Things on the Farm with Ponderings

We woke up this morning to a little sleet/frozen rain giving a light coating to everything outside. There are many folks around that have weather much worse than ours, especially up in the northeast. But, out in this neck of the woods, when we get this type of weather everything shuts down until the roads all thaw out. We’ve heard a few folks on the VHF radio this morning that are out and about ‘going to get something’ they need. We always ask ourselves, “Why didn’t they need this a couple of days ago when it was sunny and 76*?” That’s when we filled up both vehicles with gas and bought what we needed from the store. We can’t help but shake our heads and wonder what is actually contained within their craniums that causes them to throw all caution to the wind and venture out in their immortal skins, knowing that all will be well regardless of the weather conditions. It kind of reminds you of all those folks that know a collapse is coming but refuse to prepare anything for it’s inevitable arrival, doesn’t it? Take hurricane Katrina for example. People knew for days and days it was coming, but some didn’t prepare. The video clip that really got to me was the one with some folks out on their porch asking, “Where’s my water? When is somebody going to bring us our water?” We will never be able to understand the thought processes of people that throw caution to the wind and expect others to take care of them if something bad happens. Remember the story about the grasshopper and the ant? We’re ants.

Every so often when I am out taking pictures, I get a variety of shots from here and there that don’t fit into any particular theme or post, but I like them and keep them. Today seemed to be a good day to dig some of them out to share. So, in no particular order, here is a view of life on our farm.

Before we became bloggers, we really didn’t take very many pictures. There are still many times we will be in the middle of something, or even finished with something that would have made a good post, but didn’t think of the camera. Very little effort has been made to figure out how to take decent movies and upload them to the blog. The first time I tried, Blogger wouldn’t accept whatever format our camera uses. I tried again a few days ago and figured out that I can upload short movies now. Here a few short shots of the kids playing in the barn today. Please forgive the wiggling and sometimes blurry shots from zooming in too close. The quality of the upload is not the best either. You’ll notice I am not the narrator. No one is. You may hear goats munching hay in the background or moving around in the barn. Or crows calling. Life in the barn is generally quiet and peaceful. I like it that way.

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