Winter - The Longest Day Of The Year...The Shortest Day of The Year
Now its really winter. Really, really winter on the farm. Today was 5 degrees and the wind chill minus 28 degrees. And for the farmers out there that work with livestock, this is where the rubber meets the road. I left the house today for the store, Rich stayed behind. I drove 40 miles to the store into the sun. It was a bit like what I imagine Mars to be like on a frigid, winter day.
I wished for sunglasses and warmer gloves. I wondered what I was doing. Why not just go and get a job like regular people. I drove along highway 11, squinting, sun in my eyes, snow blowing in circles and into the air, the only car on the road. Ahead of me, nothing but sun, blowing snow and a strange vertical rainbow. Twas the vertical rainbow that struck me as kind of freaky. I thought of Rich feeding animals and oddly, I was jealous. Wishing I could be the one to trudge up and down the hill with 30 lb feed buckets yanking my forearms off at the elbow.
This is the time of year one wonders if its all worth it. And it is really the time of year when you know that it is in fact, all worth it. If the worst it gets is the sun in your eyes, a strange rainbow and a longing to be outdoors....you know you've got it made. Still - we look forward to spring.
