Some time has gone by and I need to up date. Liz and I are in Dallas, Texas with our daughter, Angie. Texas people are so nice, like most Southen people, Western people are my kind of folks. I meet a real nice young man @ a western wear store, first name Chance. Chance thanks for being so nice. Dallas is a large town folks, but She has a small town feel. The weather is turning cooler, the 27th and 28th with lows in the 30-40 temp. Enjoyed Trip, Megan, and Hannah three of our grand children and Cammie, one of our great grand kids. Of course we enjoyed being with our daughter Angie. Chuck is comming in tonight, so we will see him a little. Please pray for our country, and this national election we have comming up. As always pray for our troops.  God bless America, later Riley

Oct.1, How things change!

When I, was a  10 yr. old, 56 yrs ago, to harvest peanuts was a different, more people involved to gather the crop. First you plowed two rows of peanuts up, next holes were put in the ground for a 12 ft. pole. Third slats were nailed to each pole, forming a cross to start stacking the peanut vines. For the stack poles, you had to cut small trees . The complete field would then be plowed up, and stacked on each pole, makeing sure to cap the top off, where rains would run off.

After the vines, and nuts had dried, with mule and ground slide, one by one the stack of peanuts would be pulled over and loaded on to the slide. The peanut combine did not move, the stacks were hauled to it. One man would pull the pole from each stack of peanuts, while another would, with pitch fork, throw the vines in to the combine, to remove the nuts from vine. One man would tub the picked nuts( as peanuts came off the vine, they were seperated in to containers) placeing in to truck or trailer. The peanut vines came out the back of combine (peanut hay ) one man would fork in hay baler, another would tie the bales, and another would stack the hay bales. How many people? Some where around 10. Today one man can plow up, combine, and bale the hay. please pray for America, and our troops. Later,   Riley