Our winter is turning into one to remember!
The organic hay delivery was made by Carl H. to Ike's farm in west central, Indiana. The following observations were told to Tom who then told them to me. You recall that we've had significant snowfall in recent days. Driving the big semi full of the big hay bales got tricky at Issac's (or Ike for short) house. The roads and lane to his house are designed for horses and buggies, not semi tractor trucks. Further hampering his progress were the big piles of snow.
The hay is stored in the barn loft. A neighbor's skidsteer was used to transport the hay bales from the truck to the hay loft. Once in there, they simply break up the hay bales and send it down the chute to the hungry cows. Apparently the cows love the hay. There was one tractor (with steel wheels) on the farm, but it was used to pump manure from the lagoon.
The phone was in its own little building (3' X 3') located 100 yards away from everything. It had a little stool and a ledge for the phone and answering machine. Ike's wife was hanging up the clothes (in the cold, snowy weather) to dry. The clothes line was a cable with a pulley that attached to the peak of the barn and to the house. She'd hang a few clothes, pull the line and the clothes worked their way slowly to the peak of the barn.
Ike looks to be about 40 according to Carl, the driver. Incidentally, Ike called Tom this morning at 6:45 to schedule the delivery of the remaining hay.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Blizzard '07
Greetings from Blizzard Central. The storm is currently raging across the Midwest and will hit the Northeast later today. Snow predictions for Hancock, NY are as high as 24 inches! I think we might have 8 inches on the ground, but it's hard to tell when the snow blows horizontally.
It seems that everything is shut down. Dan didn't have school, all the nearby universitities (ISU, IWU, U of I), banks, clinics...are all closed. Tom thinks the storm is a joke compared to Illinois blizzards from the days of yore. So hard to impress!
Shadow is snoozing happily in the garage away from all the elements.
Dan has spent some of his day "reading an hour" (of Eragon) and "playing an hour" (of XBox 360).
The sparrows are annoyed because no one will go out and refill the bird feeder.
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