpers both started their tractors and followed him to the field. While they were gone I ran and started the tractor hooked to the blower and sat there and waited until one of them came back. After ten minutes of waiting the first load showed up, the helper skillfully navigated the tractor and wagon beside the blower. As soon as he stopped I jumped out of the tractor and ran to lowered the silage conveyor and then ran back into my tractor and slowly engaged the power take off* and  revved up the engine. While I was doing that the helper went and started unloading the wagon into the blower. We repeated that process for about a week before the silo was full.







*The blower blows finely chopped hay called haylage up a pipe along side the silo to which will connect at the top of the silo thus wise filling the silo.

*A silage wagon is a wagon that carries haylage. The side of the wagon has a door called an unloader with a conveyer that you have to lower. The conveyer runs the width of the wagon. there is also a conveyer that runs the length of the wagon it pushes the haylage up to the unloader.

*The chopper is a vicious machine that can kill if a person is pulled in. It has a rake called a head that pulls in the hay and finely chops the hay up. It than blows it out a chute into the wagon behind it.

*A power take off, is a shaft that sticks out the back of a tractor. In the case up above it was connected to a shaft the turned a large fan in side the blower. 




 

Hodgepodge

1. When I look at the sky I feel________________________________________.

Blinded, as the sun is shining very brightly.

2. If you had to run for political office, which one would you run for? Do you have any real desire to actually do this?

I would run for President, and no I have absolutely, positively no desire for this position. I'm much to young to have gray hair, and people hating me.

3. What scent makes you think of home?

I think I'm sort of nose blind to the scents at home, however bacon will always remind me of mom in the kitchen.

4. How often do you take a step back to think about where you're headed in life? Do you need more or less self-reflection?

Every once in awhile, and a little more wouldn't hurt.

5. July is National Ice Cream Month...besides a cone, what's your favorite food item to top with ice cream?
 
My favorite food item to top with ice cream would be my sister's chocolate chip cookies.
 
6. What might your autobiography be called?

My autobiography would be called "The Beauty of Life".

7. Your least favorite mode of transportation? Why?

My least favorite mode of transportation would be a crowded bus with a lot of smelly people.

8.  Insert your own random thought here. 

Just a few months ago I planted tomatoes and now they are producing their fruit but they seem to have been struck by a blight, does anyone know what I could do to get rid of this plague?