Life on the farm

[buckeyefarmer]

Dried creek bed below our pond. View attachment 673394

That’s an old piece of gas line in the creek, and an active 4” gas line along the creek. I should do a post about the gas wells.

 

[ovrszd]

We've been Blessed with good lives haven't we.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We've been Blessed with good lives haven't we.

Yes, we’ve been blessed.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The back porch and the great pumpkin.

When dad built the house in 62-63, he built a small wood porch on the back, shown in this 1975 picture. Notice the hand dressed log used as a step. That probably came from the remnants of the old house I’ve discussed earlier. Also a sheet of plywood layer on the ground to the sidewalk.

That’s our beagle dog snoopy.

We also hand mixed and poured the sidewalks ourselves.

In 1976 we removed the wooden porch and on 18 sept 1976 poured a concrete slab for the covered porch. I don’t have pics of the build, but remember helping dad build it.
Found notes, got boards on roof 2 oct and started shingles.
This pic of me is may 1977 on the new porch.

There’s one step from sidewalk to the porch, and another step up to the back door.

Something weird happened, a pumpkin vine started growing next to the porch.

And it kept growing and growing and growing. By fall we had to walk way out around it.

We were afraid it would reach the cars, but it didn’t.

But it did get the cat. I think we counted over 100 pumpkins on the vine.

This picture was celebrating my grandmothers 75th birthday. On the right is her brother Archie, her daughter and my aunt Polly, my grandmother in the center left of the door, and then her sister Sadie. My sister is on far left of picture. This pic shows them all with my mom also. My grandmother passed away 2 yrs after this. They have all passed away now, mom being the last.

 

[ovrszd]

Great pics and stories.

What were you holding in your lap sitting on the porch?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Great pics and stories.

What were you holding in your lap sitting on the porch?

AM/ FM radio.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just found we poured the back porch concrete 19760918

We also painted the cabin roof that day.

I kept a diary from 1975-1979. I need go back thru and label some of my pics from that time.

 

[Alien]

2 months after you poured the porch, I left NZ and immigrated to Australia and grew old....... I have had a good life compared to some.

 

[ovrszd]

That's because you have a positive attitude about life Alien.

 

[bindian]

My niece was recently declared cancer free, for the 2nd time. Hope it stays away this time.

the recent thread about rebuilding a pond made me think about our farm pond. My dad had this pond built not too long after buying the farm. Here's a picture taken thru the trees a few weeks ago, and a couple taken before I was born. My grandfather is in the homemade boat, he died when I was 3 so I really never knew him. The other picture is my parents and grandmother, and 3 of my sisters, the oldest passed away a couple yrs ago. My dad is holding the fishing pole in the background. We built a dock in the pond, and used to fish it occasionally. My best memories was ice skating on the pond in the winter, used to play hockey with homemade hockey sticks. We had some skating parties, and would build a big bonfire on the bank to keep warm.

Looks like your pond could use some TLC.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We've been Blessed with good lives haven't we.

Yes, we’ve been blessed.

Yes, most days we can't count the multitude of blessings. Glad to hear about your niece.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Looks like your pond could use some TLC.
hugs, Brandi

That it does. But, the cows are gone and it’s not used. It is so grown up with multiflora roses you can barely get to it.
1978 pic of the pond.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

2 months after you poured the porch, I left NZ and immigrated to Australia and grew old....... I have had a good life compared to some.

Did you immigrate by yourself, or with your family? For work?

 

[Alien]

I moved because of the 9 month winters in the south of NZ. with my wife (at the time) and 2 daughters. Youngest turned 3 during the move.
I have since re-married to an Aussie girl and my ex went back to NZ after several failed relationships. Good riddance.
I was a mechanic at the time but eventually found more lucrative work. (Fleet management) Been retired for over 10 years now.
Now I get 9 months of summer.

 

[Alien]

That's because you have a positive attitude about life Alien.

Thanks Richard. I try to get the most out of it and always looking/thinking way ahead of myself.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Found in my diary we rebuilt the 8n engine in 1976. We also cut a lot of locust trees to sell that year.
I know there are pictures of the mine props we used to cut, but haven’t ran across them yet.

 

[bindian]

That it does. But, the cows are gone and it’s not used. It is so grown up with multiflora roses you can barely get to it.
1978 pic of the pond.
View attachment 673629

Too bad we are not closer. I could clean out that pond and have it looking pristine in no time.
hugs, Brandi

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Can’t find any pics of the pond showing the dock. I also recall pics of us ice skating on the pond, but haven’t run across those pics yet either.

The hill on both sides of pond are steep, and now covered thick with multiflora rose.
The pond has never gone dry, don’t recall it ever getting low.

Lots of good memories.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Cabin down

Right after the blizzard on 26 Jan 1978, the cabin and our smoke house were blown over by high winds.


I’m in the red coat, pics takes feb 12.


On apr 9 we hooked up the dozer and pulled it back over. First getting it on the side

Then bringing it on over. In my diary I wrote I was on the dozer pulling it over, I don’t remember that.


I was a Jr in HS, my older brother in college, so we didn’t use the cabin much after that. Eventually the roof blew off and it started to rot away.
But we sure used it several years. Lots of cookouts / picnics back there. We called it the moon lite motel. We rigged up lights inside using batteries. Had bunk bed on one side and single on the other. We used blow up air mattress and sleeping bags.

Cabin is next to woods in this 1980 pic.

 

[ovrszd]

You can't buy memories like those. Can't make em playing a video game or watching TV either.

At the time we didn't think much about stuff like that. Looking back now we realize the value.

My boys frequently talk about " remember that time we ---". I'm so glad they had the opportunity to make memories like that, same as I had.