FINISHED!!!

As of 4:30 this afternoon, the 2009 harvest is officially done! Thank you Lord! We won't have to listen to Christmas music in the combine after all! It seemed at times like we would never be done, and were resigning ourselves to having some crop out there till next spring, but that was not a happy thought. Thanks to the blessing of not much rain lately, even though the forecast has rain in it for almost every day, and another blessing of family, friends and neighbours who were willing to help us out after their crops were off, we are done!

One afternoon we had our own swather and one combine, as well as the neighbours swather and combine out on the field and made good progress eating up the acres.

Unloading beans onto the grain cart, from which they were loaded onto the semi, and then trucked home or to the dryer at the neighbours. The beans were not dry enough so we were fortunate to get onto the drying list and so we could haul them straight from the field to the dryer to get dried down a couple of percentages, dry enough so that the elevator was willing to take them.

Yesterday and today we had two other fellows with pickup headers on their BIG John Deeres come and help us and then the acres were gobbled up. This picture was taken when the work was done.

Time for a coffee break, now that the, beans are all off! It feels good!

There is still no lack of work to be done, and no doubt we will still have a lot of busy days ahead, but the pressure will be less, we can breathe easier, and know that next spring we can get straight to seeding without having to worry about combining first. This harvest season has been a real challenge but we have been trying to not worry, or at least not much, and take it one day at a time, and we see that God has been faithful----again! Why did I doubt? Thank-You God for blessing us with this! Thank you all who helped us out these past few days---you know who you are---we appreciate what you did!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

It is that time of the year again, when we stop to give thanks for what we have been blessed with. It has been, and continues to be a tough year in a lot of areas but when we stop to count our blessings we realize that we truly have much to be thankful for. In spite of all the challenges, God is in control, and life is good. He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy. Acts 14:17

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100:1-2, 4-5

Wishing you all a special weekend! May you count your blessings and see that God is good!

The "S" word

It actually happened, yesterday on the 8th of October we had snow. Could hardly believe it ! Luckily for us, it didn't stay on the ground, nor did it amount to much precipitation. It felt like we should play some Christmas music, and put up some Christmas decorations. It was a good excuse to snuggle up in bed and have a nap, and later I did get out one of my "winter" mugs to have a cup of coffee