Tag Archives: farm life

Six Word Saturday

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Perfect weather to harvest the crops.

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Misty Monday Morning

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Cool Autumn Monday Morning Mist Rises from our Pond. Water Warmer than the  sky. Fog delay for the frogs.

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The Junk Drawer

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

In every house I have ever lived in, there has been a junk drawer.  A catch-all.  A place to throw everything that doesn’t fit in any category.  A place to throw things when unexpected company arrives and you have to … Continue reading →

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Oh yes…. I’m the Great Pretender….

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Oh yes I’m the great pretender. I have always loved to pretend, and yes, even at the rotten (not really feeling ripe anymore) old age of almost 63 I still pretend. I hope think that’s normal.  In today’s high-tech world … Continue reading →

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Hard Water, Soft Water, but not a drop to drink

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Some days just don’t turn out like you plan. When you live in the country, and you have your own well, you may need a water softener to make your water usable. Hard water contains dissolved calcium, magnesium and in many … Continue reading →

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Sunday Serenity

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

I am wishing for some Sunday Serenity today, but it’s not going to happen.  The past week and a half has been busy on the farm, planting corn and soybeans.  The weather has cooperated so everyone is working full-force to … Continue reading →

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After my mom passed away in 2005,  we were sorting through her things and I found a book that I had given her for Mother’s Day.  It was called “Harvest of Bittersweet” by Pat Leimbach, who was a farm wife … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 19, 2013 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Originally posted on The Adventures of Dairy Carrie… I think I Need a Drink!:
Today a new undercover video of a dairy farm was released and it really hit home for me… Shocking what goes on behind the closed doors of this…

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Farmin’ Ain’t No Picnic (Part 4)

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

My brain is pretty well fried for various reasons so I went to my online thesaurus to describe Harvest 2012!  Here goes: accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring to fruition,bring to maturity, call it a day, cap, carry off,close, conclude, consummate, crown, determine,develop, discharge, do, do thoroughly, effect,effectuate, elaborate, end, equip, execute, fill,finalize, finish, fulfill, furnish, get through, go thelimit, go through with, go whole hog, halt, makegood, make up, perfect, perform, put to bed,realize, refine, round off, round out, settle, sewup, supplement, terminate, ultimate, wind up,wrap up   (Thank you Thesaurus.com)       We finished late Wednesday evening and luckily this year … Continue reading →

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Farmin’s Ain’t No Picnic….. Part 2

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Harvest 2012 is “on hold”, once again, due to Mother Nature’s fickle attitude!   We received over an inch of rain and the fields are wet again.  So we will have a few days to regroup and hope for some … Continue reading →

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