Farming and holidays

Although some of our modern holidays have a connection to the growing year, many do not.  Most modern farmers don't take many Sundays off during planting or harvesting season -- and Farmer Bill is no exception.  Mothers' Day, Fathers' Day, Independence Day, his birthday (August), and Labor Day are pretty much all work days for him.  We are often open for PYO during the morning of July 4th, and close for the afternoon.  But there's usually other work to be done if the weather is good, and always paperwork to catch up on if we can't be outside.  Farmer Bill isn't good at relaxing between April and November so we rarely go out to see fireworks.  We've sworn that 'one of these years' we'll go see the old-time threshing event in Dundas over the Labor Day weekend, but so far we've never made it.  Depending on what day of the week his birthday falls, I might be able to take him out to dinner that night.  Halloween hasn't been big since we moved to the country.  We never have visitors although I always have candy ready just in case... Farmer Bill & I always get to eat it ourselves and we don't mind a bit.