Ah Fall...

It's Fall on the prairie! The small grains are in (wheat, barley, flax have been harvested). The corn and soy beans are brown and will be harvested before long. The wheat harvest was much diminished from last year so expect to pay more for pasta.

The weather has turned cold as well. Nighttime temperatures in the mid-thirties and daytime highs in the mid-forties with 20 mph winds.

The big news here is that Erleen has left me. She is taking real estate classes in Fargo and staying with her cousin, Nadine Nelson. She left Thursday and returns Sunday evening. Those of you who know my culinary skills know that if she were gone more than four days, I would begin losing weight. Our friends, Ron & Ruth Berge had pity on me and invited me for a lovely roast beef dinner this evening. Actually Erleen left me with tons of good food microwave ready. I'm just lonely. Keeping busy helps.

Today I did some work for a client on the computer and phone. Then went into Cooperstown (20 minutes away) to get a trailer for hauling our generator to Vernon Fugelstad's repair shop. I changed the filter on the heater in the basement, put a switch on Erleen's bedside lamp and installed a shop light in my little shop (see picture behind the trees).

I am also cutting up a water heater. Our basement has three water heaters. One that works and two that do not. Bit by bit I am cutting one up in order to get it up the narrow, dog-leg stairway and out. The City will pick up old appliances for free on October 7th so hope to have it out by then.