The newest 'old' additions.... November 24, 2013

 These are two of the 'orphans' that started their life in our back yard in 2008, Ron (Santo) and Pat (Hughes). Ron is looking at Pat's bowl longingly (they had the same flavor of food in them).  They switched bowls anyway.

Patrick (the black tuxie) is relaxed and playing with all the toys he can find.  Ron is a little more pensive, but still very loving.  They've been at our daughter/son-in-law's house for more than 3 years, but now they're BACK!!!  gheez.....  oh well.

                                         

This is Pat and Ron's actual sibling, Grace, who has always lived here and loves to help with my emailing.  This is her 'perturbed' look, which is what she thinks about her brothers coming back to live here.  (Bogie and Noel are NOT happy campers, either, but Queen doesn't seem to mind them too much.)

Our first great grand-niece! 11/15/2013

 That's John holding Harper Lynn Marie W. last Sunday at my mom's house in Des Moines.  Izaac (her cousin) is making sure (great) Uncle John is doing it right.

 That's my Uncle Charlie holding Harper, making him the great-great Uncle (for the 5th time...and two more babies on the way)!  

My son-in-law decided it was safe to hold Harper as long as she was sleeping!  She was born 10/29/2013.  (She was awake but not crying here, so he was okay with that, too.)

Our nephew, Ben, also has a birthday on 10/29, so he and Harper are 'birthday twins'.... (although Ben is now 21 years old!!)

After the harvest 11 05 2013

The corn stalks are chopped, gathered and baled, and then stacked. 

 One of these days a big trailer will come and load them all and take them somewhere else.

This is the baler.  It moves pretty slowly.

Here's a 34 second video of the tractor and the baler in action.  It's a smidge wiggly since I was in the house and the they were in the field across the road.