To describe today…

It was a rather quiet day.

Well…

It definitely didn’t start out that way.

We had an old-fashioned banger.

For those who don’t know what that means, that’s thunder and lightning.

And it was close.

I think it was rolling up and down the river here between the hills of Bear River, Nova Scotia, because it was flashing, banging and crashing.

Thankfully, perhaps an answer to my prayers, we didn’t get hit.

As far as I know, none of our neighbours, landowners or friends were hit either.

All the animals remained safe.

And, on the bright side, every water tub got a good topping up.

Unfortunately, not everyone was as fortunate.

There had been about a quarter of an inch of rain forecast for this morning, and some farmers still had hay lying in the field.

We know of a few places where it got rained on.

That’s never what you want to see.

Morning and evening, we got all of our own animals fed and watered.

Other than that, I took things a little easier than usual.

Rainy days on the farm often become quieter days.

Well…

Unless they begin with an old-fashioned banger like this one did!

Most of the afternoon was spent creating new songs.

I’m working on something a little different.

A new project…

Although, in some ways, it’s actually a very old project.

It isn’t directly connected to Country Air Radio or BridenFarm.com.

The common denominator is simply…

Me.

My interests.

My ancestry.

My songwriting.

My storytelling.

I’m not quite ready to announce what it is just yet.

When it’s ready…

You’ll know.

This evening we headed out and picked up a few bales of hay that had been rained on.

Just six bales.

They’ll help keep Lucy going while she’s in the barn, and perhaps Snowball too. She’s beginning to fill out, and I suspect she may soon be joining Lucy inside.

The hay is damp, but not ruined.

I’ll spread it out and let it dry.

Yes, it’ll lose some nutritional value, but it’ll still make good feed.

The fellow we got it from wasn’t nearly as fortunate.

He had around 600 round bales that were rained on and ended up selling them for about $4 a bale as construction hay.

Personally, I think there’s still value there.

If you get those bales opened up, spread them out and let them dry properly, they’ll still make useful livestock feed.

Maybe not premium hay.

But certainly good enough to help stretch winter supplies.

If you’re reading this and want to know where they are, feel free to contact me through BridenFarm.com or CountryAirRadio.com.

One lesson today serves as a reminder to all of us.

When you’re making hay…

Stay on top of the weather.

None of us expected the thunderstorm we got this morning.

But we did know rain was in the forecast.

Don’t put more hay on the ground than you can reasonably get baled and under cover before the rain arrives.

That’s just a little old-fashioned advice…

Farmer to farmer.

Anyway…

I think that’s enough for today.

I’m going to sit back, relax, enjoy a cup of old-fashioned Briden Farm tea…

And maybe…

Just maybe…

A little orange pineapple ice cream.

Tomorrow is another day.