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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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You never have enough time to do the things you should. You always have enough time to do the most important things.
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I got the bobcat going again and I have almost all the holes drilled. I will be taking the auger back Monday morning. I still have to assemble the fence, fashion 4 gates and generally get the job done. I am gaining on it. It is amazing what you can get done when you are not studying for a class and working a full-time job. We have our new llamas, two females named Rosey and Ultima. They settled in with the herd right away. The current animal count: 7 chickens, 6 llamas, and 2 cats. Click pic for video
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I have been working on getting fence in. I have maybe 20 more holes and the Bobcat started giving me fits. I am rebuilding the carb so I can get it done on Sunday and get the auger back to Bobcat dealer. The Tioga kitty is doing well. He has his fur growing back. The vet said if we didn't get any lumps growing back by the 4th of July he had a good chance. We don't feel any tumors. I have to give him another exam. He seems to feel ok. I think he is going to be ok. Doug, Becky and Ian stopped over for pizza. They are doing well.
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Anticipating the Llamas

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We haven't got our new animals yet. The flooding has disrupted plans of all sorts. I have been working on fences, clearing junk from a field, fixing the truck, and fishing. I went to this lake this morning a couple miles away (Nanticoke Lake). I didn't catch anything.
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Flying around Sidney NY and Afton NY after the floods

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Here are some pics from a Cessna 172 from Sidney and Afton NY. Sidney was hit hard by the floods. Numerous significant businesses are under water.
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The flood waters are pretty much receeding now. It has been a real event here. Work is closed again today, no electric. I went in for a while then came home. Of course there is a lot to do at home. I checked out our pond yesterday to make sure it was still there. We made out ok. My drainage work of the last couple of years paid off. I know my driveway would have disappeared if I had not done the work. A lot of people are affected around here in one or more ways. This is the worst flood around here since 1935 which spurred on several dams and water management projects. Curiously, I went to see how high Whitney Point resorvoir got and it didn't seem to get even close to the spillway. The video on the national news of the house getting washed down river was in Binghamton. We are getting two more llamas this weekend, two females. News video from flood
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Today is a bad day in the Twin Tiers area. We are experiencing very bad flooding. There are reports of houses being swept away and so on. Up on the farm we are high and almost dry. Work was shut down today because of flooding in Greene. One of the folks had their car swept away as he was trying to get to work. A Bridge on Route 88 collaped this morning. The following pic and movie is the Chenango river before cresting (I believe) at about 8:30 AM on Wednesday June 28th 2006. This is unquestionably a significant event. We haven't been to crest yet. Stay tuned. Click pic for video
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