Animals
- Daphne And Sam Come To An Understanding
Yesterday afternoon the dogs and I spent some time cleaning the front pasture. I love being out in the pasture when the equines are out as well. The combination of dogs and equines usually adds up to some fun.Yesterday was no exception. I had just...
- Tomtom And Chloe Share A Moment
Who'd have thought, months ago when the grass was greener and gentle warm breezes cooled our 90 degree days,that we would feel downright celebratory when the mercury hit 30 degrees? Yesterday, in what felt like a heat wave, I loaded Maddie...
- A Tale Of Two Kitties
This is an all-too-familiar scene... Yes, that's Bobby, one of our barn cats, headed up the driveway to the house.For years now, Bobby has begged to be an inside cat.And for years we have ignored his pleading.After all, our barn cats have a great...
- Smiles To Share
I am blessed....blessed with days full of smiles. My days are simple,filled with simple pleasures....simple pleasures that make me smile. Like...... Sparkey, begging for more breakfast.... Oakley, as he races the gator, accompanying me during chores.......
- Another Cat Tale
The other evening my last stop for the afternoon feeding was the barn....to feed the kitties. Most afternoons, when I walk through the barn door, I have to watch my step. There are usually three kitties trying to cozy up to me, wrapping themselves around...
Animals
Quiet Autumn Days
It's three o'clock in the afternoon.
Afternoon chores are finished.
The horses are finishing their afternoon "snack".
They don't really get an afternoon feeding, but I often spread just a little hay around
to make them think that they are.
Bobby is asleep in the feed room...nestled between two bales of soft hay.
It seems that lately he prefers being back in the barn rather than in the garage.
I would bet that once cold weather arrives, he will head back to the garage again.
I take the pups and the gator and head to the front pasture for a little manure clean up.
The dogs romp, while I move from pile to pile.
Off in the distance I see a little dot moving across the pasture.
Bobby!
Our unusual barn kitty, Bobby, has decided to join the work detail.
Completely at home with the dogs,
he jumps into the gator and shares the passenger seat with Sam.
As we move about the pasture, Ginger comes out to see what we are up to...
The donkey girls are curious as well!
Our days are simple...the tasks repetitive,
and yet there is such comfort and peace in this kind of lifestyle.
Each and every day I get to revel in the seasonal changes...
enjoying the foliage...
the autumn flowers...wild purple asters...
the ever changing weather patterns that accompany the season.
It may be a product of my age, or perhaps it really is the lifestyle,
but life is wonderfully exceptional these days...filled with simple moments...
simple pleasures...solitude and beauty.
I have never for a moment regretted moving to the country.
And I am so very happy to share it with you!
PS:
I finished a neck warmer yesterday...
(I had knit this in a pattern that I ended up disliking, so I ripped it out and made up my own pattern)
I like it much better!
(Note the homemade button.)
This piece will be for sale in the Marketplace (see button beneath header).
PS:
I finished a neck warmer yesterday...
(I had knit this in a pattern that I ended up disliking, so I ripped it out and made up my own pattern)
I like it much better!
(Note the homemade button.)
This piece will be for sale in the Marketplace (see button beneath header).
- Daphne And Sam Come To An Understanding
Yesterday afternoon the dogs and I spent some time cleaning the front pasture. I love being out in the pasture when the equines are out as well. The combination of dogs and equines usually adds up to some fun.Yesterday was no exception. I had just...
- Tomtom And Chloe Share A Moment
Who'd have thought, months ago when the grass was greener and gentle warm breezes cooled our 90 degree days,that we would feel downright celebratory when the mercury hit 30 degrees? Yesterday, in what felt like a heat wave, I loaded Maddie...
- A Tale Of Two Kitties
This is an all-too-familiar scene... Yes, that's Bobby, one of our barn cats, headed up the driveway to the house.For years now, Bobby has begged to be an inside cat.And for years we have ignored his pleading.After all, our barn cats have a great...
- Smiles To Share
I am blessed....blessed with days full of smiles. My days are simple,filled with simple pleasures....simple pleasures that make me smile. Like...... Sparkey, begging for more breakfast.... Oakley, as he races the gator, accompanying me during chores.......
- Another Cat Tale
The other evening my last stop for the afternoon feeding was the barn....to feed the kitties. Most afternoons, when I walk through the barn door, I have to watch my step. There are usually three kitties trying to cozy up to me, wrapping themselves around...