Mrs. KF went to a womans group thing this afternoon, and a church thing this evening, leaving me to my own devices. I weasled out of the church supper by protesting it was a nice day and had too much to do. However, I popped in to watch the 5:30 weather, and as I clicked through the stations, found a good old movie on the Western channel, Drums along the Mohawk, starring Henry Fonda from 1939, in color no less. If you ever get a chance to watch it, or rent it, by all means do. It is a good old movie about the American Revolution, perhaps not too PC, and perhaps not completely accurate, but gives a good glimpse into the way my generation and those before were taught about the American revolution and the founding and settlement of this nation.
We set our clocks forward last night, we are now on daylight savings time, about a month earlier than it use to be. The government says it saves energy, I am not sure how. The moving of the clocks fall and spring is always a reminder of change, and how time flies. We certainly had very spring like weather Saturday afternoon and night, temps near 70F and a severe T-storm watch in the afternoon until 10pm. Tornadoes made their 2009 Kansas debut yesterday, and for a time it appeared we could not possibly miss a big hailstorm and rain, we were under a warning for nearly an hour, however the entire storm swung to the north and we ended up with barely enough rain to settle the dust. A friend of mine who lives 40 miles north of here reported 3 inches of rain and an inch and a half of golf ball sized hail yesterday evening.
The wheat and cool season grasses are beginning to turn green, the calves are coming at a steady pace. The seed corn is waiting to be picked up, and severe weather is with us again. Spring might not be here officially, but it sure feels like it is.