Got some 'splainin' to do

Among the many things lacking on our hobby farm is a computer. While fencing and farm equipment are necessities, BEVED decided a computer at the farm would lead to distraction. “The world is too much with us” as Wordsworth put it. After all, we bought the place for a return to the simple life. Our plan was to experience the country life on weekends, blog about what rubes we are from the computer in the suburbs on weekdays. The iphone would suffice for Internet emergencies in the country. It’s a smartphone! As some of our followers noted, the blog seemed to dry up during the hottest summer on record. Blogs wither on the vine when half of the BEVED blogger team spends 6 weeks straight at the farm without a computer. Even if the world had been with me, words were not. My time was spent looking after my mother who suffered a puzzling array of health issues from early June until August. Ours was a summer of ambulances, trips to the ER, medical tests, hospital stays, more medical tests, cardiologists, and neurologists. We are grateful she is back on her feet again and able to return to the normal lifestyle of a very active 86 year old. It was one long hot summer. One in which everybody learned it is unwise to ignore hydrating. At least we had the place in the country for cool, quiet recuperation thanks to the valiant 10-year-old A/C unit & the fabulous Easy Set pool! The iphone overheated! Smart…smart!