A Country Kind of Monday!

After we went to bed last night, yet another storm rolled in waking me up around midnight to lightning, thunder and really heavy rain! I had the window to the girl bunk open and it was the cold that woke me up. Temps dropped about 20 degrees in a matter of minutes.

I got up and went out in the new room to listen to the storm rage.....

I have to admit to loving weather!

Rain, storms, lightning, thunder - I love them all.

My sister, Nita, shared a post to my Facebook page the other day.....

I admit it.

My name is Linda Chapman and I am a pluviophile.

The cattle were already out there welcoming in the day when we went out to gear up for ours.

They do not belong to us or to Dean and Sherry.

They are our neighbor's but we do so enjoy them.

Last fall I took muffins to the Jackson's - that's the neighbors - and told them how much we love watching their critters.

We pulled on our mud boots and set out to do our last round of Critter Chores......

after we had our first cup of coffee and were partially awake.

I shared this photo on Facebook's 'BackRoads of Texas' today. 

I am a new member and this was my first time to share.

I never get tired of seeing scenes like this.

Or of this.

The male peacock died and we sure do miss him.

However, this pea hen is sure showing off her beauty!

This could be a summer scene.

My older grandchildren have fond memories of MiMi Camp down here.

They loved fishing on Lake Tougouchi!

We are already planning another camp with them down here this summer.

I think one of my greatest blessings is when my grandchildren want to spend time with me.

It was a cold blustery day but my Louis Dean looked handsome as he sat on the feed bin catching his breath after we fed and watered all the critters.

I am going to get a bit sentimental here.

Every single day I spend with my beloved is a gift.

Several of my dear friends have lost their beloved husbands.

I think of my good friend, Melba in the loss of her JW.

 I love them both and we had such good times together over the years. 

There's my Dear Vee in the loss of her beloved John.

He was such a prayer warrior and prayed for our grand quadruplets and their parents from conception right up through their third year of life.

And there is our dearly loved BJ and the loss of the long love of her life, Bill.

They made their memories and shared many of them with us in the Land of Blog.

That made their loss our loss as well.

I want to live my life with no regrets.

I want to keep making memories every single day with Louis Dean.

We live life together.

Some day we - either he or I - will live life alone.

But not yet.

We will continue to celebrate Life for as long as we have - together!

I bought this wine glass at a Goodwill in Waco and tonight I used it for the first time.

I made chicken and dressing, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, cranberry relish and Texas baked beans for our supper tonight.

Wishing you a Good Night from the Country!!

This time next week we will be back home.

We will continue our adventures there!