We are rejoicing that we finished harvest on Thursday so we celebrated by going out for our annual harvest dinner this evening to Hanna. The Kerr family & we 4 Sankeys enjoyed a roast beef dinner.

After the frost we had here earlier this week my Amur Maples turned a brilliant red. I am hoping to enjoy them for awhile before the leaves fall.
Unloading canola into the grain cart.

This is our harvest lunch wagon. It goes from field to field & when I bring out a hot dinner it sure beats eating on your lap! Murray bought it for $300, 5 years ago over my protest but it has turned out to be just the niftiest thing. I don't mind it getting dragged out in the dusty fields. This field was 10 miles from home.

Today Murray finished combining our last canola field so he was rejoicing over our last meal in the trailer for 2007. We still have 160 acres of wheat but that field is only 1 1/2 miles from home so it is easier to come in for meals. Hopefully we can get all done harvest early next week.

A couple nights ago I woke up near 4:00 A.M. to close the window because I was cold. After lying there for a long time and not being able to go back to sleep I decided to get up, get dressed and go for my daily walk. It was still dark out so I took a flashlight and started off. My biggest fear was running into a skunk in the dark! After awhile I got to thinking what would I do if my flashlight quit & I was a mile and a half from home? So I turned off the flashlight to see if I could tell where I was going. Surprisingly I could make out the road quite well even without a moon. The stars were shining brightly & I could see many constellations. I only turned the flashlight on occasionally to check for skunks! I wouldn't want the experience every night but I must say it was rather pleasurable to be out there alone with the millions of stars. Made me think of the verse " What is man that thou art mindful of him?"

Even though it was cool on Sabbath we went to the lake (Gray's). Notice the nice sandy beach kids! We enjoyed hearing the waves lapping on the shore and the beautiful sunset over the water.

Yesterday & today I have been tending to my trap line. Who would have thunk I would turn into a ruthless trapper, but when the moles starting invading our yards a couple of years ago I took mole trapping lessons from a friend near Balzac and although they are coming in fast I have had some success at keeping the moles out of my immediate vicinity at least. Yesterday afternnon I set one trap in my yard & a couple hours later had caught a mole. Then in the evening I set 3 traps & this morning discovered I had caught 3 moles! To have success you have to find the run into their most recent molehill, dig it out & put the trap at the entrance to the hill. When they see the light coming in at the end or top of the trap they run to fill in their run and are caught in the trap.

I have pulled the trap out of the hole so you can see the back end of the mole in the trap.

This is a different, but just as effective trap. It is about 6-8 inches long so you can see the size of the mole. This is a smaller one.

They are squished with the spring around their head or middle when caught in the trap. I hope you can see their teeth and claws.