Thank You, Farm People

Yesterday was very interesting around here.  We had a work day and a bunch of the farm people came to work on all sorts of farm projects.  I'm pretty sure they had other important things to do, or maybe they had a long week and wanted to relax at home, but they didn't.  They came to help us out because they care about us.  Boy, if that doesn't warm a little donkey’s heart, I don't know what does.  But if you remember at the very beginning, I told you this is a special place.  And if you don't know what I'm talking about then you didn't read my very first post and you should because it's really important. 

Plus some new helper people came to work too!  We hadn't even met some of them before!  They just thought it would be nice to come out and do what needed doing.  It sure was nice having them around...  

The biggest news around here is that we are getting new stalls in the back barn!  Now this is very cool and we are really looking forward to it, but it means that some old, old concrete needs to come out before stall-building can start.  So yesterday there were a lot of people who claimed they didn’t care if they got dirty, who claimed they weren’t bothered by the loud, awful jackhammer noise, who claimed their backs didn’t hurt, and who claimed they were happy to haul chunks of concrete out of the barn all day.  They worked really hard, let me tell you, and I’m pretty sure that they all went home and went to bed early last night.  They had to be tuckered out at the end of the day. I know I would be.  

There was also lots of barn cleaning and painting and wheel barrow dumping, and sorting and stacking and raking and spreading old straw out in the low spots in the pastures.  Some of our favorite teenagers were here with their friend, and they did a ton of work too. One of them actually got stuck in mud way out in the pasture and had to be rescued by her friends.  They probably didn’t know it but I was watching and ready to come and pull her out if they needed help.  But they got her unstuck just fine and kept on working.  Not one complaint out of any of them.  Boy, those are some great kids, let me tell you.   

So while people were buzzing around here all day, we were hanging out in the pasture watching everyone.  And maybe they didn’t know it, but all of us knew they were doing these things because they love us.  So all of us want to thank our special farm people, those we have known for a long time and our brand new friends too.  You make this a great place to live and we all agree on this one, even those goofy goats…  

Love,

Donkey