THe WhEEl of the TRactoR

The wagon was full of corn

we sat on the pile of corn

Grandpa drove the tractor

Our Destination 

Greenleafton, MN

When we got there 

the corn got ground at the mill

We got a spring grove soda

orange was my favorite

Cherry Grove 

 another favorite place

Shuffleboard

grandpa even had a shuffleboard. . .  (court?)

in the attic of the hen house

Grandpa drove the tractor

I sat on his knee

we parked on the side of the field

Grandpa walked into the field to . . . 

pick weeds, rocks, look around??

 I looked long and hard at the tractor

I started the tractor 

I'd seen grandpa do it a hundred times

I just pushed the button

It started right up

then I didn't know what to do

Grandpa looked up from the field

walked over 

he wasn't happy

He told me to go back to the house

it was a half mile walk 

up that gravel road to the farm house

I'm sorry grandpa

I was 8

I loved my grandpa

I loved being at the farm

Grandpa's farm holds great memories for me

Lawrence Welk

Uno

Rootbeer floats

The chicken coop

Eggs

The barn

The smell of hay

The apple orchard

Getting water from the pump

The tin cup hanging from a wire hook

Grandma making homemade play dough

Juicy fruit gum

pink wintergreen mints

Memories, all of them

jogged today

by a picture of a tractor wheel

Look at something today

what does it bring back to you?