Little Darling, it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter

Little Darling, it feels like years since it’s been clear.

Here comes the sun…

Here comes the sun…

And I say, it’s all right!  —George Harrison, The Beatles- Abbey Road, 1969

The alfalfa is looking good.  First cutting should be in about 5 weeks. 

While we were out there checking the water I got the bright idea of showing you  what our gates look like. 

They are horrible to open if the wire is too short/tight not too hard to open if you just sqeeze with all your might hard.  (Boy, have I heard that line before. HA!)

Anyway ……

To open put your left arm around the big post and grab the little post with your hand, then lean your body against the little post and push the little post toward the big post and take your right hand and lift off the top wire.  Be prepared to really push as the wires are very tight.  Lift the little post out of the holding loop at the bottom of the big post, then walk straight out (so you do not twist and tangle the wires) and lay it down out of the way.  (I’ve twisted and tangled a few in my lifetime and it’s a pain to undo.) 

Drive through.

Pick up the gate, keep everything straight, do not let the barb wire tangle, walk back to the big post, put the bottom of the little post into the looped wire at the bottom of the big post.  Now lean your body against the little post, pushing with all your might toward the big post.  Grab the wire on the big post and slip it back onto the little post.

Good job.  Well done.  

Law of the land….if the gate is shut when you get there, you shut the gate when you go through. 

Always!!!!

No exceptions! 

EVER!

Since we have all these furlough days (and it looks like there may be more coming up) I always get a three day weekend.  Three days in a row, at home, to do whatever a person may want to do, but one day a week less pay. 

I can’t decide if I’m cursed or blessed.   🙂

Have a nice weekend!

Linda