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Category: My Country Life
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I followed a trail of silver moonlight from my bedroom to the French doors this morning. The full moon waited for me just outside. Good morning! it said. Yes, it is, I told it. I love seeing its beaming face watching over the Hollow, keeping an eye on things. I love how its light…
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My favorite frozen moments of this past week are these from a twilight walk down our road with Tom and the puppies last weekend. They aren't perfect photographs, but I chose them because they help me remember why we fell in love with Long Hollow. They remind me why all of the back-breaking work,…
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On any vacation, the things that make it the most special are those things you couldn't imagine beforehand… those little surprises that stick in your head forever. I had seen a photograph of Sue and Ron's backyard pond… I couldn't remember what it looked like exactly, but I knew it was really pretty and that,…
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Independence Day took on a new meaning for us today. It's done – Belle's sentence is over, her Cone of Shame gone, as well as her stitches. She's an outside dog again, free to run and jump on Max as much as she wants again, or at least as much as he'll allow. No more…
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Yesterday morning as Max enjoyed his breakfast, I sipped my coffee and watched the clouds drift across an electric blue sky… a sky so blue I imagined God uploading it to Picasa and hitting the 'saturate' button to achieve it. Two Great Blue Herons flew down the Hollow in front of me, following the creek…
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Leash-walking a newly-spayed-and-coned puppy several times in the night through the overgrown "wild grass" on our driveway in my nightgown and flip-flops… not my idea of fun. But meeting the full moon right outside the door… stepping out into a world washed with its light… hearing the distant howl of coyotes… …pure magic. (And almost…
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Oh, how I dreaded this morning! The weeks have flown by, and Baby Belle isn't a baby anymore. She's a young teenager, capable of becoming a mother – and we had to do something about that. The challenge? At 6 every morning this dog is exploding with energy! She's Rocket Dog, Wild Child, Christopher Robin's Tigger all…
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I'm missing Frankie more and more every day. Not just for his chatty companionship, but for the way he chipped in to help the family… Our house has been invaded by gnats – just a given around the Lake Travis area in the summer, but I swear we haven't had them this bad since…
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A few weeks ago these chains and signs went up on the property next door… (yes, the damn dam property.) Now, I don't blame them for putting up the signs. Several years ago we had people zipping through the middle of our land on their four-wheelers, despite our "No Trespassing" signs. We finally had to…
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It was dawn, but little light filtered through the gray clouds; Belle was merely a shadow on the other side of the French doors, a silhouette of a well-behaved puppy, sitting politely, patiently. I couldn't see her eyes, but I knew she was watching me, silently begging for an early walk. I can't resist puppy…
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