There's only so may times that you can promise a farm to an almost two-year-old. We look at our books and you tube how-to's , our seed catalogs and various farming blogs, but there comes a time when I have have to stop saying "soon baby" and just take a trip to the petting zoo. We packed into the car on Sunday morning and drove outto Lion Country Safari - known as one of the first drive-through animal parks, along with a walk through amusement park and petting zoo. We played with the goats and admired the birds. The most impressive attraction of all, was the giraffe exhibit. I think I was more enthralled by the opportunity to feed a giraffe than Dane, though she has mentioned it's large tongue several times since...
This whole waiting process brings an old childhood book to my mind. The title, I can't recall but the story is about a young boy named Billy. Billy desperately wants a pony, and each time he asks his parents, they respond to him by saying "maybe someday Billy". It's a story about patience, which is something that we are all trying to keep in mind during these last few weeks of working through the details of getting into the farm. "Not a single moment sooner or later will it happen", says my mother-in-law. Wise woman she is.
