The neighbour's farmyard is being bulldozed. What a change in the landscape! Sad to see it go!
Ted and Mary raised 10 kids in that farmhouse at the same time that my in-laws raised their 10 right across the road. Both families farmed the land, raised animals in the barn, and a garden full of produce canned for the winter fruit and veggie supply. Times were simpler then. One set of good clothes for church, barn clothes and school clothes were all that were needed. Of those clothes the majority of them would be hand me downs, or even shared items, such as the sox box or the drawers drawer!
The school bus would arrive in the morning after milking was done and an oatmeal breakfast with warm milk was consumed. The bus made one stop on the road, at the end of the two farm families lanes. One family to the north, one to the south. The numerous school age children from each family would fill the bus, a empty cube van with wooden benches on each side, and travel the five minutes to school.
Memories!
Ted and Mary raised 10 kids in that farmhouse at the same time that my in-laws raised their 10 right across the road. Both families farmed the land, raised animals in the barn, and a garden full of produce canned for the winter fruit and veggie supply. Times were simpler then. One set of good clothes for church, barn clothes and school clothes were all that were needed. Of those clothes the majority of them would be hand me downs, or even shared items, such as the sox box or the drawers drawer!
The school bus would arrive in the morning after milking was done and an oatmeal breakfast with warm milk was consumed. The bus made one stop on the road, at the end of the two farm families lanes. One family to the north, one to the south. The numerous school age children from each family would fill the bus, a empty cube van with wooden benches on each side, and travel the five minutes to school.
Memories!
Neighbour's farmyard a week ago.
You can hardly see the barn for all the spruce tress.
Today I looked out and.... what!!........
Now you can fully see the barn.....
and the house.
The entire yard without trees. Yikes! What a shame!!
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