The Sun Returns

Monday, January 29, 2024
Hello friends,
              Congratulations to the Chiefs!  Can you believe it?  Oh my!  Mom is such a trooper watching every game, good, bad, and everything in between.  Bill and I are interested, but it’s too emotional to watch when they are not doing well.  We float in and out of Mom’s room, keeping track of what’s going on.  Then when it’s over, we watch all the highlights.  Fair weather fans?  Guilty.  We’ve been very happy lately. 
              The sun finally appeared on Sunday, and it is so therapeutic.  Warm sunshine does something for the soul after weeks of challenging weather.  Instead of hibernating inside trying to get motivated, all the projects seem much more inviting and accomplishable.  We spent some time looking at the mud behind the creamery and plotting and planning the short- and long-term solutions.  We have a few more cows now, and with the inclement weather, they spent more time in their shelter and getting water from the heated stock tank instead of the pond.  In general, their hooves have been tearing up the sod in their holding area creating a lot of mud.   We are resting  one whole area now and routing the path to the milking parlor in another direction.  Step one…..