A Walk on the Farm

 It takes me forever to do anything with this blog because I am so inept at technology.  The downloading of pictures alone is enough to put me into a foul mood.  But, I did it tonight without any help from Alan although it took me about half an hour.  Curses! 
Our weather has been very nice (a little warm) lately and the yard and flowers are looking nice.  I enjoy being outside more than inside on summer days, so when Morgan sent the girls over yesterday afternoon I decided we all needed to take a little walk.  I got the girls an ice cream treat out of the freezer, washed out my yellow wagon, put a rug down for sitting in it, go my clippers and we took off up the back road to the mint field to get peppermint and spearmint for more tea parties.  It is really green.  The wheat is looking great - all headed out.  And in the background of the picture below, you can see one of the new pivots.

 When the girls came over, they had dress-up outfits on.  Leah's was good, but Lily's ballgown was a little long and as she trotted along the road to my house, she almost took a nose dive into the gravel because she trod on her skirt which was working it's way down off her bottom.  She just barely saved herself from a bad faceplant in the driveway.  The recent watering from the pivot made lots of mud puddles which caused Leah and Lily both much concern. They were afraid I would somehow accidentally pull them into the mud and then leave them there. They both insisted on screaming, "There's a mud puddle, grandma!" over and over again, even as we came closer, as if I didn't have eyes in my head. Usually all you have to do to stop the constant screaming is acknowledge the mud puddle and then they're on to screaming about the next exciting thing they see.  So our walk up the back road was all about mud puddles and wheat, and Leah saying over and over, "I want to get out."  I told her as soon as she finished her ice cream she could get out and walk. 



 Here's a good picture of the bunch of spearmint that I cut for fresh tea, and below is the peppermint which went into a pot last night and today I have been drinking peppermint tea all day.  I'm really proud of Leah.  She likes the mint tea with a little cream, sugar, and lemon slice.  Just perfect.  She had  three cups the other day.  I never could get Morgan to like it. 

 After we cut the mint, we headed down this semi-path.  It is not a path, just the smoothed dirt they dug up when they dug through the field from the pump to place where they put in the new pivot.  Anyway, it was good enough for us to walk on. 

By this time both girls were out walking and Lily was having trouble keeping up with Leah.  Dang those ballgowns!

The wheat is as high as Lily and soon will be taller than Leah. 

 They started to follow this pivot tire path through the wheat, but soon found that was a mistake because they both got stuck in the mud and Lily freaked out because her gown got muddied when Leah pushed her aside in her rush to be first. 

 So then we had to stop and clean off the sandals because Heaven Forbid if we have a little mud on our shoes!

Then Leah started jumping over places that she called "mud" which weren't muddy but she was having fun.  If you didn't know it by now, Leah seems to be pretty coordinated and sportsy.  I'm not going to say athletic yet.   And, of course, Lily had to try her best to copy Leah.  The funny thing was that when she jumped, she would jump right into the place she was trying to jump over. 

Then we turned on the road and walked back to home.  The girls got way far ahead of me running down the little hill, but then would turn around and race back toward me. 

When we got home, I remembered that I had a job to do and the girls helped me out.  Well, kind of.  All of what they picked went into their mouths.

After they had eaten quite a few, they lost interest in helping me out and Lily had lost interest in the lower half of her outfit.  Leah decided they needed some different footwear to go with their ballroom attire, or in Lily's case, what there was left of it.

  Yes, I'm talking about thigh-high boots, aka irrigation boots.  I've always thought irrigation boots add a certain panache to a girl's wardrobe.

There were so many to choose from, she went through four pair before she decided that these ultra-cool black and red ones were the ones for her.  It was funny to watch her try to maneuver through the grass.  At one point as she was walking the boot toes were actually pointed backwards.  And then it was on to the cherry tree.   The cherries aren't actually ripe yet, I think three or four days ought to do it.  But they're going fast because the birds are snatching them.  Darn those birds!

And then we walked around the yard - most my days come to an end by me walking around my yard.  These are what're bloomin! 

And then I saw these beautiful colors this afternoon at about 5:00 p.m. and had to get thes pictures. I love this purple behind that beautiful green field. The clouds were so thick and dark that we couldn't see the Tetons. Beautiful Colors!

And that's what I've been doing.  HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SOON!