Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 22, 2009, 10:20 pm
I had lots of help on the addition today.  Some of my relatives showed up with both corded and cordless power tools ready for action!  They were determined that the roof must go on.  However, much ...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 21, 2009, 6:38 pm
(Submitted by Rick Kratzke,  Whitetail Woods. Rick submitted this a few days back and I am just getting around to posting it.  You can stop over at his site and see how his season is progressingR...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 19, 2009, 10:14 pm
The cabin addition was put on hold for harvest, deer season, and now rain.  So far it is coming out better than I planned.  It has a nice view of the clouds during the day and stars a night.  I am ...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 18, 2009, 6:20 am
With all the rain and cool weather, it was time for some comfort food.  Can you guess what we had by the picture? Ha Ha!  Guess that was a little too easy!  Honey Bunches and I went looking for a n...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 16, 2009, 8:26 pm
(Submitted by Rick Kratzke,  Whitetail Woods) Time and time again I have heard about deer hunting being related to trophy hunting and when you see a picture it is this buck with a massive rack. It i...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 15, 2009, 11:03 am
Ok, everywhere but in my freezer!  I have yet to tag a deer so far this season.  It’s rainy and the wind is howling this morning, so I didn’t get out there like I should.  I know..I kno...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 12, 2009, 11:14 pm
(Submitted by Rick Kratzke,  Whitetail Woods) You know with deer season around us all and me patiently waiting for my turn to come which happens to be November 18th., shotgun/rifle season. I have be...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 12, 2009, 10:43 pm
While not without plenty of trials and tribulations, the corn is in.  It started as hopefully as it usually does.  It seems I am ready to roll with harvest every year, my mind omits the struggles fr...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 11, 2009, 10:20 pm
(Submitted by Tipper from The Blind Pig and The Acorn) Paul’s recent posts detailing the troubles he’s encountered while gathering his corn, made me think of the ’sayings’ we ...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 8, 2009, 8:21 am
We finally got started picking field corn this week.  Pretty dang muddy in places.  So much so, the neighbor brought in his combine with tracks on it. So far he hasn’t been stuck in the mud bu...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 6, 2009, 10:31 pm
Do you ever look at this site and think, “What a hack!  I could blog better than that!”?  Of course you don’t!  Ha Ha! I have been working on a project that will allow more input...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 4, 2009, 11:18 pm
While trying to farm and build the house, a song keeps coming to mind.  Not a well known or overly-played song but, the lyrics make me laugh.  Many of you will not recognize this “TractorsR...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Nov 1, 2009, 9:26 am
Well…  The old B Farmall is still in the shop.  As you may know, it developed a bad cylinder and was leaking antifreeze into the oil pan.  By the time I buy the motor kit, machine the engine,...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Oct 30, 2009, 10:54 pm
Dang weather!  The weather guy on  our local station always seems to nail the bad stuff.  If he calls for good weather though, watch out!  Yesterday, nothing but rain.  Today, all wind.  Last ni...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Oct 25, 2009, 6:40 pm
Seems progress is slow both on the farm and the blog.  Since I started the Salt Creek Life blog, I have been trying to figure out how to “thumbnail” my photos with the software I use.  (...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Oct 20, 2009, 9:59 pm
Aside from the creepy Halloween stories, there are other strange things to report this week.  While loading a truck from a grain bin, a pully flew off and rolled down the hill.  A stirring auger in...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Oct 18, 2009, 10:03 pm
Soon it will be back to the good old country blog.  For now, Halloween is only a couple weeks away so, here are few places to see local ghosties! Marceline – Mom’s Restaurant – Ove...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Oct 10, 2009, 9:57 pm
While the name is not so scary, the stories I heard as a boy would make your hair stand on end!  One such story claims a man, with his 2 small children, got his truck stuck while taking a shortcut ho...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Oct 9, 2009, 9:43 pm
While scary things definitely happen in cities and towns, it seems the more the remote you are, the scarier the story.  My friend Tipper is collecting spooky stories for Halloween.  How would you li...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Oct 5, 2009, 12:17 am
“What was that?” Honey Bunches woke me saying.  Although I was half asleep, I had heard it too.  While I would have liked to calm her fears with some country wisdom, I had to whisper, &#...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Oct 1, 2009, 6:26 am
Let’s see… what’s been goin’ on this week? Honey Bunches and I had our 1 year anniversary!   We  went to see a play at the Lyceum Theater in Arrow Rock.  “Late Night ...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 26, 2009, 10:45 pm
From a previous post, you might know I got “Honey Bunches” a new puppy for her birthday.  (Please note she named him Scout from “To Kill A Mockingbird”, not after my scary uti...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 21, 2009, 11:01 pm
With deer season quickly approaching, I am thinking of getting the old IH Scout out.  When parked last year, it needed some brake work.  Sometimes the expense doesn’t seem worth it.  The funn...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 20, 2009, 10:24 pm
We finally got a little rain around here overnight.  It’s been a few weeks, and the dust was getting pretty thick.  Everything is washed off now.  Looks a lot better.  It had gotten so dry, ...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 15, 2009, 10:49 pm
“What are you doing out there?” Honey Bunches yells out the door trying to overpower my whirring air compressor.  “Framing the new addition”, I holler back.  “But it...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 14, 2009, 11:19 pm
(I hate to make a post that’s not about farm life.  Recently, I have been experiencing some difficulties with my feeds.  I thought I would use this post to try to help a few followers of my bl...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 13, 2009, 12:44 am
I guess I left you all hangin’ on my gift selection.   Well, I made the purchase and got my wife’s present home.  I tried to hide it behind the house before she got home, but appearantl...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 12, 2009, 11:50 pm
Trust me, it scared me more than you.  While attempting to fix “Honey Bunches” site, I edited mine as well.  Both sites disappeared for a couple hours.  I am thrilled with my server tea...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 10, 2009, 10:16 pm
that would be a nice present We have a concrete pad!  The “Honey Bunches” wing is becoming a reality.  She seems pretty excited.  OK, I am too.  However, since this construction has b...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 6, 2009, 10:37 pm
“What would your cows do if one of these landed in your pasture?”  asked Honey Bunches.  She was referring to the hot air balloons passing overhead.  I told her, “They would proba...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 5, 2009, 6:51 pm
This video reminded me of my cows.  Thought I would share it with ya! Fast Tube by Casper And just to clarify, that’s not Weird Al.
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 3, 2009, 11:35 pm
If you aren’t a hunter, let me tell ya somethin’.  Deer archery season is quickly approaching.  It’s that time of year when I like to hang around in a tree and act like a nut!  I ...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Sep 2, 2009, 9:31 pm
OK, not really!  Just gettin’ started on house the addition.  Hard to believe our house is going to get that much bigger.  It seems like it was only yesterday it was just a small cabin.  I k...
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Paul Wald posted an article on Salt Creek Life - Aug 31, 2009, 11:39 pm
Since concrete work on house has been delayed again, I decided it was a good time to do a few odd jobs.  While pushing fallen limbs around in the timber may not seem like a job, I had good reasons to...
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