Mother had a way with flowers of all kinds. We had seven sister roses in an arch over the garden gate and the front gate for a while (the gate on the deck). She had flowers all around the entire farmhouse and around at least one half the yard fence. In addition, she had other flower beds and flowering bushes she cared for. The seven sister roses always meant a lot to me as we were seven sisters at home. Mother was also one of seven sisters. Mother had daddy build a grape arbor over the old well. It was wonderful to sit under and eat grapes. The old well is still there, covered by rocks. I dropped my 10-cent ring in it one time to see if it would come back up when I pumped the handle. It did not.
The barn had about 10 stations to chain the cows and keep them in place when being milked. It had a wide concrete hallway and three divisions for horses. There was a storage room and the barn loft was always full of sweet smelling hay (except when it was full of tobacco). At the rear of the barn was a lean to that housed the bull and had another area for cows. Behind this was the silo. It was an exciting time when the silo was built. We enjoyed climbing up the outside. We had to throw the silage down a chute and then transport it to each cow’s station so they could be fed.