Confessions

The first thing I did this morning was to take a video of this piece of farm equipment that has been keeping us up for two nights in a row.

I then put it on FB with a comment about how thrilled I was, not being able to sleep through the noise.  After I thought about it, figured I was being very insensitive to the farmer and what he was doing.  Fortunately a friend from Maryland communicated with me, explaining why this is done and I decided to delete it.  After our conversation I posted it again with a quote from her as she knows all about farming.

  "At this time of year, farmers are working around the clock. They usually have to farm many different parcels of land and move from place to place when the crops moisture content is in just the right zone for storage. They have moisture meters and most buyers will not accept crops unless they fall into the right moisture level, suitable for storage without spoiling."

You can't imagine all the comments I got. They were even shared by a couple of farmers. So glad I gave them the respect they deserved for just doing their jobs.

(By Wednesday morning over 5100 people saw my post as it was shared 7 times)

Meanwhile back at the ranch....

Apparently the boys did not mind the noise and grazed right through it during the night and this morning.

It was in the high 70s so the masks went back on.

I have a big crate full of straw on the porch in front of Gary's barn, it has a plexiglass glass roof and canvas sides.  It is Sidney's home away from home and I find him there frequently.

Gary had yoga and lunch today....when he got home I went to check out my next batch of hay.  Looks good and should be delivered on Saturday.

I decided to make a veggie stir fry for dinner and got everything ready.

Here's where confession number two comes in.  I put what I thought was brown rice (that I keep in a jar by the stove) in a small pot with water and chicken stock. Usually it takes quite awhile for it to get soft and this time it was done in no time!  No wonder!  I put in orzo!!!! Then, I added some soy sauce so it would taste more like the lomain I make.  My first Chinese Italian dinner and it tasted great!

By then the early evening light was off the charts.  All colors were brilliant.

I went out to feed Buddy and Rebel before 7.  Little Wonder never got off the porch.

This time the boys were waiting for me in the barn.

Within minutes after I got in the house we heard thunder....it got dark..... and BAM!

And then....the rainbow.

Night all.