Good morning. Friday is here and it is a hot one. Here inn Evansville we get heat advisories frequently during the summer but today we are in an excessive heat warning. It is currently 104 “feels like” out there.  I’m not going outside. There is little to no wind so it is. Straight “bake down” sun. I think this is supposed to break maybe tonight and be a little cooler tomorrow. We had a lot of days like this when we lived in Las Vegas, but we didn’t have humidity to add to the misery. There are so many places in the country that have been suffering through this for weeks now. I think it was Wednesday that some reporter said that it was the hottest day on earth ever recorded. No doubt that global warming is real and I certainly don’t know the answer. However, it seems as tough we are the only country that is trying to do anything about it and no matter what we do, unless the rest of the world joins in —- it isn’t going to help. So, today I’m staying in and will head down to my office and try to get some sermon writing done. 

I decided this morning that I would do a breakfast experiment. I like waffles; we had two bananas left and they were getting soft. So, I mushed them up and put them in my waffle batter. It turned out “okay”, and I ate two, Kate ate one. If I decided to do it again, I will only use one banana next time because they were more moist than I really wanted them to be. But hey —— I tried and you don’t learn unless you try. Once in a while I’ll get an idea about something that I think should work and will try it out. Most of the time it turns out edible. LOLOL

I stopped at Pet Foods yesterday to get a bag of black oil sunflower seed. I find it amazing that a year ago I was paying $20.00 for  forty pound bag of it and yesterday I had to pay $51.00 for the same thing. That is horrendous. I’m about to get priced out of my one hobby. I don’t mind paying for it to feed the birds but the dang squirrels will set there and eat until the feeder is empty. Too bad I don’t live farther out in the country. I would solve the squirrel problem really quickly. 

Time to head to the basement and do some actual work. Try to stay cool. Peace. 

 The trash pickup came by so it must be Thursday. I can generally count on the clunk and bang of the truck picking the cans up to wake me. 

It was a good thing though because I had planned to get up earlier this morning and water my garden. My tomatoes are really putting on fruit now. One of the problems I am having is that the tomatoes are too heavy for the plants and I keep having tomatoes fall off on the ground. I have brought several of them in and they eventually ripen here on the counter. Some of my plants have just done nothing. The heat has been a killer so far. Today it is supposed to go to 95 degrees and tomorrow we are predicted to get 100 degree ambient, which will easily drive the feels like up to 110. As you know, we certainly aren’t the only ones, the whole world seems to be going through this. Luckily, the power grid is holding up very well. 

So, we will stay inside mostly again today. I do need to go to Walgreens and pick up a prescription for Ms. Kate. While I’m there I better get a couple cases of Dasani for her too. I should maybe buy stock in that company, as much as she drinks it. Hmmmm, I wonder —-. 

When i went out this morning, it was really comfortable. The temperature was still right at 80 and there was a really nice breeze blowing. Sitting there in the shade, watering the garden, listening to the birds was actually quite pleasant. Neighbor Dan was out sitting on his porch too this morning. he does that when the  morning temperatures are great. His porch faces the west so the sun is to his back. Sometimes he’ll sit there and smoke a cigar. His wife won’t let him smoke one in the house, and I don’t blame her. He doesn’t smoke them very often. That is something I’m so very thankful for —- that Ms. Kate and I quit smoking a long time ago. We both quit back in 1988; —- wow! That was 35 years ago. That is hard to believe. We quit because there was just so much pressure coming from Air Force senior leadership for people to quit. And being in a command position, it was important that I be an example. I am so glad that we made that decision. I wasn’t an asthmatic at the time but I can’t imagine what my heath would be like today if I still smoked. And as much heart trouble as Kate has had —- we, we might both be dead by now. One never knows. 

One that happy note, I need to get cleaned up and get my running around done. Have a wonderful day. May God grant you peace. 

 Welcome to Tuesday — just after noon. We’ve been a little busy this morning. When we got up this morning we decided to change the sheets and blanket, — well actually wash the sheets and blanket. We didn’t actually change them, just got them clean. While that was happening we did some other chores that needed doing. 

We hve a real feel temperature of 103 degrees outside so we will not be going out today except to maybe get the mail and then this evening I will water the garden after the sun gets off of it. If I went out there now, I’d just boil the plants by watering them. 

