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Back South Again with More Projects

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A lot of driving. I have forgotten how much driving is involved when on the farm. Everything is far. But I also had to drive up and back twice to Syracuse to pickup/drop off Angie at the airport and a business meeting for Wisdomino in Albany. Yeah it was a lot of driving for me. All and all it was about 4000 miles in three weeks. Early in the morning I decided to check out some auctions (dangerous). I ended up being high bidder on a 2015 New Holland Boomer 33 ( "hours unknown, does not run, may have problems, no key, no battery" ) from the State of Tennessee. I figured I could swing by Nashville and pick it up on the way to Georgia. And indeed I did. It was only a couple of hours extra, maybe 4. But, it was more efficient than going to Georgia and then back and forth to Nashville. Nashville is about 4 hours from Duluth. So I was looking at a 4 hour savings. After I go through it and getting if working I will tow it up to the farm in NY. I wasn't prepared for a trac...
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John Henry - The Music - Lyrics - Folk I am working on a "storytelling" project for Toastmasters. I have chosen "John Henry" as my folktale. It is a *great* story, legend, folktale, and biography. It is about America and the incrediblely hard work that we do as Americans. We are ready for the Llamas today!. Our farm is being inspected and then they will arrive. It is Exciting!. The picture shows our llama house and their paddock. Over the summer we will have more fence put in, but this should be fine for now.