We went shopping with the Frosts for winter gear. No we did not purchase this but it was tempting.
On our way to Hornell we spotted a wonderful sign. Who knew?
This was a shock to our system. On our way to Hornell this past Sunday we kept passing cars with lots of snow on them. Bill kept saying, "where are they coming from?" The answer was forth coming as the closer we got to Hornell this is what we saw.
It was really beautiful. A real winter wonderland. Does not bode well for the coming months though.
You just never know what you will be doing around here. Apparently a deer got hit by a car near the Smith farm and ran into the back yard of one of the missionary homes. We were charged with picking it up and taking it to the woods. We didn't know how big it would be so 3 of us went.
I got the drag it into the pickup duty with the help of Elder Frost. Bill was the photographer. Now how did I manage that? It was a small doe. We took her to a nice wooded area behind the Sacred Grove.
All around our house there are fields and fields of soybeans. We have wondered when they were going to finally cut it down. Well today was the day. We happened to be home to see the big combine cut the soybeans, then load them into the waiting semi.
All the stuff in the back is the stalks and bean casings being chopped up and left on the ground.
The fields are now bare again. It looks good though.
Then on the way back from watching the combine Bill spotted a tug and barge travelling down the canal. I left him off on a bridge while he took some photos then swung back around and picked him up.
On Tuesday 4th, I got a chance to do some fishing in the pond that is behind all our work buildings. It is about a 1-2 acre pond. My brother leant me a pole and a lure and I cast away. I caught 3 nice little bass and thought about Ricky the whole time. I kept remembering how he taught me to fish without a bobber. And voila, I did what he told me and got 3. Here is a picture of one of them. Notice I took it real close so it would look real big. In actuality it was about a pound I guess and about 11" long.
Here's two I put a bucket so I could show Bill. It was so fun and very relaxing even though I only fished for about an hour. Hopefully I will get a chance again but it's getting colder fast so I'm not so sure. I let them go. Hopefully I will catch them again in the spring and they will be lots bigger.
