More Scenes From The Farm

FIRST, a quick update on my dad:  (And again, please don't comment on this on facebook, comment here on the blog)...the nodule in the lower lobe of his right lung is the ONLY cancer he has.  The PET scan was clear.  The MRI was clear. His pulmonary function tests show he could live well on the reserve of his right lung, combined with his left lung, especially now that he's quit smoking.  The recommendation is surgery; I will keep you posted.  Thank you for your continued prayers for wisdom and discernment for both my parents and also the docs involved.

OKAY. Now, on to the bane of my existence here on the farm. (Other than the ticks, which, praise the LORD are gone for the year).

Yes, I know they look at nice and rested and innocent.  Ugly, but innocent.  But they are sly little creatures.  Well, sly not-so-little creatures. 

Jacob is trying to corral them.  Jacob is 3 feet 4 inches tall at last measure, so these are pretty big birds.  And I thought they were dumb.  HA! They continue to escape, but this time down the road the OPPOSITE way.  They walk all the way around the house, electric fence and all, through the COW pasture and THAT electric fence, and onto the road. Away they go.

See the two white specs almost to the road?  Yup.  The two troublemaking turkeys.  They are going to taste GOOD. Then there are other critters.

Moosie and Black dog.  Blackie had to go inside because he was trying to eat Stash.  (The bunny).  Moose just wanted to taste sniff him, but he would at least listen when you yelled at him. Notice Blackie is a good 4-6 inches taller than Moose.  He is having another growth spurt.  Oh joy.

Our "herd."  We have a strange herd, because we kind of count all of us.  But here's all four beef dinners cows waiting for Jacob to throw more pears in for them. Chuck, right up front, or as Jacob says, Up-Chuck, then Oats (with the white heart on his head), then Hay and Blackberry.

But the one we've had the longest by far is Molly.  She's my baby girl.

And she loves her baby brother.

Why I Love Where I Live

So yah, I know, the other day I'm a dichotomy. And I still am.  But today...oh my gosh.  Today, I could wish for no other place to live on planet earth than right where I do.  This was the view from my front window this morning.  I'm looking west, so the sun is just starting to light the trees as it rises in the eastern sky.

  If you look to the far right (between the white barn and the edge of the picture) you'll see crazy Bubba's burned out shell of a trailer.  Not sure if I ever posted about that....but that's a story for another day. Let's just say it was me calling 9-1-1 at 2:30 AM because his house was engulfed in flames and the police ended up finding him passed out in one of his many vehicles.

But here are more reasons I LOVE right where I am.

The view to the south

If you ever told me I'd live on 30 acres in the middle of nowhere with FOUR COWS.....I'd have told you you had lost your mind.  Yet here is the view to the south-east corner of our property.

Doug actually found an itty bitty color and leash so Jacob could take his bunny, Stasher, for a walk.

Watch our Derek Jeter!  Look at that form! (And the face)

A new trick he learned at Auntie Shawn's....going down the slide head first.  Lovely.

The very first time he could swing all by himself, and I was actually outside to see it.  Yay for me!  Such a big boy.

 

 

The pond (which keeps expanding) and my 3 waddling Peking ducks.  Love my ducks!

So there you have it.

You know what I was thinking this morning as I drove back from errands after dropping Jacob off?  God made this world so amazing.  So beautiful.  So brilliant and glorious!  He didn't have to do that. We never would have known the difference.  He could have made all trees grey.  The sky could have been grey (well, it is a lot of the time in Michigan anyway), the ground could have been black.

But today, I'm so enthralled with the beauty around me I can barely breathe.  The brilliant blue sky against the changing leaves....red, orange, yellow, and every shade and hue in between.  Glorious.  Simply glorious!

And He did it just for us.  So we could see His glory. So we could know and appreciate beauty.  Love it.