Well, I'm uploading a couple of rather random farm images. The first is that we have a sick calf, who won't nurse, and The Man has been working with him. The second image is just from a recent morning walk, but I am fascinated with how the light illuminates the grass.

Paul and I are headed to visit Ellen, the grandkids and Karl in Colorado tomorrow. On the way back, we're going to stop and see my Uncle Earl and Aunt Patsy in Nebraska. The Man is busy haying - in fact, he left at about 8 a.m. this morning and it is now 9 p.m. and he's been working all day. There is no way this time of year he could get away for even a day.

I've been working on freelance projects - assignments for the local daily paper (brag moment - one made the front page, with a photo) and one for a local agricultural paper. That was fun today, as Paul and I went to Onaga, and saw a historic pavilion/sale barn that has been restored.

Last week, The Man called about this time of night and asked if I was ready to work and I said "sure," so he came home and got me, and we went back to the hay field, where my task was to drive the truck while he loaded bales of hay. The farmers have an interesting way to do this. After the hay is bailed, it is placed in the fields in "packs" of four; then there's an attachment to a tractor that picks up the four bales and transfers them. In this case, to the hay trailer. His uncle came and helped and we were done fairly quickly, which was good as just about the time we made it back to the house, around midnight, the skies opened and it rained. Once the hay is bailed, it is ruined by rain, so it was very important to get that two ton of hay into the shed. I was glad to be able to help. I always wish I could do more, but I don't have the strength to be a field hand :)