We had your cows and my horse in the pasture. Tuffy HATED those cows, remember? He'd chase that HUGE cow of yours, Big Mama all around the pasture....LOL!
Together, we cut and split and stacked firewood for the wood-stove in winter. We filled the pantry with canned goods and water for spring power outages. We had hurricane lamps for light, along with plenty of candles. There is nothing like candle light and the warm glow of a wood-stove in the evening for a night of romance! Although we both worked nights during the week, weekends were a delight...every moment we spent together was a treasure to fall asleep on at night. Talking about our lives before we met was our favorite pastime and we did a LOT of talking! I had never before met a man who would rather talk than watch TV or play sports! During the weekend days, we worked around the farm, grinding corn with an old grist mill for the cows, tightening fence, mending gates. I rode Tuffy very seldom anymore, so he enjoyed being a retired show horse out in the Illinois farmland with a bunch of cows and me and his new "daddy".
You taught him that sweet juicy fall pears off the pear tree were a treat...this is a horse that would NOT eat carrots and only seldom would accept an apple! Amazing to me.....
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