This one is from Jerica:
I was driving home this past weekend and saw a field with people getting ready for this next years crop growing. I couldn't help but think of all the times we would roll bales, stack the trucks, or even transport the pipe from one field to another. I starting thinking more about the whole process from when the hay is cut to when it is fed to the cows. Then I remember sitting on top of the hay stacks getting my feet in the right position to push the whole front of the stack off. My favorite part was watching it fall and hearing the loud thunks each bale made. Every time that happened I would smile as the whole front fell then (on more than one occasion) I would look down and wonder how I was going to get down off the stack. I was never the adventurous type to just jump from the top of the stack. I will admit it took me a good self-talking-to to get myself to jump off 4 layers. There have also been a few times where I would just pull a bale from near the bottom and get the front off that way and (again, on more than one occasion) I didn't move fast enough to avoid the falling bales. Just have to say, hay scratches are not my favorite scratch to have but I sure was proud of each one of them.
Thanks Jerica!
P.S. I love the sound of a well choreographed "thunk" as well!
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