The Farmer’s Painted Nails!

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Yesterday, while grabbing some lunch  between the arrival of loads of wheat at the store, I let my four-year-old granddaughter use her nail varnish set on me! Not being a regular user of such things, it was only later that I realised that I was stuck with painted nails for the rest of the day. Going over to see the contractors who were baling straw, I had forgotten this as I pointed out the fields…

“Did you see the farmer’s painted nails?
Never seen that while baling bales!
My sense of amazement never fails,
must be something in the water!”

“He doesn’t belong with alpha males,
looks are about minor details,
I hear that he writes daily tales,
pity his poor granddaughter!”

Thanks to the Big-Bale crew for not noticing, although it was probably enough to keep you amused for weeks! Last night I discovered the joys of nail varnish remover!

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It Can’t be Raining!

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All of a sudden we are in harvest! The combine is plodding up and down the field, the grain cart is rushing to and fro filling the store and one eye is firmly fixed upon the dark clouds that encircle the farm. Then the worst case scenario – it starts to rain. However there is an old combine drivers saying…

‘It can’t be raining,
if you ignore the wipers’,
the sun is hiding,
behind storm clouded vipers!

I find myself carting,
wheat to the barn,
there is rain on the windscreen,
I shriek with alarm!

All of a sudden,
the precipitation gone
such a good job,
I didn’t turn the wipers on!
…and then my son-in-law, John, arrives back from holiday in France and jumps straight on the tractor. Good luck twice in one day, it could be my lucky harvest!

© Baldock Bard 2017
For more from the Baldock Bard click on ‘Home’ above
Facebook: Baldock Bard
Twitter: @baldockbard
E-mail: simon.holtom@btconnect.com

The Baldock ‘Boutique’ Boot Sale
STILL HERE AFTER 25 YEARS!
It is the friendliest bargain bonanza anywhere!
Feed your hungry sat-nav with SG7 6RD

2017 Season
EVERY SATURDAY MORNING!
until mid-October
With more FREE parking and a field full of bargains!
www.u-boot.co.uk

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