Got out again this morning. Perfect weather at 630am. Cool in the shade and the sun was up enough for good light but still not hot. I got the tractor and got started. Worked for about two hours before the sun broke free, and then it was like someone switched on the broiler. Every time I broke free of the shaded areas, it was like a twenty degree difference, and climbing. I put the tractor away, and will finish later. I made a good bit of progress since yesterday.
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Here is the view from about 25 yards. I say about because someone, I won't name names. (Cough
Miss Tina, Cough) Mowed down the driveway markers I had used to mark the measured distances when She, Um, I mean they were bush hogging the wooded areas and the range lane. Far be it from me to complain when someone does me a favor.
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This would be the view from about 80 yards... I say about... oh, Wait.... see above.
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Two days of work on the dirt berm has made a nice dent in the dump truck pile. I should be able to knock er out tomorrow if we don't get rain.
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If so, I'll start on the pile out by the pond. It's almost the size of the dump load.
While I was working, the contractor showed up in the 60 acre hay field. He had the enclosed airconditioned cab and was cutting the hay.
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We are always glad to see the hay go about this time. It is usually waist high at least, and brings to mind a couple movies. Jurassic Park and the Raptors zipping thru the grass to leap on the folks ... or Ghosts in the Darkness with Val Kilmer, and the lions in the tall grass, stealing folks and dragging them off. There are coyotes in the tall grass, several packs of them live on the 60 acres and we hear them calling at night. They used to sneak out at night, Like Ghosts in the Darkness and try and steal chickens. We had to reinforce the coop to stop it.
Nowhere to hide now. Hard to sneak.
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He will get a lot of hay from that 60 acres. I love the look of the round bales standing sentinel in the fields. I had that puzzle years ago. Always liked it. Now I live next to it, and had it in my own fields as well. How redneck is that?