2008-Jul-18
Life on Old Crow Farm
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Good Morning!
I was going to start this entry with what all has been going on around the farm but since HopefulHeart77 wants to hear what life is really like here on the Kansas prairie, I decided to change gears. On that note, here's a brief summery of what our life is really like, not just the day to day stuff.....................
Kansas....Just saying the word makes my heart fill with pride. For several years my late husbands job took us across the country and we had to live in other states. I can't tell you how miserable I was or I longed for my home state. Once we moved "home" all I could think about was coming back to the land I love. As most of you can imagine, Kansas really does have "flat lands" and as you drive along you can see for miles. As I look at those sweeping prairies, I think of our ancestors and what it must have been like to pull covered wagons across those endless miles of grass. I'm sure it wasn't always a welcome sight to them.!
In terms of temperature, Kansas really does leave a lot to be desired. After a quick Spring and Fall we go into endless days of heat and cold. When I was younger I loved the summer months but I noticed as I've gotten older it's the Fall and Winter I long for. I suppose a lot of it has to do with the fact we are retired so we don't have to try navigating on bad roads during these snowy winter months. But in all honesty I think it's because winter brings about peaceful months...Months when you don't have all the outside work there is during the summer and you have the freedom to curl up in front of the fireplace and do all the things you love....Including just being a couple and getting to visit.
Normally Kansas has rainfall through the months of April and May and come July there isn't a drop to be found. Not so this year! I have never seen rain like we have had this year! It started in April and shows no sign of letting up. It's really been rough on us as we mow over three acres and it seems as if that is all Keith and I get done anymore...He does the ridding, I do the pushing. We finished mowing yesterday and at this time are sitting here waiting for more rain to move in. Guess what we'll be doing Monday!!!! And, as tough as it's been on us, think of the poor farmers! I'm afraid crops aren't going to be "record high" this year!
Wildlife in Kansas......Living on the prairie we certainly have our fair share of coyotes. Laying in bed at night you can hearing them yipping and once again you imagine what it must have been like for the pioneers knowing there was nothing between them and their campfires. Scary I'm sure! We also have a lot of Hawks. I love watching them soaring the skies as if to say we are intruding on their land....And I guess we are! We also have snakes in Kansas and if you don't believe me ask Keith.~~~~He swears we have this giant snake living out by our well house and every time he tells the story it grows by a foot! Since the rest of us have never seen him....... He's always wanting me to go out there and "scary him out of the weeds" and then he'll shoot him. Of course the next day I can just imagine the headlines in the daily paper, "Wife Dead, Snake Lives". No thanks, the snake is welcome to that little piece of land! It was probably his anyway long before it was ours!
Neighbors......Well, we don't have any really close ones and if we did they wouldn't neighbor. I wish I could say people are "neighborly" around here but it would be lie. I have lived in a lot of places and never have I seen people as stand-offish as they are around here! For years I've tried to figure out what's wrong with people (Jealousy??? Greed??? Wanting to getting ahead on their jobs???) and I finally just gave up. I live out here on this old farm and it's become my life. I no longer worry about having close friends here (Just this week I went to town and two girls both through their arms around me and hugged liked we hadn't seen one another in years. However, neither one of them said anything about getting together to visit in the future!) and I occupy my life with Keith and the children and doing the things I love. (Cross stitching, Needle Punch, Hooking, ect...) I guess when you get down to it, that's all I ever really wanted in life anyway! And of course I have my Internet friends and my precious Betty who only lives an hour from me so I really don't lack for "friends". I just miss having people in my home that share the same "loves" I do!
Ok Cammie, this probably told you more about Kansas than you really wanted to know! HA If your thinking of moving to our wonderful state just remember....The summers are hot, the winters are cold and the life is good! Blessings, Sher |
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2008-Jul-18 - Kansas Tumbleweeds
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Posted by Anonymous 2008-Jul-18 - Thanks So Much
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