Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: My Country Life
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I'm happy to report that Tom's back seems much better today – at least that's what he's telling me. But knowing how stubborn he is, I wouldn't be surprised if it's still hurtin' like hell, but he just refuses to baby it any longer…not when he's in the mood to "get something done around here." It worries me,…
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With Charly getting older and older, it keeps coming up… should we get a puppy? I've always heard that the best puppy trainer is an old dog…they can teach the boundaries, rules of the household, and the alpha order much better than humans. Charly certainly did an awesome job with Max. But…I still hesitate getting a puppy right…
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The moon overflowed into the dark livingroom this morning; its light poured through the french doors and splashed across the floor to my bedroom door, forming a path of light that beckoned me outside. How could I resist? And there it was, waiting for me just above the tree tops. Its radiance kissed my upturned face and chased shadows in the…
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It rained today! Not just a sprinkling that left streaks in the dust on my van, but a real downpour that made Charly nervous and Max bark and Frankie want to come in the house. They had forgotten what this strange stuff was! It came down so hard that the tail-end of my van was washed clean!…
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…and another reason why I'm glad I live in the country where there's nothing but dirt, rocks and scraggly weeds – apparently rattlers like soft, manicured lawns… (This is video footage from a local news station last night. Manor is just a hop, skip and slither away from us…) http://www.myfoxaustin.com/video/videoplayer.swf
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Frankie's chirps and chattering filtered up through the trees from the direction of the pond this morning…but he never goes down to the pond without one of us, so I was a little concerned, thinking about coyotes, raccoons, and other creatures that might consider guinea a delicacy. The dogs were no where to be seen, but…
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A new week starts tomorrow – a week that is going to keep me running from 5 am Monday morning until 4:30 Friday afternoon. Not only do I have the normal weekly challenges, but we're going to go computer shopping (Kendall) and car shopping (me!) And on top of that, I've got the weekend's overflow…
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Rain! It actually rained on us yesterday…right here on our house, instead of making a wide loop around this area as it has the past few days. The radar maps have shown rain in the north, rain to the west, rain in the south, rain to the east. Austin was a clean bulls-eye – no…
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The weatherman told me this morning it would be another 100+ day, so as soon as the sunlight brushed the hilltops, I stepped outside and called the boys for our walk. Frankie was ready, but Max and Charly were no where to be seen. They'd had the same idea as me, apparently…Walk early, before the hollow…
Long Hollow 