We just had a great lunch. We had simple lunch meat but also had fresh cucumbers and fresh tomatoes to go with it. We had gotten some cucumbers and tomatoes from Karen on Sunday and our tomatoes are finally starting to ripen too. That makes for some good eating. I could just sit and eat the veggies without any meat or cheese. I have often gone past the garden and just picked a tomato off of the vine and ate it. I’ve said I should keep a hidden - protected salt shaker out there during the summer. 

We, fiddle-sticks, I’ve pinched a nerve in my left lower back. I took some Tylenol right away but it hurts to move or walk. I may have to get my cane off of the door handle so I can get around. This is not a good thing. Thank goodness I did my parishioner visitation yesterday. I’ll give it a couple of days and see what happens. I do this about every six months and I end up walking around like I’m old or something. 

So, I think I will go sit in my recliner for awhile and see if things get back to normal. 

Have a wonderful day. Peace. 

 Welcome to the last week of July. Bet that snuck  up on ya didn’t it? Seven months of the year is all but gone. 

How was your weekend? We had a good one; was kept busy all weekend doing “stuff”. Nothing major but did get some chores done and had some fun too. Yesterday was a busy day. Of course, being Sunday we start off with church. We had a fairly full church although folks are trying to get in that last “summer vacation” before school starts. The schools up in Gibson County start on August 8th. Man, — I remember that school didn’t start until the day after Labor Day when I was a kid. We actually “had a summer”. But then maybe our summers seemed longer because our summers were not crowded with constant going places and having summer activities. Our summers were filled with summer chores like gardening, yard mowing, and when you were done, you played outside. And — if you lived out in the country —- your closest friend and person to play with was your own imagination. I see families and kids on Facebook that are always “on the go” and being entertained. Families I know send their kids to two or three “church camps, band camps, and then when they are home the kids are taken to every manner of entertainment or trip. The kids don’t get the chance to just sit under a shade tree, relax, gather “roly polys” or sit and catch or watch lightening bugs. In my “old fart opinion”, they are missing out on the good stuff. 

After church yesterday, Ms. Kate and I drove out to Creek Melon market and picked up a couple of cantaloupes and a watermelon. Then we went way back the other way to Newburgh and visited with Kate’s sister, Karen. From there, we went home, had lunch, took a very short nap and then back up to the church for Bible Study. That was followed by a trip to Cold Stone Creamery. I subscribe to their birthday club and get a coupon for a free “BOGO” ice cream. I certainly don’t want to miss out on that. Then I came home and did some “bulletin work” before hitting the bed. 

Today, I have a couple of parishioner visitations to do first thing. So, it is going to be another busy day. Having said that, I better hit the shower and get my day in gear. Have a wonderful week. Peace. 

 My birthday was yesterday. I turned 79; —- one more year until the big “8 0”. I remember when I thought 79 was really old and yet it seems that maybe I was mistaken. I don’t “feel” old. In fact, I think I’m in pretty darn good condition health-wise. I take a total of four pills daily, one for cholesterol, one for blood pressure, a 5 mg arthritis pill, and one for my heartburn. I also use two inhalers for my asthma once a day. But that’s it. Bless Ms. Kate’s heart, she takes maybe 17 pills a day spread out over the entire day. So, I consider myself extremely blessed and fortunate. Being an adopted kid, I’ll never know my family/genetic health history but so far —- it seems to be not filled with any anomalies. Oh, I don’t move very fast at all any more, and bending over pretty much sucks; but I can do a good days work as along as we take it slow. So, I’m knocking on my wooden table and hoping things continue in this way for a few more years. I have found though that as I age I do tend to think about my mortality a lot more.  I figure, I maybe have another decade left on this planet. I mean, if I make it to 90, —- what’s the big advantage of living beyond that?? 

The wonderful part about yesterday was the amount of “love” I received throughout the day. My Facebook page was absolutely filled with birthday greetings and warm wishes. People that I haven’t seen in decades still stay in contact with me through Facebook. So many people that for whom I served a commanding officer stay in contact with me; I feel honored to be remembered that well. 

Ms. Kate and I had a busy day yesterday. We started the day off by taking her for a MRI out at Gateway Radiation Center. From there we went on up to Lakeview orchards and picked up 15 lbs of fresh peaches. From there, we went to the butcher shop and picked up some chicken for me to put on the grill, then to the optometrist shop because the lens fell out of my glasses. Then we came home fixed a lite lunch and took a short nap. The we got busy and made two peach pies. I’ll take pie over cake any day for celebrating a birthday. That was our supper last night. I was supposed to grill the chicken but we decided that pie was sufficient and the chicken could wait a day. 

