Anyone second the motion? What if for just one day you could ignore the BSE calamity that has befallen the cattle industry? Just one day to pretend this past year never happened. Wouldn't that be great? Well, Tinkerbell sprinkled a bit of the necessary magicdust in Lorneville, Nova Scotia, this past weekend. It was Saturday, June 5, at Peter and Marsha and Nicole and Nathan's Greeno's NicNat Farms overlooking the Northumberland Strait. The occasion was the Maritime Aberdeen Angus Association's 2004 Field Day and Junior Heifer Show, and for starters, the sun shined brightly all day long. That's a wonder all its own this spring. There's more The wind took a holiday. The previous two days you needed gobs of red mud on your boots to remain upright, This day a gentle breeze delighted swallows swooping about while clearing the air of any pesky insects having a mind to ruin the party, Best of all, by mid-morning it was shirtsleeve weather.
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