A Bit Of Excitement

We have a new Amish saw mill going in down the road from us. We have been watching them move in the equipment, and now the logs have begun to arrive. Today I decided we would burn off the fence rows as soon as the boys got off the bus, before things green up too much. The boys and I each had a rake and took up strategic spots. As I was burning, the wind was helping keep the flames going but there was just enough green grass to make plenty of smoke. There was an Amish buggy coming down the road, and a big truck of logs going up the road, all converging around my smoky fence row. The poor horse spooked and began shying away from everything, as the elderly lady who was driving tried to keep things steady. I watched helplessly as the horse started backing up and the buggy was heading backward into the ditch. The back wheels of the buggy were stopped by the fence posts behind it and the lady was able to make the horse pull the buggy out of the ditch. She turned around and went back the way she came, no one hurt, nothing broken on the buggy. Luckily, there is a stop sign close to our house, so the truck had stopped at the first signs of trouble and it let the buggy begin it's journey again before starting on it's way. Soon the buggy was coming back, very unsure of the fire now. The lady got out and was slowly walking it, trying to coax it by our yard ( if you ever want to feel like dirt, be the cause of an old lady having to lead a scared horse by your yard!) The horse would stop and she would talk to it and then get it moving again (those horses are big ya know). There was a pick up truck behind the buggy, and a young guy (20 somethingish) got out and asked if he could help her. With him on one side and her on the other they quickly managed and she got back into the buggy and was on the way. Next spring, I'm making sure Mike is here for the burning day!