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  • Another delivery

    Good Morning from the Knolltop! It’s another clear morning and it’s going to be hot.

    We had another delivery the other night. One of our first calf heifers was calving and during chores she had two feet out. We got chores all done, went in the house, popped the popcorn and were relaxing when all of a sudden Big Daddy jumped up and said, “I forgot about Pinky!” So he got his boots on and ran out to the barn…well who followed him but Sarah, the midwife.

    I said, I’d be over in it a bit, she hightailed it over and came running back and yelled for help. By this time, I put some hustle in my step and headed over. When I got there, Sarah was preparing the boxstall for the cow and when we got Pinky in the pen, Sarah gathered up all the tools we would need if we had a rough delivery. And sure enough, we needed all those tools and all the help we could find. Sarah and Big Daddy started pulling and I went after reinforcements. Everyone showed up and the boys with the “big guns” got the job done.(That’s what they call them anyway!) Pinky had her first calf, a bull, and immediately went to town taking care of her new arrival.

    We cleaned up and came back in, sat down and resumed our popcorn eating frenzy.

    Today is mowing day…I can’t believe how often I’m having to mow!

  • We need….

    If I heard it once, I heard it fifteen times….”Mom, we need to set the Allis up for pulling…we don’t use it for anything else, we might as well make it a pulling tractor…did you see that one there pull before me…man that thing was a beast…mom, really…we need to put weights on it and set it up to pull….really mom.”

    After our neighbor..the tractor mechanic, aka: tractor babysitter, came down yesterday morning to make sure we were headed to Waldron, he went to the neighbor who promised to haul my chicken chaser down to the tractor show. After he helped get his Farmall loaded, they came to our place and loaded the Allis, my three boys and headed south.

    We followed and we were in for a day of tractor pulls. Luke got the Allis weighed in and then we waited for the start. Because the little tractor is light, it was in the first class and Luke was the second one to pull…right after this other Allis Chalmers B that was set up for pulling.

    Luke hooked up and started off and the old Allis jumped and Luke thought he was done. But then she took off like a champ and with her front wheels off the ground most of the way down the track, Luke made a decent pull and ended up in third. Not too bad for her debut pull. Luke enjoyed having the front end raised up too, his Farmall never does that!
    The rest of the day was just watching tractors of every make and color go by and pull. I really can’t think of any other way to spend a hot summer afternoon than to watch old tractors make their way down the track making their owners and anyone else who has ever owned that make and model proud. They are great old tractors. But like farming, I think an appreciation for tractors is in your blood…either you have it or you don’t…and I have it. I love listening to these old putt, putts, watching them and smelling them…I just love it all! I do come by it honestly…my grandfather was an implement dealer…so it really is in my blood!

  • We need….

    If I heard it once, I heard it fifteen times….”Mom, we need to set the Allis up for pulling…we don’t use it for anything else, we might as well make it a pulling tractor…did you see that one there pull before me…man that thing was a beast…mom, really…we need to put weights on it and set it up to pull….really mom.”

    After our neighbor..the tractor mechanic, aka: tractor babysitter, came down yesterday morning to make sure we were headed to Waldron, he went to the neighbor who promised to haul my chicken chaser down to the tractor show. After he helped get his Farmall loaded, they came to our place and loaded the Allis, my three boys and headed south.

    We followed and we were in for a day of tractor pulls. Luke got the Allis weighed in and then we waited for the start. Because the little tractor is light, it was in the first class and Luke was the second one to pull…right after this other Allis Chalmers B that was set up for pulling.

    Luke hooked up and started off and the old Allis jumped and Luke thought he was done. But then she took off like a champ and with her front wheels off the ground most of the way down the track, Luke made a decent pull and ended up in third. Not too bad for her debut pull. Luke enjoyed having the front end raised up too, his Farmall never does that!
    The rest of the day was just watching tractors of every make and color go by and pull. I really can’t think of any other way to spend a hot summer afternoon than to watch old tractors make their way down the track making their owners and anyone else who has ever owned that make and model proud. They are great old tractors. But like farming, I think an appreciation for tractors is in your blood…either you have it or you don’t…and I have it. I love listening to these old putt, putts, watching them and smelling them…I just love it all! I do come by it honestly…my grandfather was an implement dealer…so it really is in my blood!

