Farmers/Ranchers...A Very Hard Working People

These pictures were taken on August 1, 2012.  I wasn't going to post them but I was sitting here today, looking at these pictures and I thought...........why not.  It depicts the very hard work that farmers/ranchers put into their days.  The first picture has nothing to do with farming/ranching unless you look at it from the point-of-view that the bright moon aided in showing a little light to see in the night.

Farmers/Ranchers are a very dedicated, hard working people.  As for my husband, he starts his day at 4:30a.m., going out to change the wheel lines and get the water going on the fields before coming in to get his breakfast, get dressed and head out the door to his day-time job.  When he gets home, he stops long enough to bring in his lunch box, get a drink of water and head out the door again to change the wheel lines on the fields.  Makes for long days and that's not including all the other work of getting the fields ready, planting, watering, cutting...............................!  With the changing of times, my husband does all the tending to the fields and cutting, but we do not have the updated equipment to bale the larger bales (which everyone wants now) so that part we hire out, along with the stacking of the bales.  I'm kind of glad about that because it's one less thing my husband has to do.  The below pictures are of the person we hired to bale and stack the hay, and yes, it's very late and dark.  In the second picture and to the right-hand side, you can barely make out the details of a person standing by the tractor...........that would be my husband.  He took out an ice cream sandwich for the worker.

Thoroughly Enjoyed My Weekend

My daughter, Amber, and her husband, Corey, came to Mackay this weekend for her birthday.  We, I guess I shouldn't speak for them, but "I", had a wonderful time.  We did everything from loading hay on a hay wagon, riding the 4-wheeler, going to the county fair, riding around the reservoir and dam, having fish (Amber's favorite) fried in potato buds and lime, going to church, and eating up Pass Creek.  I didn't get pictures of the rest, but I did get some photos up Pass Creek.  Thoroughly enjoyed my weekend.  The Lord gives me so many Ah moments that I can't even begin to explain..................

"You Been Farming Long?"

My husband, Evan, has a brother, Brent, who lives in Texas and while on business, was able to come to our home and visit for a few hours.  While here, Brent went outside with my husband while he changed the water on the crops and I looked out the window to capture this moment:  Even though their backs were facing the camera, I took the shot because it reminded me so much of an older picture (Evan's father had) of two little boys all decked out in their little overalls, standing side-by-side.  The caption on the picture said: "You Been Farming Long?"  Can't you just picture this with Evan and his brother..........deck them out in overalls and it could have been those two little boys all over again.

Share Your Testimony...Share Your Light!

I am continually looking for ideas and items I can use for handout for my Young Women's class.  This past Sunday my lesson was on Testimonies.  It just so happened that I had purchased some credit card lights off of the Internet and had them in my little storage of things to use for handouts when I came across the following saying: "Share Your Testimony....Share Your Light"!  That's it - Joy - I had found the perfect idea to use my little lights on.  The lights are flat, the size of a credit card (do you suppose that is where the name "credit card lights" came from? - Ha!) and when you pop up the light, they actually emit light.  Some things just come together, no credit of my own, for HIS PURPOSES!

This little light also gives off a fair amount of light.  My test being the broom closet.  I have this thing for lights and every time I want to test one, I go to the broom closet, wheel out the vacuum, step inside, shut the door, and walla............Let there be light!