Sept. 24, 2009

Bison Farm kittens

I make lists. I plan to get many things done during the day, but most people would not believe how busy our “life in the pasture” is.  Plus, our maze season starts in two days.

I had already planned my theme yesterday morning for today’s newsletter, and thought I could whip it together before today’s lunch.

But now I’ve forgotten what it was because so much has happened in the past 24 hours.

Besides loading and unloading lots of cases of pop, bottled water, and concessions supplies last night and this morning, I had a flat tire, many phone calls, more school bookings, and people stopping in to buy pumpkins. Luckily Jim got the tire fixed and Donna visited with the customers.

But sometimes a change of plans makes life more interesting.

For example- finding two kittens behind the shop. (That story, and the kittens ride to town and back would have been a newsletter by itself.)

And then special friends that raised our orphaned calf four years ago surprised me this afternoon. They had moved to North Carolina and came back for a visit. We spent two hours catching up and visiting the buffalo herd.

And then friends from Texas that make gloves, hats, and rugs out of buffalo hair stopped for a couple of hours on their way to Custer State Park’s fall roundup. (I have some fabulous new items of theirs I’ll get on the website once we get the maze season rolling.)

So, I haven’t even looked at today’s list yet, but it will still be there tomorrow, along with our first school field trip, more phone calls, and more unexpected adventures.