Yesterday was the summer solstice. While walking on the beach road at Saint Fabian (always an interesting and ever-changing experience) the evening quiet was broken by the clicketty-clack of a large trailer pulled by a tractor. We waved to the driver, sitting high in the tractor as he passed. The trailer stacked with freshly harvested bales of hay, perhaps being taken to a nearby barn and stored as a winter food source for the dairy cattle common in the region.
In any case, it was the first time we've seen a hay harvest this summer. Since there's still much of summer to go, I would guess the local hay fields, of which there are many, will get a second, and perhaps even a third harvest before the growing season comes to a halt. I'm reminded of the wise adage, "make hay while the sun shines."
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| First hay harvest of summer season |
