24 Jul The balance
Limon, Colorado—The whole gang’s here and I don’t think we’ve had this much fun in a really long time. It’s like harvest back in 2004! The sisters lounge at the pool, braid each other’s hair, paint nails and kill time at the local shops.
On harvest there’s a balance between family and harvest. Our No. 1 source of family time comes from dinner in the field. Someone will make the main dish, someone will make a couple sides and someone will make dessert. The women will deliver the meal to the field while the working crew finishes a round and parks for a few minutes to scarf down the food. Work is important…really important. But family time is important, too.
We’ve always put an importance on eating meals as a family. Some of my favorite memories are of the family sitting around the table back home finishing a meal, pushing our plates to the center of the table and spending the next three or four hours laughing so hard we cry.
The food brings everyone together and for some reason it always tastes better in a wheat field.
We’re the minority among these green combines.
Jenna grabbed Eli and my camera and hopped in the combine with Ma. Thanks for the pictures, Jen!
Eli will probably be taking over the business in the next eight years.
Nora Grace is a ball of nose-scrunching smiles.
Eli can’t get enough of the “broom brooms.”
E and Nena (Jenna) watching the combines come in.
One field breaks for family time while another works away.
The kiddos waited for about 10 minutes to watch the combine across the road drive by.
Jenna hopped in with the crew across the road. 😉
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Ed Schloz
Posted at 18:19h, 24 JulyDinner with a working crew is always great! My memories are of baling hay and filling silo with corn silage!
Tom Stegmeier
Posted at 19:33h, 24 JulyFantastic pic’s Taylor & Jenna . Eli & Nora toooo Cute , That photo of Eli with his arms crossed , he’s the Straw Boss!!! I can remember when Mom would bring meals out to the field ,Dad & I would eat tail gate style ,so Mom would say Fred , Tom make sure the knifes & forks get back into the grub box . This when we had bins out in the field,so when I moved these bins to the home place and cleaned up the old location , found a couple of forks & knifes with niks and dings from being cultivated for years and meals gone past.
Allan Zimmerman
Posted at 16:21h, 25 JulyGreat pictures and memories from years past of Combing, Baling and corn shelling.
Rita bennett
Posted at 08:54h, 26 JulyWatching live streaming. Enjoy hearing yields and moisture. How large are those fields in acres? Look huge, compared to fields in NW Ohio.