A Visit With Doris

Every woman should get to drive a piece of heavy machinery before she's 50, don't ya think?  Yesterday, I had my chance!

First Janine had a turn:

Then Rosemary (since it was her brother-in-law Dave who brought Doris over to visit, as she and her husband Tim needed a few things done around their cottage before winter sets in.  That's Dave riding along on the back):

then it was my turn:

Look Ma, no hands!

Of course, when the time came, Dave was the one who got to do the actual digging:

closely supervised by Janine and Tim:

Janine and I are already busy thinking up all the ways we could put one of these tractors to use if we had one of our own.  Okay, probably not going to happen but a girl can dream!