The diner was busy this morning. One of the ladies had pictures of her great-great-grandson. That is a noteworthy achievement. The vibrating phone was still a topic of interest.

Thursday was a brilliant blue sky harbinger of Spring type day. It was a pleasure to work without gloves. We still have manure to spread so we got started on it. At the end of the first load, the spreader plugged on a chunk of baleage. It took the rest of the afternoon to get it out. Spreaders can deal with some stuff like that but occasionally they plug.

The cattle luxuriated in the sun all day. Some of them will lay flat out and nap briefly.

The phone was ringing today with questions from potential cattle buyers. In the late afternoon a family from the western part of the state stopped on their way home from the Farm Show. They seemed to like the cattle.

Just before dark, I heard a noise on the lake and looked out. I thought it was a snowmobile but it turned out to be an air boat just like the ones you see in the Florida movies. Jim and I went over to the next town to pick up a prescription. While there we had a call from one of our all year neighbors. She had heard a big commotion on the opposite shore and went out to investigate.

Apparently the air boat had broken through the ice and couldn't get back on top of the ice. She was able to yell over to them and they said they were okay. She was rightfully concerned so she called me.

We came back from town and went down to her shore. The boat was roaring mightily but it was obvious it was stuck. We had to wait until it stopped roaring to yell out to the people. It would have been nice to have a bullhorn like the one the next lane uses for the Fourth of July lawn mower races. Jim suggested having them yell back their cell number. Where they were there are no houses or access to the shore for several thousand feet. The lake is probably a half mile wide there but you could hear because there are no other noises like road noise etc.

We got the cell number and called. They assured us that they were safe and just stuck with help on the way. They also indicated that they were in no immediate danger of dehydration since they had brought plenty of beverages with them.

We were glad everyone was okay and went back about our business. When we checked later we couldn't hear or see anything across the lake so we assume everything worked out. Clearly the summer folks miss an entire dimension of life on the lake. Last week the shovel thrower now this.

Tomorrow is my turn to go to the Farm Show.