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Life on the farm has reached a slow boil. Temperatures hang around 90 during the day and cool only slightly during the night. In a way it is a welcome change from the cool dry weather we have had most of the spring! Farmer and Young Farmer work all day in the blazing sun, for it is hay-making time. They and the horses drink great amounts of water and eat sparingly, for it is too warm to eat. The cows mind the heat a little, but not much. They make the most of their woods by l

Summertime... and the living is easy.... Birds are singing and the grass is high... The cows have been on grass since mid-April, and have scorned all lesser food since. Young farmer moves the fences weekly, as he had better, or a small rebellion would rise! It seems to be heading towards a hot dry summer, which the bees love (so far) and the cows love. Farmer worries about the crops seeded this year and hopes for rain to start them off well. The good thing about dry summers i

Christmas Eve... what a beautiful day. One feels it would be a beautiful day even if the weather were stormy, with the snow and sleet we had earlier instead of this clear blue sky and soft winter sunshine. One feels the spirit of Christmas and wonders if animals really do talk on Christmas Eve at midnight and if so, what do they say? Farmer girl doesn't wonder; she feels her cows really do talk to her all through the year. What would Butternut say if she saw someone nestling

Des morgenstund hat gold in mund! From a centuries-old German poem. Translated that comes to "the morning-hour is golden", meaning work...