The Ditch

One of the first things Dad did at the place in Erma was to extend the ditch out to a swamp that was halfway out to the woods. That helped control some of the mosquito's. The first Summer there was a little dry and one day Dad saw some clouds and started saying, "come on rain, give us some rain." Well, Mother was scared-to-death of lightning and she would say, "go away rain, we want the Sun." Then Dad would say, "you're silly, you can't talk to the clouds." I don't know how many times they went through that routine.