  • First day of school

    It’s that time again….the first day of school. The hair is braided, the new clothes on and they are ready to go…I’m not ready for them to leave though!

    JW will take them…this is the first time they’ve ever driven off to school without me..I’ve always taken them. I don’t think I like this growing up stuff.

    The tractor pull was fun yesterday…more about that later! Now it’s time to pray and kiss and wave goodbye…oh for heaven’s sake, the school is two miles away and they’ll be back in a matter of hours….I know, I know.

  • First day of school

    It’s that time again….the first day of school. The hair is braided, the new clothes on and they are ready to go…I’m not ready for them to leave though!

    JW will take them…this is the first time they’ve ever driven off to school without me..I’ve always taken them. I don’t think I like this growing up stuff.

    The tractor pull was fun yesterday…more about that later! Now it’s time to pray and kiss and wave goodbye…oh for heaven’s sake, the school is two miles away and they’ll be back in a matter of hours….I know, I know.

  • All washed and ready to go

    Jake washed his tractor last night during chores and he’s ready to head to Waldron.

    We are hitching a ride with the neighbor so we don’t have to take two hours to drive the tractor down. Luke’s tractor decided to tease him…it ran then it didn’t, then it did, then it didn’t.

    As of right now…the chicken chaser is the only tractor going from the Knolltop.
    It’s a beautiful morning here, clear and cool. A perfect day for watching an antique tractor pull!

  • Another tradition

    I just got done putting an apple and pumpkin pie in the oven. It’s a clear day and it’s not too hot, so I thought I would make pies for dessert. As I was finishing the top for the apple, I looked over and here were my two youngest kids sitting at the table with a plate of apple peelings, dipping them in sugar and eating them. I just had to snicker…that’s what we used to do when we were kids and my mom made a pie. It’s great to have traditions to define a family and to bring back some great memories.

    Pretty soon, my house will smell just like fall on a Sunday afternoon!

    By the way, did anyone notice yesterday that Michigan got beat by some small college in North Carolina that no one had ever heard of before and now they are fodder for every sports caster in the nation? I love it. And what I love even more is that Michigan State won!

  • Another tradition

    I just got done putting an apple and pumpkin pie in the oven. It’s a clear day and it’s not too hot, so I thought I would make pies for dessert. As I was finishing the top for the apple, I looked over and here were my two youngest kids sitting at the table with a plate of apple peelings, dipping them in sugar and eating them. I just had to snicker…that’s what we used to do when we were kids and my mom made a pie. It’s great to have traditions to define a family and to bring back some great memories.

    Pretty soon, my house will smell just like fall on a Sunday afternoon!

    By the way, did anyone notice yesterday that Michigan got beat by some small college in North Carolina that no one had ever heard of before and now they are fodder for every sports caster in the nation? I love it. And what I love even more is that Michigan State won!

  • Francis and Pat!

    Hey guys…I have a request from one of your cohorts from Fowlerville. I’ll give you a hint…her dad was the only democrat in Livingston County and her mom made the best bread….now you know who I’m talking about? Here’s another hint, she has a boat load of siblings and now she is a grandma…twice! She wants your email address. Can you email me and then I can pass it along to her and I’ll pass her’s along to you?

    Thanks guys! By the way…are you Jersey breeders getting $30 yet?

  • Francis and Pat!

    Hey guys…I have a request from one of your cohorts from Fowlerville. I’ll give you a hint…her dad was the only democrat in Livingston County and her mom made the best bread….now you know who I’m talking about? Here’s another hint, she has a boat load of siblings and now she is a grandma…twice! She wants your email address. Can you email me and then I can pass it along to her and I’ll pass her’s along to you?

    Thanks guys! By the way…are you Jersey breeders getting $30 yet?