I took Loki outside for his lunch time run, but the car he ended up "Go-go-go"ing for was not an ordinary car.
It was a much bigger boy. The kind of boy you'd hate to have tailgating you.
The harvesters showed up a couple of weeks ago. They took a few swipes of corn, packed up, and left. We weren't sure why.
They came back out in force today!
They brought a tractor and hopper to cart away the goods, too.
Big machines are cool.
The combines were as big, but, as crazy as it sounds, these would probably still be ranked as 'mediums' in the farm machinery world.
The horses were surprisingly calm. Well, except Magic. He flipped his tail, voided his bowels, and tried to get someone else to panic with him.
He settled down once he realized no one else cared.
They came out over a month later than last year. I don't know the significance of that, but the fields look similar now.
The combines had big light racks.
And they didn't stop when they sun dropped.
Or when it first got dark.
They stayed out and worked much later than I expected. Modern-day farming is an interesting life style.
They left the harvesters out in the field and slept in the next day. The ground was frozen when we went out for horse chores...
...but the corn guys didn't come back to their 'office' until near the afternoon.
They kept at it until they finished. It looks very different across the street...
...and behind the barn.
Carrie picked up an emptied cob to show me what the harvesters leave behind.
And I showed all of these pictures to my classes. I think it's that interesting. I even wrote a blog post on it!
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