Memorial Day

Pauline and Brent ate breakfast with us then loaded up their dogs and stuff and headed home a little before 9AM.
  
I used the FarmTrac tractor to mow the front yard, then went for a ride in the Mule to cool off a little. I took a look at the mums, then crossed the creek going towards Regina's old house. I noticed a tractor in the field and it was Denise and Larry Anderson. They were both mowing the hay. I stopped and talked a little while, then returned to the house. Back inside, I was reading something on the PC in the study and Linda said, "Garmons are cutting the hay." I looked out the window and Phil was cutting the area next to the highway, his grandson, Cody was cutting one field across the creek and Steve was cutting the other field across the creek. I guess it was a good day for hay cutting and there isn't any rain in the forecast until maybe Thursday (20% chance). That should be plenty of time for the hay to dry and be raked and rolled without getting wet. Linda fixed chicken breasts for supper along with sweet potatoes and corn. After we ate, I drove the Ford Tractor to the mum patch and Linda drove the Mule. We hooked the Mule to the hay wagon and used the scoop on the tractor to fill the 100 gallon tank with water. We then pulled the wagon along the edge of the mum patch and drug the water hose to the opposite end of the rows. We watered each plant as we walked back towards the wagon. Then we moved the Mule and wagon to the next two rows and repeated the procedure until it was dark. I backed the tractor up to the edge of the patch and turned on the work light and adjusted it to shine on the last 6 rows. We finished watering those last few rows and went to the house and took showers.