Spring?

In our neck of the woods there's a saying that if you wait for a nice day to get something done you'll never get anything done.  There's also a saying that the definition of a nice day is one when the wind doesn't blow.   The temperature can be below zero but if the sun is shining and the wind isn't blowing everyone thinks it's a beautiful day.  The wind has been horrible for the past week--or maybe two, I've lost track. Today, however, was an almost perfect day--temperatures in the 70s and just a slight breeze now and then, and I was able to have the whole day all to myself.  I was planning to deliver lunch to the field but R was going to the field so he took it instead.  I'm beginning to believe that spring really is here.

My day started a bit early--5:30 when I had to let the old dog outside.  I fell back to sleep until about 6:30 when I woke to the sound of cows bellering and dogs barking.  The old dog apparently remembered the days when he used to keep the cows out of the yard and decided to give chase to those near the yard.  The border collie is bred to be a cow dog so he had them rounded up and on the run.  I was able to call the border collie back to the house and the old dog who is deaf followed.  M was up for the day, but I went back to bed.

Since it was such a beautiful day I did some work outside cleaning out flower beds and picking up dog poop.  I planted some canna bulbs that my sister in Arizona had given me.  I hope they don't wake up wondering where the hell they ended up.  It's a far cry from Arizona!  I also washed my car.  We had rain last week and I drive six miles of gravel road to get to the highway so the car got a bit muddy.  I should have taken a "before" photo.

I had to patch some jeans for R today.  He seemed a bit miffed that I had had them since Friday and hadn't gotten them patched yet.  Apparently he doesn't know that it isn't my favorite thing to do.  When we were first married, my husband was always ripping out the knees of his jeans and wanted me to patch them.  If I was reluctant he would say "I'll just take them to Grandma" like I would be offended enough that I would do it.  Grandma ended up doing a lot of patching!

For the past three days every time I put on shoes and a jacket the old dog would get excited thinking I was taking him for a walk.  He'd go outside with me and I'd drive away and leave him, poor thing.  Today we finally went on that walk.  I have a few 2-mile routes that I usually walk.  He couldn't quite keep up today so I had to catch him on my way back.  He's almost 15 years old and has some health issues but loves to go out.

The seeding continues.  Today there was an issue with the air conditioner in one tractor.  Luckily, the guys are able to fix most things themselves.  The support staff is very important to keep clean seed and fertilizer coming to the drills and water to the sprayer.  Most of the time we don't seem to have enough bodies to keep it all going--more on that later.