79 Years Ago
My mom, Lena, told the tale that seventy nine years ago the team of horses that she was using to feed the young stock at the feed bunk were spooked and she had all she could do to get them under control. In the hours before supper of that day, Dr. Hovde of Winthrop made a house call out to the farm. Whew! I might have been an April fool’s day child.
Today has been a wonderful birthday. I put up the birthday cards from Carrie’s family and Kevin’s family in the studio. A bit of cheer to warm the heart.
We were up early this morning as there was thunder and lightning. The hail didn’t last long but the rain sure did. When I looked out the bathroom window it caused some concern as the patio looked flooded. The next time I looked out the water had gone down. Does this mean the frost is out of the ground? Our patio porch has a chance of staying dry this spring. This was the 25th year of the Comfrey and St. Peter tornados. Our patio porch had just been completed when we watched the weather as the skies turned black to our northwest in the last days of March. I was called to help Brown County do the property assessments of the damaged homes. Not an experience easily forgotten. We have been enjoying that patio porch for more years that can be recalled if not for a news update of what happened so long ago.
I plunked around in the studio. It was high time to put a patch on Dennis’ everyday jacket as there were feathers peeking out of a hole.
When Old Alley gives a call that AJ’s quilt has been longarmed, I know the lengths of binding needed to be readied. The 400 plus inches has been sewn together, pressed in half and wound onto a cardboard. I am prepared.
I am not prepared for what they say will happen with heavy snow and wind beginning this evening. Winter needs to go away. Weather forecasters have been known to call it wrong.
The first days of April are entitled for spring time weather. I will say when I look at our backyard that has cleared of snow, the grass is a welcomed shade of green.