August 22, 2023

TODAY is Dave Bath’s birthday – that is Nate’s life-long friend and business partner in B&B Window Cleaning. He calls me his second Mom! Happy birthday, Dave!

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Nate (left) and Dave

I started the day with sending Ron off at 7:15am, heading back to Florida. He spent the time here mostly with his brother Paul and Paul’s wife Cheryl. It was a nice visit for him, and I was glad to steal a few minutes of his time during his stay. Seems like he had a good visit.

Joining the celebrations

But first I’ll recap yesterday. I left the house at 7:15am and headed to get gas for the car in town, then picked up Ron where he parked his car for the day. We got to the farm a little before 9am and immediately started husking corn – Uncle Clifford had already been out to the garden and filled this tractor cart with dozens of ears.

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Welcome!
Cool spring water
First batch of corn

Nate got there a few minutes later, and we kept busy the rest of the day. We husked, cleaned, boiled, cooled, scraped, froze, bagged, and stacked corn all day.

Nate husking; UC tending the pots
Ron husking – UC still tending…
Hard working men

There was a little break for lunch, at which we had sandwiches, macaroni salad, chips and corn on the cob. Aunt Joan and I cleaned up while the guys headed back out to the rows of corn to get another batch. We set aside a few for those who wanted to take some corn still on the cob home. Then we set to work again. I think we each (Nate and Kathy) ended up with 64 one cup bags of corn to freeze.

A welcome break
Past the apple trees; back to the garden
Second batch
Apple trees
Glads and gardens
Tomato patch
Some of the cows – they had a set of twins born last week. That’s quite rare!
Clean up – see all the bins and pots and tubs drying in the sun?

We stopped at Donna’s store on the way home and I picked up a cute little SMICKSBURG sign to put with my picture of the farm that I took last week. Ron got some granola and trail/snack mix for his brother and sister-in-law. We dropped that off on the way home, then grabbed a grilled cheese and were done for the day. It was a long but fun and productive day. Mazie agrees!

AJ and UC – watching our labor!
Project supervisor
My Smicksburg sign with the picture of the farm
Cars were glad to be done, too!

Today I started at the dentist at about 7:45am, then worked both stores. By the time I got home Kelly and Chase were already here. We grabbed our supplies to work on party favors for Autmn’s shower, then got Chick-Fil-A for lunch (Chase request). Kelly and I spent the afternoon on that project and cleaning up. I also did a load of laundry.

Dealing with messy chocolate

I think I have to turn my car in on Thursday so I spent an hour or more sweeping, wiping, washing, drying, doing windows, and generally cleaning the car. Tomorrow I will put everything from the car into a big basket so it’s easy to transfer over. And that – other than supper – was the last two days!

Scripture:

First the blade then the ear - Creston Valley Advance

Quote:

Lend Me Your Ears For This List of Corn Puns ยป AllWording.com

TOMORROW August 23rd is:

National Sponge Cake Day; National Ride the Wind Day; National Cuban Sandwich Day; Black Ribbon Day.

Tomorrow would have been my Dad’s birthday. Happy birthday, Dad! It will also be cut the grass day. God bless!

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