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sometimes you just gotta laugh

My wife told me there needs to be at least one picture for each blog post. I took one picture this week that I have been dreading to look at. In fact I have been driving by the spot I took the picture every time I leave the farm or come home. The picture is of what is left of my fence. My boys and I put up a nice split rail fence last year along the driveway. The man who built this house many years ago had a construction company and he had many loads of fill put along the driveway. It is full of large chunks of asphalt and concrete that made digging the holes a nightmare. To see it down made both myself and my boys very angry. I have been planning this post and fuming about the fence for a couple days now.

After the events of today, I have been reminded that a good laugh is great medicine. So before I tell you about what happened to the fence I want to show you what put me back into a good mood.

My youngest son went to feed the chicks in the brooder. Being about the age to move into a larger building, the chicks can sometimes jump out if you are not paying attention (this seems to happen to my son a lot). When the chick got out it ran under the brooder. My loyal and fearless son went in after it. He missed. And that made me laugh. I know my son is actually smarter that a 4 week old chick, but today the chick won. Ryan even needed help getting unstuck from the brooder. I went to get the camera first because without a picture who would believe that a chick could pull off such an elaborate escape.

So now that we are all laughing, here is what happened to the fence. We had a large load of grain delivered a couple days ago. The driver stopped at the top of the drive and walked down to survey the area. He decided he could turn around at the bottom or if not he could just back out. He could not do either. Instead he backed into one fence post at a time. Pulling forward after each one then backing into the next. It took him three hours to knock over 13 fence posts. Then he called for help and someone came, took the keys from him, and backed out in less that five minutes.

some times you just gotta laugh

Uncategorized | admin | March 16, 2010 7:54 pm

2 Comments

By Travis, March 24, 2010 @ 2:53 pm

Along that fence looks like a good place to plant BLUEBERRY Plants
By Alisa, May 12, 2010 @ 10:45 am

So sorry to hear about the fence,but this photo really cracked me up!I remember chasing a cute little chick at my grandpa’s farm before, until the momma hen saw me and started chasing me instead. I love your blog!