Done!

Lana, Tom, and I finished harvest today.

It was an amazing harvest season, almost entirely free of mechanical troubles. We had a few breakdowns of the combine, tractors, and corn dryer, but none of stopped us for more than a couple of hours. The combine, which has a lot of moving parts, is 10 years old, and can be troublesome, ran from October 26 through November 12 without a single glitch. Amazing.

An entire year’s work comes down to a harvest season. And when you’re done, and the barn is full, and the family and farm are safe for another year, it’s a feeling that defies expression.