It's Good to be in the Country!

My plan was to leave around noon on Sunday for the ranch.

I found Samantha and put her right in the carrier but Tabitha had decided to hide and it took me nearly an hour to find her - in the kitchen tucked up between the French door and table and covered up with the puddle of an oversized tablecloth!

We were on our way!

Cooler weather and heavy rain as we drove through Dallas but then the skies cleared up and we drove straight to Mart - by way of the country roads!

We go down Interstate 35 but left it at Milford - a small town that Louis Dean and Ellen taught in long years ago. The country roads are so much prettier than the highways and we actually saved time getting here. We stopped for milk and a few things at Read's Grocery including two racks of pork ribs on sale for $1.59 a pound. Son Dean is going to smoke them for us!

All the rain has made the sunflowers bloom like crazy!

We unloaded and LD mowed the yard while I put things to rights.

I was in a hurry to get down and see the progress at Dean and Sherry's place!

Nice to see the tanks all full and so much luscious greenery.

Some years at this time, the earth is cracked and the ponds are dry.

Last year Sherry drove me through this one on the four-wheeler!

The houses are joined!!

I'm standing in the addition joining the two together!

They have accomplished so much!!!

There's still much to do but it is happening and I hope to help Sherry after work tomorrow.

Notice LD's overalls??

They are one of a kind!

He took a notion to wash them in the bathtub and added a hefty pour of bleach!

Now his relatively new black overalls have a camo look to them!

It's good to be here!

We both slept like babies last night and I couldn't wait to get outside!

Storm clouds were coming up and the temps were only in the 70's.

I picked a large bouquet of flowers and lit a new candle before settling down with my first cup of coffee!

And sure enough - the storm arrived complete with lightning strikes and thunder!

The goats decided to seek protection from the rain under our huge carport!

They huddled between Sherry's truck and ours.

Later LD moved his truck over to the right to give them more room.

They literally jumped when the thunder cracked!!

Love the babies!

They had no trouble making themselves right at home!

Our cats stood at the screen door watching them all morning!

The horses have been known to come stand under the carport - but this time the goats got there first!

Closing tonight's journal entry from the front porch.

We love our campfires here!