Julie is coming over today from Louisville just to bring my birthday present. She’s doing a turn-around trip. Bless her heart. I’m going to be spending the day writing. 

That catches you up on life around here. It’s supposed to be a beautiful weekend. I need to jump on the John Deere’s and mow but I think I will hold that until tomorrow. I don’t want to use up all of my fun in one place and at one time. In the meantime, I hope you have a wonderful day. Peace. 

 Looks like I missed Monday doesn’t it? Well, it was a tipsy-turvey day. I don’t think today is going to be any better. 

We started off our Monday with Ms. kate’s last appointment with her radiologist doctor. He said her healing has really gone well and the skin looks really good. She will still expect a minor amount on discomfort from time to time and that is to be expected. Her biggest challenge now is to not scratch when it itches because the skin is still healing and there is a bit of peeing that will still occur. He is leaving the Tri-State area and moving to Florida and wants her to meet his replacement in case, God forbid, that she ever nee to come back. So, she has a follow-up with the oncologist in October at the same facility so they made her an appointment to meet the new dude then. 

From there we went to Parlour Doughnuts and picked up a couple each for us and went home to have our breakfast and get started on the laundry. About an hour later, Kate came own really sick suddenly. She had chills and was vomiting and miserable all over. She spent the rest of the day in bed. This morning she feels better, thank goodness. But she isn’t out of the water yet. It is a stomach issue of some kind. Tomorrow she has an MRI of her stomach so maybe it will show something. In the meantime, we hope she doesn’t regress to yesterday’s status because we have no idea what the problem is. It’s hard for me to help her when her only description of her symptoms is “I feel horrible”. 

So today, I need to finish up the laundry and I have to the grocery store. We are out of too many things. I don’t mind doing the grocery shopping. I go to the Neighborhood Walmart and I know my way around that store pretty well. If I can’t find an item I just ask one of the people who are filling on-line shopping baskets. I figure they should know where everything in the store is. 

So wit that, I need to make my list. And get ready to go to Hellmart. ave yourself a wonderful day. Peace. 

 What a beautiful rain we are having. Thank you Lord!! It is slow and it is steady; there is very little wind so no storms involved. And — it was much needed. I suspect that in a few moments I will proceed to the sun porch, pull the lever on the recliner and sit and just listen to the rain on the roof. —- We all know what happens after that. —- You we’re thinking he’ll drift off to sleep but no, I’ll probably just get relaxed and then have to get up and go pee!! 

I had planned to get that limb cut off of the tree yesterday but this lady that I live with had a different idea. Silly lady seemed to think that 90 degrees with 80% humidity wasn’t good for me to be out there working in. So, I gave in and stayed in the house.  It’s just as well. As she said, I’ve put off cutting that limb off for six months now, what’s another day or two. 

So, I have no plans today and I’m in a hurry to get to them. I have writing that I could do but I don’t know that I want to do it today. Maybe I’ll just take a day off totally. That would be weird but it would be good “retirement practice”. LOL

The wrens are spending a of of time at the new camera feeder. I really like that new device. I had never seen one or even heard of one so it was quite a surprise when Heather and John sent it to me.  

I think this morning I’ll fix some oatmeal for breakfast. Of course it will be Quaker instant packages but that’s okay. I have always been a fan of oatmeal but usually forget we even have it in the cabinet. A bowl of oatmeal and a bagel makes for a good breakfast.  

That’s it for today. Don’t neglect to attend your house of worship this weekend. Give God thanks for your week of blessings. Even if your week totally sucked for one reason or another —- you made it through it with your heart still beating. Give thanks for that. Peace. 

 I have changed my plans for the day. I planned to go out and cut the large branch off of the pussy Willow “tree” that has dies. Then I was going to cut it up and put it in my trash can like I usually do with that kind of stuff. However, —- the boss, Ms. Kate said “no”. It has already gotten up to 85 degrees this morning and is going to up at least 90before to long, and the humidity is up in the discomfort range. She doesn’t want me out working in it; —- so I’ll keep myself inside. Being hot and sweaty and having an aggravated wife is not a good combination.  You learn that stuff somewhere along the way during a 57 year marriage. 

