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 The culmination of several work days was realized. I got the 284 re-lit with new flashing lights, led headlamps, new switches and wiring. Since I had to pull the cowl, I repainted it and then reassembled it with stainless steel bolts and applied the IH 284 decal that Pawpaw had purchased some time ago.  I just came back from the barn where I tested the lights for brightness. I think they will do fine for lighting the way home when dark begins to fall. Another winter project started that afternoon. The apple orchard wasn't pruned over the last 15 years and last year we pruned some of them severely. This year we are going after them again with hopes of cleaning up some of the broken limbs and getting them manageable. That left us with a huge pile of apple wood and limbs to be broken up and burned. In the process of cutting limbs, the chain saw threw its blade and burred it so I had to take it off and use the Dremel tool to clean up the links and get it working again. 

 Spray sevin or carbaryl begin August up to nut collection. Begin in May spray casings and ground. 

 

 Up in Cullman for a couple of days. Wintertime means little work to be done but we accomplished a little. I tackled the back work bench and got it cleaned off and a little more organized. I also started on the wiring for the 284. I got the flashers going and will continue the project today to get the headlight wires run. The pressure washer needed a carb cleaning but a new one was only $12.00 so I just replaced it. It is running good now and I took the opportunity to pressure wash the 284 engine. This was easier since the hood was off getting a little paint. Waiting on that paint to completely dry and harden so by next visit, we can add the decals and reinstall it.

 In the thirteenth century, an organization called the Order of Teutonic Knights broke away from the other German regional groups and decided to create its own new state. The site the knights chose was Prusailand, so they invaded and exterminated or assimilated the Prusai people, making the entire population Teutonic. In classical and fantasy art, however, you won’t find any images of knights wiping out Indigenous people. What you will find instead are armored heroes bravely slaughtering beasts, dragons, and mythical monsters. These creatures came to represent the tribal cultures of the world: the romantic European image of the knight slaying the dragon is actually a hidden reference to the systematic genocide of what were called pagan peoples. This European tradition of propaganda in which victims of genocide are portrayed as dangerous animals was later used to great effect against the Jews and even our own “mob” here in Australia, who up until half a century ago were often considered