I'm 5th generation from the people who were land granted this land by the US government back in 1860's.
- That means my grandkids are 7th generation.
This is a pic of my mom (Louise) and her family.
- Everyone made it except my brother who lives in New Jersey,
so mom is holding up a picture of him...- She was raised on this farm.
- Her mom (Opal) & dad (Virgil Hamilton) (my grandma & grandpa) bought the south part of this farm in the 1930's.
We're standing in front of the barn my grandpa built.
- There used to be a cheese factory in the town about 10 miles west of here.
- So grandpa always had milk cows, as long as I can remember.
- He also raised
- beef cows. Mainly Herefords.
- pigs
- sheep
- chickens, peacocks, guineas and even a couple of turkeys
- He row cropped corn, soybeans and wheat.
- He would make hay.
Grandma & Grandpa were both born in 1900 and lived until about 1980
so can you imagine all the new technology they saw in their lifetime?
- They got electricity here sometime in the 1940's.
- Indoor plumbing after that.
- There's an old rusted 1931 Model A out in one of the ditches.
I'm not sure when they got that. - Grandpa farmed with a John Deere "B" tractor. It's still in the machine shed.
I have lots of good memories on the farm growing up.
- playing with all my cousins.
- Whew! the huge meals we had on holidays were amazing!
- I learned how to hunt and fish on this farm.
- Whew! the huge meals we had on holidays were amazing!
But, I am most excited to be back on the farm making new memories.
This is a pic of my wife Sylvia, Mom and me.
You can see the old house, mulberry tree and smoke house in the background.
- They all had to be bulldozed down.
- The house was built and the tree planted in 1900 by my great uncle.
- It took 3 people to reach around the tree.
It was huge.
But it finally split in half, so had to be removed.
- It took 3 people to reach around the tree.
- The smoke house used to be someone's house.
- 12 people lived in that lil 1 room with a loft building.
- The house was built and the tree planted in 1900 by my great uncle.
Out with the old... In with the new...
We moved this doublewide 200+ miles to be our new home.
To the left, you can see a white pine I planted 20 some years ago when I was living here.
- When the mulberry tree split it really did a number on this tree, but I think we can save it.
- That hunk of concrete was the front porch of the old house.
- The front porch used to be the most important "room" of a home.
We got moved in Jan. 1st of this year.
- We still have lots of work to do:
- an open front and enclosed back porch to put on.
- a garden to rebuild
- a yard to seed
- repair the outbuildings
- cut down trees & shrubs
- build some fences & outbuildings like a chicken coop
- I would like to raise a few Highland cattle...
Let the adventure begin!
If you would like to follow our progress,
- don't forget to follow me.
- You can also search for WizStead
- I'll try to always use that tag...
A note to my Facebook friends and family
I'll be linking to this post on Facebook...
Steemit is a new social network platform
that pays you to post, like and comment original content.
- I look for this to replace Facebook and other social networks in the near future.
- I'll be transitioning to posting mainly here.
- Facebook has never paid me a dime for over 7 years of content I've posted there.
In fact, they've made a fortune off people like you and me using their program.
- Facebook has never paid me a dime for over 7 years of content I've posted there.
- I'll be transitioning to posting mainly here.
- It's a different type of platform than Facebook.
- It's not really about sharing other people's content, though you can do a bit of that...
- It's more about sharing your original content (writings, photos, videos...)
- It's not really about sharing other people's content, though you can do a bit of that...
To my hunting and fishing friends
- who post pics and tell stories of their hunting and fishing adventures
- you can do that here, too and maybe make a lil $.
- I made 39 cents telling about our King Salmon adventure
- Facebook didn't pay me anything for the same content back when I shared our adventure there...
- you can do that here, too and maybe make a lil $.
- Treve I bet people would love to see and hear about your blackpowder monster and all those crappie!
- JP, people would pay good money to see and hear about your monster catfish!
- Tyler, Wes, George you could make some change when people read and see about your hunting adventures...
- JP, people would pay good money to see and hear about your monster catfish!
To my talented musician friends.
(Janie, Patricia and others should do this...)
- You can upload your music to https://dsound.audio/
- You can upload your videos to https://d.tube/ which I look to overtake YouTube in the very near future.
- And who knows, maybe make a lil $...
- You can upload your videos to https://d.tube/ which I look to overtake YouTube in the very near future.
To my photographer and video maker friends.
- You can upload pics and maybe make a lil $...
- Smartphone apps can help
- https://dmania.lol/ is for original memes and photo sharing.
- Bill I bet your astro pics would be quite a hit here
- Jason travel pics are popular...
- Sharing photos is one of the biggest money makers on this platform right now.
- Jason travel pics are popular...
- Tina, you should post your videos here as well as Facebook.
- It's a simple step that could add new customers and followers to your business adventure...
To my Liberty & Freedom minded friends
- We need you here sharing your common sense.
- You can share your ideas with the entire world.
I've met people here from all over the world.- We hold these truths...
isn't just for Americans...
it applies to everyone on this, the 3rd rock from the sun.
- We hold these truths...
- You can share your ideas with the entire world.
To my cryptofriends (Chris and others)
...and those wishing they could get into cryptocurrency, but don't like the risk...
- There is a LOT of crypto info available here....
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Will you get rich?
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- Even if you only make pennies,
it's more than any other social network has ever paid you!!!
- Even if you only make pennies,
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- I've been here 24 days and my wallet's estimated worth is $75+
- It's not about the money anyway.
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- random changes to the platform that you have no control over
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Come on over and give http://steemit.com a try.
It:
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- and
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