I will, however, go get some black oil sunflower seed for my bird friends. I’ve been out for a week or so. The birds, but mostly squirrels, have finally emptied the feeders. I have a couple of other feeders with a different type of birdseed in them that the birds are not really eating. I think there is enough seed and stuff in the fields that they aren’t coming around here. I’m a “hold in reserve” way station I guess. I keep the bird bats clean and fresh water filled and maybe they will grab a bite or two, but I don’t have a lot of visitors these hot day. It’s not new, it happens like this every summer. I am getting a fairly steady stream of birds at my new camera feeder. I enjoy that. I’m really glad that the Cardinals have found it. 

I think I have narrowed down the scripture matches for my Advent sermon series. I have plenty of time to “put some meat on the bones” as my mentor would say. It will take some work but I think it will be fun to examine what I’m working on; matching up Isaiah with the Gospel of John, first chapter. 

Time to get my ball cap and head out to the pet food store for bird seed. Have a blessed day. Peace. 

 77 degrees this morning and the humidity is already making itself felt. I have only gone out for a few minutes but I could tell that I didn’t want to be out there very long. I wanted to put some fresh hummingbird feed out. The phlox has started blooming well and that draws the hummingbirds in better that my feeders do. But, a feeder will provide a good alternative for them. We never get a lot of hummingbirds at out place. I have seen places locally that seems to get a lot. Up at St. Paul’s church, the folks that rent the parsonage always seems to get a lot every year. They put out three feeder, I think and there are a bunch of birds constantly fighting over them. When we were stationed at March Air Force Base I had hummingbird feeders hanging on my front porch and the humerus would constantly come to them. In fact, they would come right up and buzz in your face and sometimes, I would hold a small vessel of feed in my hand and they would come and drink from that. It was fascinating.  So, I don’t know why we don’t get more of them here at the house now. I get enough other wonderful gusts at the Backyard Buffet, I reckon I can’t fuss too much. 

Since I got my outside work done yesterday. I get to relax today. The only thing on the agenda is the HVAC folks coming to service the air conditioner. They come twice a year; early summer for the air conditioner and early winter for the furnace. We’ve used the same company for the past 22 years and they do well by us. I do a yearly contract with them. I guess I will spend most of the day down in my office working on church stuff. I’m trying to stay ahead of things because you never know what will pop up. And, starting Sunday, we will be doing the Bible study. That might cause some extra questions or work depending what the discussion brings. 

Speaking of working ahead, I’m millions around the possibility of another sermon series for Advent and it will basically go through the end of my employment at the parish. So, I want it to be meaningful. Right now, I’m thinking that maybe I can find a way to mix the “Christmas story” with the prophesy of the arrival of a messiah from Isaiah. I’m not sure that I can stretch that through five weeks though. Of course, I may not have to depending on whether they can find an interim or a settled pastor by then. I doubt they will but that is always a possibility. 

It’s time, I think to fix a bit of breakfast so I am jumping off of this wagon. Have a blessed day. Peace. 

It’s Wednesday, middle of the week already. I’ve had a busy morning and yesterday was a busy day too.  Yesterday we had a funeral visitation to do, first thing in the morning; 10;00 - 11;00 up in Princeton. So, after the visitation, we went to a mew place to eat; well, new for us. Several of our parishioners had recommended a place up there call American Table and so we decided to try it out. First of all, it lived up to the hype that folks had given us. It certainly isn’t a fancy place by any stretch of the imagination. I don’t know what it used to be but now it is a restaurant. The service was friendly and good. Of course I wanted breakfast, Kate wanted lunch, they had two different menus. I ordered country fried steak with eggs, American fries and pancakes. My order came on three plates. The steak took up one plate and was covered, and I mean covered with country gravy. The eggs and potatoes were on the second plate and was a heaped up serving. And then there were two pancakes on the third plate. I hate to admit it, —— but I ate it all. It was perfect. Kate had a turkey sandwich of some kind and it was covered with turkey gravy and she also had fried potatoes. So, if I am in Princeton and I’m hungry, I’ll be stopping in there again. 

After lunch, we waddled to the car and headed to the church to run the bulletins. That didn’t take too long. (We have a process). From there we came home and got home just in time for Karen to came by. She stayed for a couple of hours; but she brought asparagus and something else —- I forget what but I’m taking maybe green beans; although that doesn’t sound right either. Any way, after she left, we got a litte bit of a nap in. 

