Hay, Hay, Hay... Up, Up, And Away...

Today is a hay day...

Exactly what is a hay day ???

Well for starters, it's good if it isn't raining. Whether you are making hay (which we do not) or if you are hauling it (which we do), rain isn't a welcome element.

It used to start with a hearty breakfast, and enthusiasm from (at least Granny...)

Today, it started with a balanced breakfast shake (as the One-Eyed Pirate and Granny are close to their weight loss goals).



Granny moved ,as Granddaughter Jacqui would say a lotta lotta hay by herself this summer. The resident one eyed pirate, had surgery this summer so when the hay needed moving.who ya gonna call....Granny...and her faithful following. Now mind you this faithful following did not move even an ounce of hay...unless you count the strands Katie would pull out of the bales as Granny rolled cajoled lumped and bumped them into a wheelbarrow to take off the trailer, before she could roll ,cajole,lump and bump them into their "place" under cover for winter...Katie loves to grab a mouthful and play tug of war with it when Granny moves them...YIKES says Granny you almost trip me sometimes....



Granny finished her alloted bales for the current day (she declared 10 to be her limit ,at her age for one day,,mind you these varmints weigh about 120lbs now...why one might wonder, especially when they weighed about 60 lbs when Granny was young enough to do such stuff...

Well let me tell you ...the one eyed pirate, clever he may be ,had reasoned that if he got bigger bales Granny would retire from such maneuvers...Did he figure the only remaining farm hand would need to move them when he and his mighty buddyJohn Deer would or could not ????

(clue...NOPE) um mm try both the Pirate and John Deer had more than their fair share of "down"time this summer....Granny kind of gives John Deer a glare and a sigh as she walks past him , with her hand weed whacker and clippers and wheel barrow. The rascal and his cohorts the brush cutter and tiller lounge in the grass taking a "vacation".....ugh says Granny......



Back to the hay day ..that Granny said made her day....With the last bale for the day snuggled to its restful spot Granny promptly sat down atop the lofty stack and was viewing her little kingdom., when ..up comes Casper( her sons fun loving boxer), Roo the wonder dog and what's this Katie is trying to slug her way up the stack...she hasn't quite figured out how to jump up so she tries to slither, umm this doesn't work very well for dogs, but Granny did get a good laugh. Then Granny realizes her faithful following ,were all going to join her, up came the kitties and the turkeys were not far behind and even the swans had waddled over for a peek at what was going on..so the peaceful moment on top of her little kingdom had to end, but only after a lot of heartwarming laughter at how everyone wanted to join her, what next thought Granny the bees...yikes not the jackets,,,go away I say !!!!!



Hay Hay Hay it's off and away, we will come again another day (tomorrow !!!)