Great temperatures in the early winter always brought frolicking to the young calves when they would be let out into the cow yard. We did it so we could get the pens cleaned out before they were like a thick bad mattress. Don’t worry, when they heard the banging of the metal bushel baskets against the feed trough they came in willingly.
Now what can I possibly put with that for a sensible comparison. Dennis! “It’s nice out.” “We should be doing something.” Dennis was in a great mood and it shouldn’t be wasted. I so agree. When Dennis wants to go, I will get my town shoes on and be ready. Why not. There will be plenty of days when all we can do is put our nose prints on the windows when the frigid temps, ice and snow keep us home. I was ahead of the game. I had the house tidied up and when we would return home, there was leftover hotdish to heat up in the blue speckled round roaster for supper.
We motored to Mankato in the sunshine. We checked out Home Depot. Dennis is getting very handy in the motorized carts. No toes were run over. We priced out a situation that we may tackle next year. We found some great insulated gloves to purchase for the ole cowboy right next door at Tractor Supply. The gloves were a bit of a sore spot. He had gone out to our Fleet Farm and came home with a pair that he thought would keep his fingers warm. They may do that, but when the gloves are pulled off, so comes the lining . . . of each and every finger. Not good. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that that is what $10.99 will buy you for insulated gloves. Hey . . . there were two layers.
As we have gone to Mankato multiple times we always marveled and commented on two huge fields of corn that never got harvested. It must have been a total of 160 acres. Today as we went into town we made the same comments. Perhaps a bankruptcy or a death in that family. Well what do you know! On the way home there was a combine in the field making corn dust complete with semis at either end of the fields. Dennis felt better. He just thought it was a sin to leave so much crop out in the fields. We can take that off of our list of concerns.
We are home. It felt good to come into a tidy home. Dennis has had some extra energy spent and is looking forward to having leftover hotdish for supper. I didn’t even have to bang the cover to entice him into the house. Priceless.