Oklahoma!

As the sun comes up, I can hear Gordon McRae singing, "Oh, what a beautiful morning...oh, what a beautiful day!"  The corn may not "be as high as an elephant's eye," but the grass (weeds) is growing at an alarming rate.  If everything wasn't still so wet from the rain/hail/snow on Monday, I would get the lawn tractor going and start mowing.  After the winter hiatus from outside chores, everything will start speeding up now until the heat of summer.  There are more leaves to rake from the front yard, the burn pile to fire up, the vegetable garden to weed and plant, the hen house to clean out...and it all needs to be done in that brief window between too wet and too hot.  Busy days are coming.

More entries for the Remember List:  turn all empty buckets in the goat barn on their side so mice who jump or fall in can get out.  In the dark of morning, turn on the porch light before opening the door so deer munching in the herb garden can get away before Bessie Anne goes out.  Even with a warming trend, fire up the woodstove before sundown because the nights are still cold. 

I don't know how things are in Gloccamorra or Oklahoma, but it sure is a gorgeous morning in Fair Play!