On Being a Farm Wife (and other hazards Joyce Bupp Almost hard to imagine. Just a year ago, dry ground and dusty roads in mid-May fore shadowed the summer’s devas tating drought. A farmer friend mentioned that a few days ago, as the latest surge of rainfall was pounding the East coast. Even early this week, many farmers have corn planted, but no forage chopped for livestock. Others are working on forage, but seed still waits in the bags. Early Monday morning brought a smidgeon of frost to our meadow. And the bottoms of countless barns, bins, and bunker silos across the region are bare as the proverbial baby’s bottom. Those of us whose livelihoods live and die by Mother Nature have learned to, if not like, at ' BEDROOM ', | , ORGANIZER 8t \ HT ENTERTAINMENT I tar CENTER I 5299 95 CLOSEOUT ! ,1 ' - Cash Price $0095 I smi!> 03 SijP" l " Tahoe Evergreen Only j Reg. 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[ gSEJS <STSS i $ 569 95 $869.95 < 3019 Hempland Road, Lancaster 717-397-6241 f Stores in; LANCASTER • YORK • CARLISLE • LEBANON STORE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9-9 • Sat. 9-6; Sunday 12 to 5 PM Open Memorial Day 9 to 5:30 • No Refunds 99 * All Sales Final For purchases with a check bring FINANCING 3s£. cash & Carry driven license and phone numbers AVAILABLE responsible 'or typographical errors We reserve the right to substitute gilt items. monds tossed at random across the greenery. An early-blooming iris at a sheltered corner sports large, golden yellow blooms. Its wind battered stems under moisture heavy blooms lean down into neighboring clumps of foliage. Cherry red dianthus blooms look almost gaudy in the somber land scape. Nearby, slender stems peeking out from under a rose bush dangle small, bright blue, bell-shaped blooms. They’re new; wonder where they came from? Prolonged rain has left the meadow sod spongy, and each step makes a squishy sound. Rain drops ooze down sword-shaped cattail leaves and cluster in shiny tiny globes on each waterliiy pad dotting the pond. The steady spattering of raindrops textures the surface of the pond, and cir cles radiate where an occasional fish rises to check for edibles. Sight of the cat padding along sends resident red-winged male blackbird into a fit of screeching and scolding. This family’s nest is usually tucked into the tangled mass of a multiflora rose bush hanging over the far side of the pond bank. Father Bird vigilantly patrols the territory with a sharp voice and warning aerial dips in creasingly low overhead, spiffy _-» UNDER WHOLESALE R , * ■* UNDER WHOLESALE 4- neon-red-orange epaulets flash ing on his dark wings. Even louder is the honking raised by the dozen-plus adult “wild” geese scattered around the ponds. Three pairs keep watch over families of fuzzy gos lings, herding them to the far side of the water when Derra splashes in for her evening swim. The geese do not know they have ab solutely nothing to fear from our gentle, aging Lab, unless, of course, they are hoarding a stash of cookies. One pair, however, reroutes our way, seven fluffy goslings paddling furiously between them. Their flotilla forms a V-shaped wake in the pond’s rain-spattered surface as they glide in our direc tion, anticipating a handout of floating pelleted fish food. Alas, we have come empty handed, and mother goose honks at us in dignantly. Wildflowers bloom along the Lancaster Co. Conservation District Awards Scholarships LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) The Lancaster County conser vation District recently an nounced that Jeffery Creamer and Jason Betzner are the recipi ents of the Lancaster County Conservation District Ann Brown Memorial Scholarship for 2003. Jeffery Creamer attended Manheim Township High School and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Creamer of Lancaster. He will attend Penn State Uni versity to study Earth and Miner al Sciences. Sunday, June Ist1 st 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. sponsored b\ IgjSwr®^,' • violin inw D UU P in CD Exchange I i t- i J Berks County Parks & Recreation Department Gring’s Mill Recreation Area W Located on Tulpehocken Road across trom the Penn Stale Berks-Lehrgh Valley K rrC S Campus Admission is FREE. $2 Parking Donation collected - For more info, call (610) 374-8839 or visit our web site wwyy co berks pa us/parks rt 01, SUSQUEHANNA Q\ PRINTING Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24, 2003-B3 edges of the little stream beside the ponds, yellows and purples nodding above' the gurgling water. Bits of bright white scat tered along the streams soggy edges pose a puzzle, until I real ize they are root leftovers from plants yanked out by the feeding geese. A heavy spearmint fra grance wafts up from the stream bank, where patches of the aro matic herbal tea plant grow wild. Its wonderful smell beckons me to snap off some tender tops, for brewing a hot cup of May tonic on this damp, chilly night. One dripping dog, one drowned-looking cat, and one muddy-footed farm wife make yet another detour through the gardens, snapping off a fistful of fat asparagus stalks and rescuing the stem of water-sodden yellow iris blooms. When it’s too soggy outside to enjoy spring, we’ll bring its trea sures inside to savor. Jason Betzner attended Lam peter Strasburg High School and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Betzner of Lancaster. He will attend Virginia Polytechnic Institute majoring in Geology. Sarah Smith from Pequea Val ley High has been selected as the first alternate. The Lancaster County Conser vation District Ann Brown Me morial Scholarship Fund pro vides two $l,OOO scholarships. Additionally, Creamer and Betz er will be eligible for a follow-up sophomore year scholarship of $4OO. f^*AcSlC Full Circle Music Societ> concert Open Stage . 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