light rain.. showers..., light rain.... showers...    ?all day???? way to go !!! mark even told me he had heard it would be 1/2 inch !! 

 ½ inch of rain  how exciting can that be especially after bud dug a post hole down three feet and said it was entirely dust---- there's no moisture in the three feet around us today---- any rate I shudder to think of Southern California as a matter of fact I think I'd have to leave I don't like the writing on the wall out there----- Courtney Are you sure you shouldn't move to New England? 

 

Mommy nature. as a way of having the last word... and I could just see mommy sitting on her throne somewhere and saying “you earthling idiots wanna worry about the price of tea in China... let me show you what you really should worry about.. have a few fires then try and put it out with salt water”

 

the actual news that caused me to perk up was the hay dealers in California are not raising hay now because it takes too much water they're now raising some sort of desert vegetation..  I had heard a few years ago about the Arabs shipping California hey to the Mediterranean because they didn't have enough water to raise it properly either.

 

and if you don't have hAy what on earth do you feed these horses ?

 

so I went to the Department of Agriculture in Pennsylvania... and found there are hey auctions twice a week... right down there where Janine goes to the  horse auction..  wolgemuth  auctions...  CLICK.... then hay.. then video of hay auction  was interesting....price of haY IS WONDERFUL DOWN THERR... EXCEPT  FOR THE TRUCKING... BUT AS JANINE SAYS.. YOU GOTTA LOVE THE AMISH.... IF YOU. ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR SOMETHING , THEY WILL DO IT. IF YOU GO WATCH THAT  AND LOOK AT THE PRICES .... THINK. WE NEED HAY WE CAN HANDLE.   LIKE 2 STRING BALES--- MAYBE EVEN 4 X 4 BALES ... BUT NOT THE ROUND THINGS....  WE HAVE TRIED THAT ....

 

I HAVE PURCHASED LOTS OF THINGS FROM AMISH LAND... LIKE THE TABLES IN THE T TENT...  AND HARNESS.... AND   CHAIN LINK FENCING.

BOTH JANINE AND I THINK EVENTUALLY THIS  WINTER IT WILL BE A QUESTION OF BEING ABLE TO GET ANY HAY AT ALL – AND FEEDING HORSES GRAIN INSTEAD WILL JUST CAUSE ALL SORTS OF  PROBLEMS WITH TUMMIES WANTING ONLY THE BULK OF HAY.

 

SO WE ARE ON IT.  ?30 TONS? RINGS A BELL......I THINK THAT FILLS OUR LOFT....BUT THEN THERE IS MERIDITH BUILDINGS -- OR ANN'S AT GROTON HOUSE... THINK UNLOADING????  WE HAVE A CONVEYER-- BUT STILL... THAT TRUCK DRIVER WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE US PREPARED TO UNLOAD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE... IN ONE PLACE... NOT DRIVE ALL OVER TOWN.....

PROBLEMS.

HERE'S WHAT A HAY AUCTION LOOKS LIKE....