I am home again. As you can imagine it has been a busy day today. All the animals are present and accounted for except for a few of Houdinis chickens. TonTon has already forgotton I had been away. Mia (little ewe) was immediately at her special door waiting to come out and play. But the look on Daisy’s face! Not impressed At All. She reached her huge head over the door, nudged my shoulder with her nose and burped at me. Just burped into my face. Case closed, she said.
On the way home from the airport, quite a long drive, John told me that he had a surprise for me at home. He had bought me something very special. Something exciting. Something I will just love. 
Yes you are right. It is a haybaler. It is just the right size for HIS tractor. He saw it for sale on the side of the road and .. well, you know the rest. He hitched his checkbook out of his pocket then hitched the baler to his work truck and towed it home. He is very pleased with himself. And he bought the rake as well, but the rake does not have a bow. I guess he knew the Jig was up by then. At this very moment he is putting the baler back together after he took it apart to see how it worked! 
If all was fair in love and war I would buy him a single cow milking machine for HIS UnBirthday present! Daisy is still unimpressed. But she will be impressed when she gets to eat the sweet alfalfa hay that John will harvest, next summer. If John can work out how to untangle the strings. I find it is best to leave the men alone when they get their strings tangled!
Tomorrow if it is fine I will take you for a walk around the Farmy and we will do a proper inspection. I think I might light the fire this afternoon though, it is getting a wee bit chilly don’t you think?.
c
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73 responses to “Home Again, Home Again, Jiggedy Jig.”
I don’t know how he contained his excitement for YOU on the ride home. I delivered in my husband’s Easter basket…tiny ducklings..for HIM…touche.
Glad all is as it should be on the farm…I’ll be back for tomorrow’s inspection. 🙂
Jess
Oh your ducklings in a basket sounds SO COOL! and yes I could never in a million years been able to keep that a secret for that long! c
I laughed when I read your title, “Home again, home again, jiggedy jig.” My husband says that quite often when we pull into the driveway after a trip away. I’d never heard that before marrying him.
And, oh, your John, does he have the flair for gift-wrapping, nicely matching a yellow bow with the green and yellow colors of John Deere.
Welcome home!
For some reason I say that all the time too, my kids always get a kick out of it , well at least i think they do audrey!! c
What a man…he’s just a giver, isn’t he (please note giggle)? It’s always nice to come back home no matter how wonderful a trip we had, isn’t it?
It most certainly is good to be home!
c
Home sweet home…animals and all, there’s really no better place than back home safe and sound!