Two of Mom's Memories

My mom, Joan (Lewis) Crandall posted these memories as comments.  They are great and I didn't want them to get lost as a comment.  I've now authorized her as an author on the blog.  If you want authorship rights too, just let me know and I'll add you on.  

Here are some of my mother's memories from the farm:

- My father, Walter, was a very early riser - 5:00 AM every day.  Cows require 24/7 attention!! Up to do barn chores and prepare for milk delivery routes.  As a kid and teenager I enjoyed sleeping late- my father did not like anyone sleeping late.  My mother would not tell him if I was sleeping in (how nice of her).  If he found out he would call up the stairs in a "strict" voice to get up!! HOWEVER when the herdsman/hired man did not arrive to milk the cows or to do chores- things changed.  He would come up stairs and very nicely wake me up.  "Joan, I need your help in the barn- will you get up?"  I always got up and worked till the chores were done and did it happily- I spent hours working in the barn with the cows and enjoyed it.

- Another nice thing about growing up on the farm - there was always someone there- My mother and father and the employees- herdsman, milk delivery drivers, milk processing plant operators and workers.  I could always find someone to talk, to hang around with, be a kid in the way but having a good time.  My father hired several french canadian herdsman- I worked in the barn after school and they helped me learn to reach French.  And taught me some French words that were not taught in school!!!!