Moving from waiting for rain to waiting for it to stop has been a short span. Awakening to rain this morning it was clear that field work was not possible this day. The rain stopped about 9am. Waiting for things to dry a bit, after lunch I removed the flat tire from the disc and went to town to have it repaired. Driving back from town rain began again. Here it's not so much the quantity of rain that's and issue as is its frequency.
For me it's a minor annoyance. For farmers to the north, who cannot get their wheat planted, it is a serious issue. Most farmers rely on government backed crop insurance. To be eligible for that insurance there is a deadline by which the crop must be planted. As the deadline passes insurance is reduced steadily. Terribly stressful to wait for a break in the weather when one's livelihood depends on it.
Takk for alt,
Al
A Peaceful Day
by Rozel Hunt
A Peaceful Day on a Shaded Porch
As a couple dozen Holstein cows
Swaying their great udders march
To the barn behind this house.
We rock in the chairs, drinking tea,
Thinking of the ones who died,
Working this farm before you and me,
Singing, “Fast falls the eventide,”
Thinking of all they must do
Before the end and the deep abyss,
They took great comfort from this view
On just such a peaceful day as this.
Which says: our time is short, no time to waste.
Let us improve today before we are
replaced.
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