Dog Days of Summer

Every June it gets hot and I enjoy listening the farmers say, "If it doesn't rain, this will be the only cutting of hay we get this Summer." Ah, yes. Farmers are some of the best purveyors of obvious wisdom.

I'm pretty sure that the practice of baling and storing hay was developed due in part to times of drought. If it rained regularly all year long, there would be no need for the hay that they worry about not making.

Along with the aforementioned wisdom comes another one: "If it keep raining and I keep making hay, nobody will need to buy it."

Hang around a local rural convenience store / grill and listen as the wisdom of farmers flows about the table.