Put On A Happy Face

Gray skies are gonna clear up

Put on a happy face

Brush off the clouds and cheer up

Put on a happy face

From Tony Bennett's "Put On A Happy Face"

Perspective is a funny thing. There are lots of quotes about "waiting for the storm to pass" or "If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain."

I can pretty much guarantee you that none of these quotes were made famous by farmers.

Last weekend and into Monday, we got 1.10 inches of rain. While we didn't get as much as some areas of Kansas, the rain was welcomed as it fell on pastures, alfalfa and our fields of fall crops like sudan, silage, corn and milo.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, our farm on the Stafford/Reno County line is straddling the moderate to severe drought line. Overall, however, our conditions are improved after some timely rains.

Would we turn down another rain? Nope. After a winter when barely a drop of rain, ice or snow fell, we will give thanks for rain ... even if Randy happens to be on the golf course at the time.

This photo was taken Monday evening. Randy teed off, but that was the last hole he golfed. We raced our carts to our cars, along with two other couples who were chased by the wind pushing the leading edge of the storm and some lightning in the distance.

None of us were complaining. ... Well, one of the couples had left the top down on their convertible in town several miles away. They may have lamented about that.

But they weren't turning down the rain on their farm ground!