Archive for the ‘Family – Martin’ Category
August 9, 2010 – Squash Tunnel Grown Over
The squash tunnel planted on the bent-over cattle panels has finally been completely covered with vines. Actually, the far side is pole beans, the part by Martin is squash. one year ago…”Rain, Finally”
August 8, 2010 – House Progress
Slow but steady progress is being made on the cascading garage tear-off project. It has spread to putting new siding on the entire east side and both the additions to the original house. Although with dew points in the 70′s and even in the 80′s some days, and rain every other day or so leaves ...Read more.
July 17, 2010 – On the Big Water
We drove down the winding and scenic highway 1 from Ely to Lake Superior one day. This is a view of Shovel Point from near the mouth of the Baptism River. The water in Lake Superior is uncharacteristically warm this year – the surface temperature this time of year is usually 39 degrees, but this ...Read more.
July 16, 2010 – BWCA Day 2
The promised threat of rain held off overnight, so we remained dry. What a nice place for a mother and child to sit and watch the world wake up. Of course, a cup of coffee in the morning helps. It was refreshing to wear a sweatshirt when back home the weather was in the upper ...Read more.
July 13, 2010 – On the Water
A great part about vacation is quiet water activity. There are no boats making wakes, no buzzing jetskis, so the lakes are great for kids to swim across, fish, or kayak. Emma paddling back from the beach via the water route instead of the shore path. Most years the biggest fish is caught off the ...Read more.
July 6, 2010 – Hauling Garlic
Today’s news flash is that all the garlic is curing up in the barn. I didn’t get photos of the entire process, just the getting it up in the hayloft portion. With a rare break in the weather, it was time to get it out before the next rains waterlogged the soil even more. Looks ...Read more.
July 5, 2010 – Hauling Lumber
Now that the garage is down, it’s time to put away the salvaged lumber. There is a good amount of 2×4 and 2×6 lumber that can be reused around the farm (I’d still like to build an implement storage lean-to and a few mobile animal shelters for the pasture and… OK, let’s stop right there. ...Read more.
June 30, 2010 – Advances in Cat Feeding
With Claire’s recent departure, Martin has assumed the pet feeding duty. Martin started feeding the cats, and immediately started making changes to the routine. He added a new bit of technology. Evidently he was not impressed with Claire’s dump a half pound of cat food out in a pile and run technique. Martin instituted some ...Read more.
June 25, 2010 – Cherries to Food
It’s time to “do something” with the cherries. First thing is to pit them. Pitting is the worst part of the job, but we added another pitter, so two people can work at once. At this moment it doesn’t look like the kids were suffering too much! These cherries are destined for jam and cherry ...Read more.
June 22, 2010 – Father’s Day
For father’s day, everybody helped with garage deconstruction for a few hours. Although it’s not a traditional gift, it beats sweaters, socks, or a tie! Great progress was made – the trailer was filled with shingles -we almost got the whole roof stripped and started ripping off the siding as well. Soon the eyesore will ...Read more.
June 14, 2010 – Putting Martin to Work
Martin put in about three hours working pretty consistently tearing shingles off the roof. It was about as long and hard as he’s worked on a project with me. He was a bit fascinated with the pattern and arrangement of the shingles. Unfortunately, there are two layers – I had hoped for just one. It’s ...Read more.
May 15, 2010 – Eight Year Old Boy “Records”
See the red spot in the tree? That’s Martin, the monkey. A few days ago Martin came to me with a revelation, “Dad, I set a record for the farm.” Curious, I asked what it was. He said with some pride and trepidation, “I have the highest pee on the farm.” Still curious, I asked, ...Read more.
May 4, 2010 – Thoughts on Youth Coaches
I didn’t think I’d write about a situation Martin was put in by his little league coach last year – but the triangulation of a few events, brings it finally to bear. Martin played t-ball for a couple of years and last year was in his first year of real pitching ball – at seven ...Read more.
April 30, 2010 – Takes a While for the Old Guys
Sometimes it takes a while for the old guys to catch on to new technology, even if they have it. We were out morel mushroom hunting this evening after the rain passed and Martin asked if he could bring the GPS. Although we didn’t find enough to justify marking a spot, it could have been ...Read more.
