Posted by billonthefarm on April 24, 2011 at 17:06:09 from (97.64.182.189):
This sunday starts like so many others. A partly cloudy morning, its wet from rain overnight, and we have cattle to feed.
These are the cows that have allready calved. With the later easter we are busy with calving but not half way yet.
A few of there calves sunning themselves as the day brightened up.
This group is the cows without calves. As they calve we move them to the other lot.
This is the last of morning chores. Feeding the calves at home.
With a little time before easter dinner with the family I took a run back over to check on the cows and then stopped at a landmark along my route.
The Brooks - Parker cemetary. I go past here everyday. This is one of 5 in our township that is taken care of by the township. It sits on a little knob in the corner of a farm field. Its one mile from my house. No records exist and it was unkept until the township took over its care back a few years.
No one has been buried here in well over a century. None of my family is buried here but they were likely neighbors and friends. Not many stones left anymore. Decades of being uncared for has left its mark.
Some of the stones are like this one and in remarkable condition but some of the ones that date in the earlier 1800's are nearly smooth from the weather. I would hate to guess how many people have driven past this cemetary and never given it a thought.
Those who are buried here settled what is now Trivoli Township. This was once a land of large open untamed prarie. The harships they endure are hard to imagine and some of these men were vetrans and likely granted land here for their service in arms.
Of course there is wrigley. Not a thing goes unnoticed on his watch. After a fun day of playing with everyone at easter dinner he is all done in and sleeping peacfully. No new calves when we did chores tonight but a nice day. Not much field work yet as the rain continues. When the sun comes out everyone is ready to go. Hope you all had a nice easter! bill
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