Growing the Farm

I have found that it is much more difficult to walk the furrows of a heavily watered field. It is too early to see any sprouts, but the water has come in plentiful this month, and all the fields are getting well watered.

This evening after supper I sat with Diana and talked for a while. She really has a kind heart, but she really misses Dale. She is worried about Kib growing up without a father. The hired hands have not been any kind of a father figure to him, and in fact often act younger than he does.

We also talked about her plans to cut more fields. It seems like her desire to grow the farm has pretty much run its course. She now makes a comfortable living, and can go into town when she wants. I broached the idea of clearing and selling new acreage, but she was pretty skeptical. She is not sure she want to share her watering hole. She is probably wise. That would introduce some difficult water squabbles.