Ok I'd had enough. It was 1:30 pm Tuesday afternoon and I'd been mowing since 7:45am. It was HOT again. I decided I could finish mowing the next day or later that day, because it was cool off time and a good time to get Herbs & Things weekly email together. It was nice in my office, on a hot day like that, with the fan blowing on my skin, a cold glass of iced water, and the little Yellow Finches http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Goldfinch/id serenading me from outside my window while I send messages to all Herbs & Things addressees and hoping their 4th was great.
The Farmers Market was small last Sunday, with only a few vendors. Must be everyone else was enjoying the holiday weekend and or making hay. Thanks to all of you who came and visited the few of us that were there. Which brings me to, If you own hay eating animals and buy hay, now would be a nice time to give that hay maker a silent thanks of gratitude. Because those hay makers took advantage of this weather and kept working, working, working making hay, in spite of the heat. I know I appreciate my hay guy Joe or anyone that makes hay, because I don't miss, the hay stacking, it sticking to my neck, in the crevasses of my arms, down my back, under my shirt, in my jeans, nor that my headband was wring out wet from soaking up sweat and sometimes it would still sneak a stream of salty water down my face, then topping it off with breaking out in a prickly rash because I am allergic to it. Do I miss doing hay...Nope....well maybe just a little, there's a certain sense of accomplishment when you put in 700-1800 bales of hay in a day-Some do more... However... thanks 'LOADS' Joe...
