On this cool and breezy day, we had some special guests for a brief time here on the Farm. Patti Szczys came with her husband Finn and 11 month old son Asa. In the mid 1990s, Patti was a student in Richard's Wildlife Biology classes. She took Environmental Studies classes from me that 1st year I taught them. Although Richard had seen her a few years ago, I hadn't seen her since 1998. Where does the time go? Patti is now a university faculty member in Conservation Biology in Connecticut. Finn smiles proudly: "I'm a stay-at-home Dad."
Over the years, we have kept in touch through holiday letters and occasional emails. Plus, Patti is a regular follower of this Blog. And she, Finn, and Asa are thinking ahead to the day when they will settle on their little acreage.
After sharing a meal, we headed for a walkabout on the Farm. Our 1st stop was to check out baby Chickens. Then we headed over to see the big Hennies and those stately Roosters. Yes, Chickens may very well be on the horizon for them, so they had lots of questions.
Then we headed out to the Cane Field. Sure enough, they knew already that we had just planted the Cane. They wanted to know how it was doing. And yes, if you look really closely, it is indeed just beginning to come up. We only planted it last Wednesday.
"Do you want to walk through the Garden?" The answer was yes, so into the Garden we headed. It is always wonderful to see what stories the Garden is ready to offer up. We didn't have to tell them much about what was going on in the Garden, because they knew from the Blog.
Almost as quickly as they came, they were headed off again. Since the Grandparents live in south Missouri, it is very likely that routine trips to Missouri will be in order. And they let us know that they would stop by the Farm. Thanks for sharing special time and space with us, Patti, Finn, and Asa. Good wishes always from the 3 C's.
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