Alright people, 3 comments to yesterdays post, great job. Without further delay, here they are…
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Dixie and Don says:
Yes,indeed,Grandma Dix milked many cows. In fact we girls and the young hired man were the ones who milked, fed the calves, fed and watered the hogs and the chickens as well help at the house to prepare large groups of workers during harvest. (that is if we were lucky enough to have a harvest) Also, we were still washing dishes at ten or eleven into the night because the last load of wheat went to the elevators at about ten. Then it was up at five in the morning to help with breakfast, wash the dishes, and kill and dress as many as five or ten fryers. Oh what fun.
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Annette says:
Depended on where you lived. My mother lived in small towns all across Canada and never milked a cow. Her dad opened and ran general stores all over Canada. They did have a horse she and her brother would ride to school. He would go home and come back for them when school was out. He also would not let anyone eles ride him. He would head for the barn and scrape them off his back on the top part of the dutch door. My dad grew up in Santa Clara in town and I’m sure he never milked a cow. His grandmother had a large ranch in Santa Clara where the boys spent a lot of time, however all they did was get cookies from the Chinese cook and run around where ever they wanted. I know he never milked a cow. My great-grandmother really spoiled all her grandkids(can you imagine that) and the only time they got close to a cow was to pet it. My dad did pick fruit on the ranch during the summer. They had plums (prunes) peaches, cherries ect.
First off, Uncle T milked a cow??? News to me, now we’re talking an actual cow that goes moo, not a past girlfriend, right??? All kidding aside, I’m impressed.
Next up, Grandma Dixie, I figured you milked a cow, did some farming, had lots of chores and yes, even killed chickens. I know a bit more about you than you probably think I do. You see I do listen to you, I just don’t act like it.
Annette, I also surmised you had a youth full of numerous experiences but, your mom riding a horse to school, I didn’t see that coming, how cool is that!
My point is could you see kids nowadays doing any of the things you did when you were a child? Unless you’re growing up on a farm or ranch, you’re probably watching too much tv, playing too many video games and hanging out for hours on end on the computer surfing Facebook or emailing someone instead of going to visit them in person or even writing them a letter. When was the last time you wrote a letter? The only letters I get are from Dix and Annette unless you count bills!
You see we’re living in a virtual world and have become soft. God help us if something like the electric grid ever goes down for an extended period of time. Most people would be lost and soon the panic would set in. How would you cook, stay warm or cool, get water, stay in touch with family, keep food refrigerated, go anywhere and so on. Things would be very very different. Many people, including the government think this is one scenario that could actually happen. You just don’t know, so it’s always good to prepare. Then there’s all the radiation coming from Japan. It’s in all the food coming from the west coast in some form or another. I could go on and on. Now I’m not dwelling on the negative but it’s a different time we live in these days than even 20 or 30 years ago. Â So thanks for the comments, let’s keep them coming.
Yesterday Mom took the boys and the youngest ones friend to the water park for 3 hours. It was so hot we broke a record, it was officially over 100 degrees. This is really bad news for June 18th as we normally don’t see these temps until August. I was on the phone as usual and then ran some errands.
Today the kids have a couple of friends coming over to play. Mojo’s been spending time inside enjoying the air conditioning and the house is comfortable. We need to water at least once a day and the lawn is still brown. As you probably know, we have the worst fires in Colorado’s history and you haven’t seen nothing yet! There’s now 3 new fires burning in eastern Wyoming. If more start in the next few months, they’ll be hard to stop, it’s just too windy and too hot. Say a prayer on this one as we need all the help we can get. The smoke is all the way on the east coast right now and causing problems for most of the country.
Today let’s hear what you remember doing on Sunday nights, was it watching Lassie or Ed Sullivan? I’ll bet Dix and Annette and probably my Mom didn’t watch much tv. I’m thinking of shooting ours just for kicks. (that’s just a figure of speech) Did you have a big family meal? Did you go somewhere, did you watch football, let us know. So your task for the day is to tell us something about your childhood and growing up that’s different than life today.
Hope you all are well, take care, stay safe and God Bless,
I know I’m not under 50, but yes I’ve milked a cow!