The books are closed for the yearly hay efforts on the farm.  A near record crop for our small 14 acres of ground dedicated to that portion of our endevors,  1927 bales!  Just a little over 200 more than our 9 year average production!  Thanks to everyone who played a hand in any and all of the farm work this year.  It takes a bunch of folks to make this happen.

When you think about it, it makes you proud to think that there are a bunch of people, family or not, that are willing to take so much of their own time out of their busy schedules to come down and dig ditches, string fence, chase “goddamits”, fork loose hay and buck bales; and for what do they get paid?  A nice big home cooked meal, a picnic over the Easter weekend and a place to camp for rendezvous.  That really isn’t a lot of pay for all the hard work that is done.  I thank you all!

There aren’t many places you can go in this world where you find a similar thing happening, year after year.  For sure this sort of thing bonds the family together and keeps friends close at the same time.  Work hard, Play hard!  I can’t think of anything better.

Now it’s time to get caught up on all the stuff that has had to take a back seat and then move forward to “fun stuff”!  I best get away from this computer and go set the water on the burnt up lawn!

Bears Butt

July 11, 2013