“Ayup. Been a dickens of a summer, ain’t it?” Karl spit a stream of brown tobacco juice to the ground.
“Oh, you betcha. Hot, humid, and all this Covid crud. We thought it’d be all done by now.”
“Flatten the curve, yeah? “
“Phshaw! Such nonsense!”
The two old farmers stood quiet, leaning on the fence rail, watching the tractor maneuver the loaded hay wagon.
“Well. Keep good, yeah? Gotta go help. Horses gotta eat.”
“Ayup. Keep good. See ya!”
Just Writing! 
Looks like a village in France.
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The woman who contributed the picture lives in France.
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Life goes on for rural folks, no matter what the news-makers in far off cities may say and do.
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Great dialogue. Well done.
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Lovely characters. I didn’t know anyone said ayup in the US
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Brilliant banter Linda, I could almost hear it! Well done.
Here’s mine!
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A little slice of life. Cute.
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Thanks!
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Ayup! Good one, Linda.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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So real. Ordinary. Understated. Life goes on attitude of a farmer. Good one.
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Exactly what I was going for. Thanks, Trish 🙂
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looks like they have learned to live by the pandemic as much as they could. 🙂
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Farmers are usually a very practical breed.
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As they had to learn to live with City Folk — um — “intervention” with Daylight Savings Time, they had to learn to live with THESE current events.
As the farmers say, “Cows don’t care what time YOU think it is. They gotta be milked at the same time of day, no matter what.”
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I don’t think I’ve ever actually talked with a farmer about DST. I guess they do what they have to do 🙂
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I’m sure they get more animated about rain. Nice touch with spitting the brown fluid.
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Yes, I’m sure they do. As for the tobacco juice–I haven’t actually seen that in a very long time, but it just seemed appropriate 🙂
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I’ve seen it and wish I hadn’t 🙂
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Yes, you’ll hear this in a lot of places, I guess.
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I can imagine them meeting up for a few minutes each day for a bit of a natter!
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Yes. Perhaps it was a stone fence, as good fences make good neighbors 🙂
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Great slice of life here. I can see it happening here soon as harvest time is just around the next bend in the road. May we all survive to see it.
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A nice quiet story, with an upbeat feel. The old farmers have weathered Covid, just as their grandparents had to deal with Spanish flu. There’s nothing really new about life in the country; animals and crops all need tending.
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Great voice here, I can ‘see and hear’ them. Let’s hope they keep healthy.
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Linda,
You captured the tone pitch-perfectly. Loved it.
pax,
dora
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Thanks, Dora 🙂
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so nice and folksy.
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Exactly what I was aiming for 🙂
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