Saturday, March 24, 2012

Waylon, hay bales and fiddle heads

Today was a beautiful day!
Blue skies, nice breeze, and comfortable temperature.
I spent most of the day by myself.
That was a good thing.
I did make a short trip to recycle and pick up a birthday cake for my dad.
 Italian Cream Cake from Ambrosia, I'll post pictures tomorrow.
I made the Pioneer Woman's White Chicken Enchilada's and Restaurant Style Salsa.
I also stopped in down at the hay barn to meet my husband and son, who were hauling hay.
I got to see Waylon. He's a sweet boy. His daddy is Trigger. But he looks more like his momma Oakley.
These are the hay bales they were hauling.
We found a good deal on fertilized hay from last year that had been kept in the barn.
We decided to buy them because we had a really difficult time growing and buying hay last year.
Our area has been in a drought situation for a couple of years now.
Though not as severe as Texas and Oklahoma has suffered.
I needed a "hay smuggler" last year.
Do you know, that I actually spoke with someone that knew a "hay smuggler" from New Jersey.
So, I can't imagine how you smuggle hay. I guess I don't have a criminal mind!
On to the sweet little fiddle heads!
Aren't these sweet? The Bear thinks I'm crazy!
Maybe I am, but when I cleaned out around this fern in the ground and saw the new little babies coming up, I just had to get a picture!

And this is why they're called fiddle heads.
Off to bed I go, it's been a long day!

4 comments:

  1. WOW, those are some big hay bales!!

    Kathy
    http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com/

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    1. Yes, they are pretty big, thank goodness for tractors!!!

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  2. Well here is one Jersey girl that doesn't know what a "hay smuggler" is. So what is it? And can you get arrested for doing it?

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    1. It was a new one on me too! The price of hay sky rocketed last year due to the drought, so I guess there really was a market for stolen hay! It went from $30 a bale, round bales, to over $100. The state of Texas had no hay, so they had to come to surrounding states to buy it, so I guess it was a lucrative market last year for people with har. That always attracts theives, I guess.

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