INsteaders!
The fast jet today is the Mighty-Mighty F-15E Strike Eagle. The forecasted rain arrived overnight and will continue off and on for the next 4-5 days. The top pic is Shelley and I in our rain gear doin
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Colonel's Blog
322 posts on farm life, food freedom and raising real food in the Missouri Ozarks. Fighter-pilot habits applied to livestock, with the wins and the failures both written down.
Colonel's Blog: 1 Year Anniversary
We went outside to 18 degrees and sunny with frost everywhere this morning. Rain is forecast to start Thursday evening and continue for almost a week, with temps giving us a wet but not white Christma
Whey WINE!
The fast-jet pics today are the Mighty-Mighty F-15E Strike Eagle during a max-performance takeoff last Friday at RAF Lakenheath England. Our own Strike Eagle pilot, Hannah “HAIL” Slayton, completed he
Winner of LIFE
The weather is pleasant but freezing in the mornings. Although the weather apps have been saying it is around 30-32, on the farm, it’s been in the upper teens to low twenties. The afternoons have been
Fighter-Pilot Debrief for Med Students!
The fast jet today is the Mighty-Mighty F-15E Strike Eagle. The remaining pics are the beef herd enjoying their morning hay. We’re forecast to get a bit of rain tonight after a seriously cloudy day. T
Happy's Test Result! and Alzheimer's Prevention?
It was a cool, windy, sunny day today. The temps will dip into the 20s tonight but it’s looking mild and sunny for the rest of the week. The BIG news on the farm is that we received Happy’s Johne’s Di
Chimango Caracara
The fast jet today is the Mighty-Mighty F-15E Strike Eagle. In my first squadron, we had a face-on profile shot, similar to this pic, with the words “Be Afraid of the Dark” above it. You wouldn’t want
Making Food is HARD! --Final Update on Betty
MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL. ANALYZE THE SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. LAND AS SOON AS CONDITIONS PERMIT. Dealing with an emergency when you are in an aircraft is an entirely different beast th
Happy Thanksgiving, Update on Betty
The fast-jet today is the Mighty Mighty F-15E Strike Eagle, all taken during max performance takeoffs. To perform this, immediately upon takeoff you retract the gear while keeping a positive rate of c
Betty--Fatal Disease or Hunger Strike?
We got over an inch of rain yesterday and it is cloudy and cool today. It’s going to continue to cool off and drop below freezing overnight for the next few nights. We’re excited to be spending time w
Smokin'!
That’s Hannah “HAIL” Slayton in the front seat of today’s Mighty-Mighty F-15E pic. She’s doing very well and has only one ride remaining in her 2-ship flight-lead upgrade program. The weather has a co
Reflection on Control (Cow Poop!)
The temps have been great recently, upper 30s at night and upper 60s during the day. As is standard for the past year plus, we could use more rain…but we’re getting used to it. The animals are doing w