Good With the Bad

The books have arrived. Yea! On Thursday The UPS truck pulled into my drive, as scheduled, with my copies of the second printing (second edition) of Spotted Flower and the Ponokomita. With the art show season about to kick off, I was truly glad to have these copies...the book sells well at shows.

While I'm smiling over the books, I hear a racing engine and churning from outside. I look out; the UPS truck is half turned in my drive, the driver gunning the engine to force the big vehicle out of a patch of mud. We've had several days of warm temps, and the snow melt has been considerable. My drive looked solid, however. The farrier had been here on Tuesday and had no trouble with mud, or turning--of course he has a much smaller truck

After several attempts, the UPS guy managed to get the truck going up the slope toward the road, back tires still spinning. In some places, the resulting ruts of mud are more than seven inches deep. Time to borrow my neighbor's tractor and try to smooth things out.