Ditch Digger

He told me that his mother had said if he didn't go to college he would be able to only get a job being a grave digger. How times have changed. Ironically, today's grave diggers use machinery and that takes a certain amount of skill; the ditch he dug today didn't pay one thin dime.

The round pen with sand pit is located behind the barn and between the two downspouts on the overhang. The overhang is really a large amount of metal roofing, translating into a lot of water to mitigate. He wanted to divert the water around the sand pit and round pen and not have it swamp the area, like it has for years. Sometimes it has looked like a pond back there!

He worked pretty darn hard all afternoon, while I ran errands. I got back and helped him dig about another 20 feet of trench to lay this PVC pipe. Of course it is beautiful, and works marvelously. Today was mostly cold, with some snow bursts here and there. It does not feel like spring!

I made a corned beef, with all the trimmings, for dinner. We missed St. Patrick's day because it was during the week, and if you don't put the beef brisket on early enough you won't be eating until 10:p. It was delicious.

Winter does not want to give it up, and tonight it is going to be cold, freezing, and I think the boys will need their coats.