FINALLY!

Don has finally chosen a building design, and signed on the little dotted line. The building should begin in about 4 weeks, if everything falls into place.

We are putting up a 40 x 112 storage shed. The workshop will be insulated, and the shed will have 3 service doors and 2 rollup doors. We need a building this size, because (in case you have not yet met him) Don is what you call a hoarder. He hates to throw anything away. Seriously. His most famous phrase is: “ I could possibly incorporate that into a metal sculpture.” And so, it gets saved. In yet another pile, someplace. You see, he does metal sculpture with a welder and scraps of metal. Sometimes he adds braise - his work is beautiful. He is a retired Industrial Arts teacher, and has taken up the sculpting as a hobby. Last year, he won 2nd prize at the VA Hospital in Minneapolis... in his very first time in a contest! I was so happy for him! Once we get settled, we will offer his sculptures for sale at various craft fairs nearby.

We were fortunate enough to meet a highly capable young man while attending Amo Lutheran church, just ¼ mile away. His name is Kody (I so much like his name :) and he is 13 years old. He is so capable and strong that he is able to load the bucket on the tractor with very heavy rocks, and then drive the tractor across the barnyard and dump the rocks into the rock pile! He is so careful when he drives, so as to not run over those crazy chickens who try so hard to help him as he works.

Meanwhile, the flowers that I planted just this spring are happily blooming. Everything at the farm is at its peak now, just about ready to BURST due to its fullness. The corn, the blooms in the gardens, even the grass. I saw a few fallen leaves from the Cottonwoods today. Summer looks – and feels – like it is starting to wind down. It makes me a little sad. I love summer so much! But, like everything else in life, we enjoy it while we can. And then, move on.