the front of the house MANY MANY years ago
It was September 21, 1956. We had been going to school in Cayuga for about 3 weeks now. It was so different than Wood Lake School. I missed the mile and a half walk, especially in the afternoon. No longer could I throw stones at fence posts or see how far I could kick a stone in front of me on the gravel road. Instead it was be sure you are out by the mailbox by 7:05 as the big yellow bus would be coming from the north after picking up Ricky. It was then an hour and a half ride before we got to Cayuga. I did make some new friends and one was on the bus, Tom. The bus ride was not all that bad as cousins Linda and Gayle were on the bus too. I was still in shock about my classmates. There were several boys and most of them did not seem to engage in school to any degree. Well actually there were two. Larry and Arthur seemed to be nice and kind of smart too. BUT some of the guys just seemed to be taking up space. As I sat up in bed I recalled how the first couple of days of school the teacher had us do sheets with 100 addition or subtraction facts on it. I finished and most of the kids were still only half or less finished. Well I thought I guess the 100s of times I did those in Wood Lake School helped! I still wished we were going to Wood Lake School. My room in Cayuga was down in the basement so as one looked out the windows you looked at ground level. It also was across the hall from the lunch room. Most of the time I would rather have had Mom's homemade lunch then the hot lunch we had there. If they had hamburgers, that was OK!
Today started out like a fun time. Dad headed to Geneseo before Dave and I got out of bed and I could hear raindrops on the unfinished roof of the house. I wondered if we would have enough rain for me to play in the mud draining the water from the garden spot to the grassy area south of the driveway. If I could do that I knew it would be a fun day. NO outdoor work today. Dad had left some orders about feeding the calves and making sure they had water. After a breakfast of pancakes and chokecherry syrup Dave and I headed out to the barn. After feeding the calves we decided to play tag on the beams above the calf pens. We had done that many times and it always was fun. After about 20 minutes Dave said he was IT and we would play one more game. As I tried to evade him I jumped across one beam to another over the second calf pen but my foot slipped on the beam that was smooth and down I went head first into the pen. That was one time I was glad our pens were NOT cleaned as the soft manure cushioned my fall BUT still I landed head first and as I lie there I could hardly breathe. Dave helped me up and I staggered into the house to be tended to by nurse Mom. That was it for me for the day. As I lay there with a headache and sore neck I thought what a wasted rainy day this is!
Terry and I pretty much cleaned up the garden yesterday. We have several containers of tomatoes that will go to Naples and ripen on the way down. There were a couple of peppers also. I still have some work to do but not much. I will take the vines to the compose today.
I did get my bike ride in this morning. My FP is finished and I THINK I had better get some work done, really!
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