Make hay while the sun shines

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My home is across the road from a large field. When they had a school here it was the football field. Now, they have some disc golf cages in a course. Some people ride dirt bikes here. I have seen families fly kites because there are no overhead power lines or trees. No one does a lot to maintain it. Some volunteers mow the disc golf path. Once in a while the city mows the front edge by the street. In June, depending on the weather, there is a family that cuts the field and bales it into huge round bales of "hay". I guess they have cattle to feed in the winter. It is not planted to any particular grass or plant, but whatever Mother Nature allows to grow. Yesterday, it began. The city mowed the front edge, then a tractor, front end loader machine came in and began the cutting. Maybe it is called a swather. I do not have many pollen allergies as a general rule, but whatever is over there, plus the cottonwood that is floating in the air, is making my eyes itch this year as it is being cut. The people who cut it do so after they work all day. I believe they are members of our volunteer fire department. It does make a lot of sense to have it cut down before the fireworks go on sale for Independence Day. It would make an awful fire.. That is just more of life in our little community. I do not remember seeing so many cottonwood seeds previous to this year. The fluff is everywhere. That is likely because of all the extra moisture we had this year.