Snow Forts & Starry Nights by Scott

I remember one winter day on the farm when all of us kids with our cousin Shawn built snow forts for a snow ball fight. Brad and I being very young, were separated and put on different teams. We used five gallon buckets to create a snow wall of defense like unto a castle wall. Under this wall we created a four or six foot tunnel that went towards the other fort so I could be protected. The other team built a fort and a tunnel as well. There was even talk of connecting the tunnels so we attack from below. We spent hours building and a little time in actual snow ball fights. That was a great day on the farm.

I remember having to go down to the barn from the house on dark winter nights around 8pm to kick silage to the cows to let them eat. I was always grateful of the street light that stood half way between the house and barn on those dark nights. By this time, the cows would have most of the silage that we feed them out of their reach while they were locked into the stanches in their stalls. The Cows always made there mooings when I started kicking. The radio was always left on to keep the cows calm. This job only took ten to fifteen minutes of actual work. This walk was always lonely from barn to the house but I remember looking up many of those nights being amazed at the depths of the stars that filled the sky.