Northern Farmer

The last day of March and its snowing to beat the band out there! Heavy wet stuff, the kind that adds up moister. This spring has been a bit different, the melt has been extremely slow, allowing much of the moister to stay in the fields instead of a rapid run off to the nearest stream. But all I can say for myself is that I’m really looking forward to warm weather, green grass, and things getting back to what I’d call a normal year. This past year in blogging I know that drought tone has really come through around here. I have to admit that it has a heavy hand on everything that we do here. Starting last July when we gave up the pastures and started feeding our limited amount of feed. Month after month of trying to scrounge up feed for the cattle, from buying hay and straw, to pasturing cattle on our neighbor’s fields in fall, anything to supply another day’s feed. Tomorrow April starts up, that signals the down hill drag in all of this. Try to keep the cattle herd going till grass and get them booted out of here. Return to the gardens and the fields with the hope of something growing on its own instead of being barely kept alive by continuous watering. Oh Lord, I pray that things will return to normal this year.

So hopefully in another month I can clear my head, be doing jobs in the fields, pastures and garden. Watching the calves do the calf dance in the late evenings on beautiful warm days. Receive warm rains when they’re needed and watch things grow and flourish. What a dream! Around here today I did nothing but basic chores but on days like this that can take the better part of the day. Started wearing the knee high rubber boots today and they drag a person down somewhat. But the pants are clean so they did their job well. Things are just in the waiting stage as of now. Yesterday we went to church and I wrote about that on Healing Waters. Incredible time to say the least.

So until I get inspired by some nice weather and jobs things are kinda flat around here. Just getting a little jam on the blogging stuff. Don’t know what to say, this happens every so often. If you never blogged regular you probably won’t know what I’m talking about. I have every intention of keeping this old blog going, just kinda getting wore down a bit. A combination of keeping everything going around here with the droughts and still trying to stay upbeat online. But we serve an awesome God and He’s with us no matter what! And half the stuff I write about I don’t think people even give a hoot so I’m a little stuck. But the blog doesn’t rule me, never has, don’t truly take it seriously. Don’t make a dime off of it. Don’t try.

Wow Tom! You writing some down stuff today?? Not really, just saying the way it is. But in another month maybe it’ll all be over with, Glory!

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