A few days ago I was talking with my best friend, she and her husband are selling their home and downsizing and working toward getting back to a more simple life--as we were talking she was telling me how rude a realtor treated her and her husband--when they told the realtor they were selling to downsize and find a smaller acreage and get back to the basics, the realtor ask her--Whats so great about that?--Needless to say they did not use this realtor--
Well that got my brain to working--imagine that--So what is so great about living simply and in the country?
I could probably sit here all day and tell you, however I won't bore you with that, but I wanted to just list a few--
I love, love, love getting up on a warm spring morning, making coffee and going outside to enjoy it--It is quiet, the birds are chirping, butterflies are out and there are all things new--Often we have new'critter' life spring forth here on the farm--goat kids, chicks, puppies,--then there is plant life--the tiny leaves on the trees, grass begins to get green, seedlings begin to poke their little heads out of the earth, wild flowers too wake up and turn their little faces towards heaven--
There are the goats playing goat games and you get the sense they are in their own 'critter' way, thanking the Lord for once again for bringing about warmer temps--
The hens proudly lead their chicks around the barn yard as if to say 'see what the Lord gave me'--
The butterfiles flutter around from flower to flower in a frenzy as if they are just soooooooo excited to once again partake of the sweet nectar the Lord has made for them--
Squirrels scurry and scamper from tree to tree taking in the warmth and enjoying the sunshine once again--
Rabbits hop from place to place, teaching their young to gather food and entertain us in the process--who doesn't like to sit and watch a wild rabbit?
Oh, and lets all not forget the feeling and smell of the fresh, spring soil that offers a coolness on our hands as the sun beats down on our backs--
The sheer excitement of putting a seed and or plant in the ground and watching it grow and bring forth food for our tables--
The skies turn a beautiful hue of blue with no clouds around--no smog, no city noise, no sirens, just pure, unadulterated nature--
These are but a few of the wonderful and simple blessings that you can find in the country--I told my friend, God truly can be found in the country--he's is shouting from everything and is not over shadowed by the noise of elsewhere--
::Until Next Time::
T.D.H.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
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