Big excitement on this old farm

Last week-end was unusual on our old dead-end country road. We kept noticing giant trucks kicking up lots of dust as they went up the hill past our house. They went to a new partially built home up on the hill above us. Not much building has gone on there for months. We thought the people had given up on finishing the home.

Then after it got dark we noticed smoke surrounding the home for hours. There were lots of bright lights and we could see people around the house so we figured if it was on fire there was help already there. Boyd finally decided that they had an enormous bonfire in their back yard perhaps burning wood scraps. Finally the smoke cleared up. All night long the big trucks came back down the hill, passing our house and stirring up more dust. I got little sleep.

Now the neighbors tell us that they were making a movie up there starring Antonio Banderas. I guess it's called "The Big Bang". The last time there was this much excitement in our neighborhood was when our barn was shown in a political commercial many years ago. I'm still trying to catch up on my sleep.