This morning, I had planned ahead that I as going to get up early and get some yard work done before thee heat of the day set in and maybe I could beat the humidity too. So, I got up at 0615, started the coffee pot, and was in the years with my weed eater by 0630. I got all of my trimming done around and in the flowerbeds; I got my yard today mowed, Dan’s yard totally mowed, the garden watered and the drive and the sidewalks all blown off, the bird baths cleaned and refilled, all by about 11:00. I stopped a couple of time to have a little coffee, but for the most part I just kept trucking. I still have some branch’s that I had gathered up a week ago pied up out under a tree. Since tomorrow is trash I think I will go out and break all of that up into my trash can to get rid of it. By now tough thee heat is coming back as well as the humidity.  Right now it is only 86 but the “real feel” is 96 in the sun. Luckily, I will be working in the shade and there is a nice breeze going. So it might not be too bad out there. I have other yard work to do too but I think that can wait. 

So, that’s it for today. It’s been productive and that is always a good thing. I hope you have a wonderful day. Peace. 

 Monday July 10th! A new week has opened up and God has again given us a new opportunity to do something good for somebody. I have not stepped outside yet this morning but it looks like a beautiful day. My home weather station says shows that it is 91 degrees outside and yet my Apple Watch says it is 80. My Accuweather app says it is 82 and only going up to 88 today. That jives with what I heard last night on the news so — I don’t know what is going on with the temperature gauge on my home weather station. The best news though is that the humidity is supposed to have dropped into the comfortable category. 

We had a good weekend. Ms. Kate has gotten to the point of “normal” s far as her healing is concerned and doesn’t mind putting next to skin clothing on. So, we have been getting out of the house once again. Saturday we went to the farm stands and picked up some fresh vegetables; corn on the cob, squash, tomatoes. Yesterday, after church we came home and fixed a “farm-stand lunch”. It was great. For dessert we had watermelon. Very refreshing. 

There aren’t a lot of things on the agenda for this week. Tomorrow I have a funeral home visitation to make. The brother of a parishioner passed away so I will go express our condolences. Since it is up in Princeton, I guess I will stop by River Oaks health care facility and visit with my parishioner that lives there. I haven’t visited with him in a while, although I did call him and talk to him last week. He is 90 years old. He just got over COVID early last week. After I finish with that, I think I will go run the bulletins for this week and get that out of the way. 

I’m convinced that God prompts us to do things “out of the blue” sometimes. I had a sudden urge last evening to drop a text to a cousin of mine. We occasionally text back and forth but certainly noting regular. I received a text back from her this morning saying that she was just thinking about texting me. He husband has been diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer and is stage four. She was going to ask me for prayers. She and her husband both have a strong faith so I know she’s in the right place mentally. But, they both know that this will lead to his passing. So, if you would —- say a word of prayer for Mona and Bob.

On that note, I will drop off foro today. Have a blessed week. Peace. 

 Good morning, I’m running through again this morning. Actually I’m waiting on Ms. Kate to get dressed and ready. She has aa hair appointment in 45 minutes. I think she’s getting it trimmed or cut or something. I don’t think it is a perm visit. While she is in the beauty shop, I’ll go fill the truck up with gas, Maybe go to Ruler’s and get some half and half for her. Yes, she muddies up her coffee and it has to be regular half and half; none of that “foo-foo” stuff of flavored creamers for her. When i first started drinking coffee I would use creamer and sugar. I can’t believe I did that. I have to have my coffee black now that I’ve “adulted”. 

It is going to be another hot and humid day. Hello southern Indiana summer. There is a slight possibility of rain or a storm late tonight or tomorrow morning. That will cut the heat back down for a day — maybe two.  And, —- it might even drop the humidity for a day or two. 

It is a great day thing that Ms. Kate is going to the beauty shop[ today. This is the first day that she has felt like se can get today dressed. That mean her radiated area has finally healed to the the point that she can wear “next to skin” clothing. That is a wonderful thing. She has really been through some stuff with this cancer program and regimen. I am so very grateful to God that it was detected in the exact right time and her surgery was “minimal” compared to so many other cancer patients. Maybe now, we will be getting totally back to “real” life once again. So this is her actual “first outing” in several weeks. She even plans to go to church this week. She’s missed being able to do that and so many people have asked about her, and have prayed for her. We have so much to be thankful for. 

It’s July 7th. One full week of the month of July is already gone. In two weeks I will turn 79 years of age. I remember when turning 79 was something old people did. 

Time to go. The lady waits!!! Peace 

 Good morning on an already warm July 6th morning. It is 76 degrees and the sun is shining bright. The humidity isn’t quite miserable yet but give it a couple of hours. 

