After a lovely early spring with plenty of rain we then experienced a very dry spell.....up until last  night. It rained 1/2 an inch here in our little corner of Southern Iowa. This morning everything is fresh and clean and the grass is perking up. We could use more but this has certainly helped.

It is haying time here and many have their 1st cutting completed and the bales picked up. The smell of freshly cut hay fills the air, it's very nice. We no longer farm but our son does. He raises cattle and the hay crop is vital to his operation.

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We celebrated the 57th wedding anniversary of our good friends last evening. A quiet gathering with a few close friends. Their wedding picture shows 2 skinny young kids dressed for a simple ceremony, she was 16 he was 18. I like to say it is not how you start out but how you end up that matters. It does my heart good to see long term marriages celebrated.

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Love these old barns!

What an unfaithful lover I have been. Xanga had been so good to me but yet I wandered far from it and courted another.  I want to return to my first love but am uncertain if Xanga will have me back. If I promise to be loyal and promise to be true will this work out? I read something today that said,"before you can cross a bridge someone must build it". With that in mind I am beginning the building and will offer this rose as a token of my repentance.