The hay is almost ready to cut, it won't be long, although the forecast has varied amounts of rain in again, mostly like last week, so more clouds than water. I think last weeks total was less than half an inch, if that. Sunday is supposed to be the best chance for real rain. The winter wheat is almost coming out in head, rain would be nice for it too.
The canola fields along the highway are looking less yellow in person now, not sure you can tell in the photo, although a few that started blooming later are still brilliant yellow.
Wednesday afternoon Garry had two cows to breed in villages on the way to Zaporosia, the first one was hard to find the right house and right street to find the cow. Power was out for maintenance work that day in our village, and when Garry tried to call to get directions (standard operating procedure for not sure which place he was at last year) after getting to Novapetrovoka (across the highway) phone service was emergency only, then just as we were going to wait until we came back, the call worked but not well. It was cutting in and out as the guy tried to give him directions to his house (apparently he talked fast and slurred to add to the problem). Eventually we drove up and down main street and he walked out to find us. He had a lot of baby ducks inside his gate, wish I had a photo of them, Garry said there were even more by the barn where the cow was tied.
Where oh where do we go? |
That evening we were trying to do a skype call with the Crawfords at seven pm when the cows came home in the village and Garry had more cows to breed. It seems like he inseminates a couple every day in Nikolaipolia or another village, plus one or two in our barn now. It's iris blooming time in the villages and cities now. So many shades of purple and yellow.
This week we were waiting at a stoplight in Dnepro when we noticed two farmer themed vans in front of us. Seeds and feed I think.
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