I need to check the garden today an see if the ground has dried up to the point that I need to water. We had rain over the weekend so maybe I can put it off for a another day or two. I think we are predicted to have more rain on Friday night or Saturday. If we could get a good rain once a week, I wouldn’t have to water at all. 

Speaking of the storm from the weekend, I heard last night that the last remaining residents had finally gotten their power back on yesterday. The storms were pretty tough north of us and around the churches. I know we had parishioners that had power out through Monday. The power at St. Lucas had gone off prior to the start of the service for a little while but came back on at the right time and stayed on. We did not live stream the service though because the person who was supposed to do that was home nursing their generator to keep power at their home. Our forecasters say that the rain and or storms this weekend should not be a bad. Several of the farmers had field corn go down and may not get it to come back up. That’s not a good thing. 

I spent most of yesterday writing. I’m working my way through the month of July creating services. I have July 30th to do yet and July will be done. Hard to believe I will be working on August already. The year is passing by rather quickly. Pretty soon I need to start working on our travel plans for our September vacation trip. We are got to Fredericksburg, TX for most of a week. We have invited sister-in-low karen to go along and we will meet Heather and John there and maybe Stephanie and Chris too. That is what is called “Texas Hill Country” and it is a beautiful area. It is also a large German community and the food in that area is delicious. When we leave there, we are going to San Antonio for a couple of days. Karen has never been there so it will be a new adventure for her. 

That’s about it for this beautiful day. I hope your day is filled with good things. Take time to give thanks for your blessings and maybe even share one or two with someone. If nothing else, share a smile; you never know who needs one at that very moment. Peace.

 Happy 4th of July! Right now, other than what my calendar says, I wouldn’t know it was a holiday. It’s just another Tuesday. Having mid-week holidays are weird. Was yesterday a holiday? —- well for some —- yess; for others — no. I think everything is closed today and there won’t be any mail delivery. Tonight there will be a massive fireworks display on the river front of the Ohio River. I’m sure that the place will be crowded and the traffic will suck, and there won’t be parking anywhere close. That’s my grumpy rant. But —- they will show the whole thing on local tv and I can sit and have a beer, eat my pretzels, enjoy the show with no crowds and be in the air conditioning. 

The rest of today, as I said is a normal Tuesday. First load of laundry is in the dryer and second load is in the washing machine. I’ll spend the afternoon downstairs in my office working on church stuff. Did I tell you I finished my Bible study lesson plan? I’m really glad to have that done. I met with my co-teacher on Sunday and I think we have a good game plan. I sent her a copy of my lesson plan and she can add it to her plans. I suspect we will have a hard time keeping the class to an hour. I know there are folks looking forward to the class. Now I need to get back on the sermon writing and service planning. 

Kate is doing so very much better now. Most of the peeling has finished from the radiation. It is still tender of course and that may never go away. I have a large scar from when my Achilles’ tendon was removed and even though the muscles and tendon have repaired itself, if I touch the scar, it feels like a got hit by a bolt of electricity. So I have a bit of an understanding of what she is going through. 

I think it is time to have some lunch. I hope you enjoy your day off. Take some time today to reflect of the price we have paid for our freedom ion this country. The price has been high in terms of lives lost. I wish you peace. 

 Lots of high clouds and moisture in the air this morning. There is definitely a filtered sun out there. The weather forecasts call for more rain and possibly strong storms. As we always do —- of course we are thankful, —- but are already whining that we have too much rain now. Actually my farmer friends are more concerned about the storms that bring strong, crop-destroying hail and wind. There is a picture today on Facebook of a farmer in Illinois standing in his corn field and it has been flattened by 60-70 mph winds. That crop will not recover, or at least I don’t think it will. It may still produce corn but they will have to use a special “head” on the combine to harvest it. I have seen our folks go through this very same thing. He may end up discing it all under and re-planting for a late harvest. That kills any thought of profit for the year. I was talking to one of my folks yesterday who said they had some hail damage that flattened some corn. That is the risk of farming though. They put seed in the ground and pray. 

Today we need to go to Sam’s Club and pick up our order that we placed yesterday. It’s not a huge order but is some needed stuff. I like the on-line ordering most of the time but sometimes they tend to substitute items and sometimes the order isn’t right. But it is convenient. We haven’t actually been in Sam's for a long time. We just call and pick it up. 

Okay, I have to run and do stuff. Have a great 4th of July weekend. Peace.