Spring Storm
It has been snowing and raining since Monday night. We welcome the wonderful moisture. The beets and barley are in, so this will help. Feeding is more of an adventure this way. It’s white outside, lots of snow on the ground, and still snowing. It’s that heavy, limb breaking, wet stuff. The puddles are mid calf. I’m in my coveralls, and soaked through to my jeans. I’ve hay leaves in my eyes, and straw in my hair. Mud tugs at my overshoes, with that unmistakable slurping sound. I don’t dare drive the pickup in the pastures. My bum knee hints at the barometric pressure and humidity. I heard a helicopter pass overhead while I worked with the still recalcitrant cow. That’s odd, not something we hear or see often here. Maybe they’ve lost another one of their wolves? We put the tractor and then the feeder truck away.
My husband turns to me and says:
“I’m so glad that I have you here to help me.”
Me too, my love, me too.
And soon I should be here.
Springtime in Astoria.
I’ll look up for the bear.
April 20th, 2005 at 2:43 pm
Moos, I am sure that you were never in FFA since you went to a Catholic school in New York but sometimes your posts make me think of the FFA Creed by E.M. Tiffany. It starts out, “I believe in the future of farming with a faith born not of words but of deeds.” When you get a chance, google it or something and read the whole thing. Maybe the baron has it, maybe he knows it. bonnie
April 20th, 2005 at 3:08 pm
Love the treed bear!
Heavy snow yesterday and today in town. I cleared a couple fallen limbs at my mom’s, and shook the snow from the lilacs. They’re loaded with flower buds, so I hope the snow doesn’t damage them. Love the moisture, though.
Hope your mom is better.
Montanni
April 20th, 2005 at 3:49 pm
Good to hear from you, I was getting worried. Hard to believe you folks are having all that snow - we are having temps in the high 80’s!
I loved the bear picture, too. If you see one I hope it is at a safe distance.
Still thinking about ya.
April 20th, 2005 at 7:21 pm
I am tired of this “global warming”, even though the moisture is needed.
April 20th, 2005 at 8:39 pm
Snow? In April? That doesn’t compute to this Florida raised girl.
I hope your mother is doing better.
April 21st, 2005 at 12:25 pm
Hey, glad you’re posting again. We’re all still sending good thoughts your way. (Snow? We’re in that three-week transitional period between spring and summer here in Dallas!)
April 21st, 2005 at 12:56 pm
Still storming here. Heard that Blg had a LOT of snow. Hope you got there and back okay. We now have more moisture than we had in the whole of 2004. MUD. Had almost forgotten what it looked like. bonnie
April 21st, 2005 at 11:23 pm
I miss Snow, yet I could do without the bears.
April 24th, 2005 at 9:52 pm
why on EARTH is it up a tree?