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Still Losing the Battle… - November 1, 2026 @goldenoakfarm

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House and middle pasture taken from barn

On Sunday morning I was up at 4AM, thinking it was 5AM as I’d forgotten the stupid time change. Sigh… I got my post up and fed the cat at his regular time as I never figured out it had changed until the new 7AM. Then I set to work on the credit card mess and stopped at the new 7AM for breakfast and to get a load in the dishwasher.

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When I pulled the shades up at 7:30AM I could see the fog on the river 2 miles away. Having clean windows means for a while I can get long distance photos with the old camera.

Back at the mess with little progress until 11AM when I got the kitchen cleaned up.

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My #1 intern came back home and we got the bed set up in the old office. It took a bit of doing as I didn’t remember how to do it. I’m still not sure we did it right…

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Frosty turnout grass in the early morning

After that I rested a bit then got a shower and got ready for visitors. But they had their little kids with them and stopped to feed them, so they were 45 minutes late. So I kept plugging away at the mess. I might be making headway…

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Middle pasture tree line

The family wants land like mine to raise specialty flowers. They’d put up a greenhouse and initially use 3 acres. He was very interested in the land but needs to find housing nearby. They didn’t stay long as the kids were tired.

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Comfy kitty taken by my #1 intern

My son and his friend had taken the lawn chairs to the barn now the truck was running and I spoke with the friend about the jobs needing done around here. He was agreeable to doing them. First up will be getting the leaves out of the backyard with a leaf blower on Saturday if it doesn’t rain.

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Frosty grass

After that I sat for a short while because now it’s dark even earlier and I had to pull the shades. I made some supper and sat down to watch a movie. It was “7PM” when it finished and I got the wood stove going. The masonry heater was still throwing off heat, so I didn’t light it. I was in bed at 8PM.

On Monday I have an early appointment and will work on bills for a change until I leave for that. I have laundry to do also. Then back to the bills or CC mess…

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Comments · 2

  • @steven-patrick(74)· 21h

    I like the classic white farmhouse photos almost as much as the wooden barn photos... maybe more 🤔 Nice looking place. Sounds like you picked up another set of hands to help out thats good. Sometimes it seems like it takes a cast of thousands to keep up with everything. Good help is hard to come by.

  • I read today's routine of your daily life as well, and I really enjoyed reading it. 😄