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See My House

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The weekend Farm Report comes to us from Ben.

I can see my house from here! *

Not much happening on the crop front this week, other than it was 17° one morning, and the weeds are finally dead. Still a few Boxelder bugs around.

I got everything put away that shouldn’t be frozen. Except for one hose that was kind of in an out-of-the-way location, and when I pulled it down the hill to let it drain,  I had a flashback to how many times I did that when I was feeding and watering calves. Depending how much water they needed, sometimes I would just use 5-gallon buckets, and sometimes I would use the hose. When finished, I would pull the hose down this hill so it could drain as I coiled it back up and hung it on the inside door of the feed room. The door closed into the dairy barn and it was always warm in there in the winter time. In fact, we needed exhaust fans because it would get too humid from the cow’s breath. But we didn’t need heaters. I have mentioned before what a cozy place the barn could be on a winter night.

All that from draining a hose.

The college kids put on 12 performances of our play this week, two per day for elementary school kids plus two Saturday shows. 

It was fun to have that energy back in the theater, fun to see the kids and hear their reactions: everything from being impressed with the stairway up to the second floor, the candy machines in the hallway, to the art departments drawings of bodies.

Wasn’t anything lewd, but they sure did gawk. I took to standing right there just ahead of the drawings, talking to the kids, and trying to keep them moving. As long as the line ahead of them didn’t get bogged down, it wasn’t a problem. Thursday morning, I noticed the art teacher changing the display. Just a routine change, not complaints or anything. 😊

I finally got back to working on my shed. I got some of the steel on the east wall, 10-foot-tall pieces below a beam. I hope to have a balcony on that end so there will be more steel above the beam. I cut a bunch of sheets at 5 foot and them on the north wall, Then I put a 2 x 6 on the wall above them so I have a place to hang tools if want, and then will have more steel above that. I also need the outside of my windows trimmed. I thought I had a guy that was going to do it,  but he stopped returning my phone calls, so I’m doing it myself. I have a plan for some of it, and the rest I’m making it up as I go.

The other day, as I took daughter into town, we heard the song “Carry On My Wayward Son” by Kansas. I mentioned the band Boston, and wondered how many other band names there are based on places. Other than the Ozark Mountain Daredevils and Chicago, I didn’t come up with any. The next day she mentioned a song called “The Final Countdown” by the band Europe. I was impressed with her! She’s perfecting her sense of sarcasm too. We couldn’t be more proud.  

The dogs are doing really well together. Luna doesn’t seem to like the snow or cold. Kelly sent me this picture with the caption, “Luna watching and waiting for the snow to melt”.

*Header photo from Gonda 14 at Mayo Clinic. On the horizon are two towers. They’re along our driveway.

BANDS  NAMED FOR PLACES?
Whatta ya got?

77 thoughts on “See My House”

  11. I’ve got google… so after a search, here goes:
    Montana, Utah Classic Rock Band, Arizona, Buffalo Springfield (either 2 cities or a steel wheel roa roller), Nirvana, Oasis, Alabama, E Street Band, Bay City Rollers, New York Dolls, Texas, Wyoming, Alaska!, Missouri, Minnesota, The California Raisins, Delaware.
    Now, someone with more patience and tolerance than me gets a chance,

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  24. I just saw an announcement for the last concert by the Buffalo Ridge Chorale in Hendricks, MN. The Buffalo Ridge is this big Ridge that starts in SE North Dakota and runs all the way to SW Minnesota. It is also called Coteau du Prairies.

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  33. A lot of bluegrass bands have place names – the Clinch Mountain Boys, Kentucky Thunder, Chatham County Line, Boys From Indiana.

    These guys are a little noncommittal about their place name…

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  34. So the time just chanced and I always wonder, do the chickens care? I have a couple lights on a timer so they get enough light to keep Laying eggs. Should I change the time on the timer??

    It was worse when I was milking cows. Cows like consistancy. They don’t really care but it matters to me what the time is.
    First world problems.

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  39. Our little folk/pop band from Mankato was called The Flathead Cats, named after a large species of catfish in the Minnesota River. My despicable former supervisor named us. I argued about changing the name but the guys liked it and wanted to keep it. I detested it.

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