Our Country Monday.....

Would you believe we woke up - and GOT UP - at 6:30 this morning??

I find it hard to believe myself!

By 10:00 we had done our reading, had breakfast, taken care of the Critter Chores and were heading to town. We by passed Mart by going the back way. It's more scenic and the roads aren't quite as bumpy.

This owl was sitting smack dab in the center of the road and didn't even budge as we drove right up to him. I got out to take his picture before he flew off......

but we think he was injured by the way he fairly limped away.

He settled in the field next to the road and then flew on off across the way.

You never know what you're going to see in the country!

The wildflowers are starting to bloom.

I do so love buttercups!

All colors!

Louis Dean is really good about stopping so I can take pictures!

We hit up all four Goodwills in Waco but I didn't get as much as you would think!

Mostly movies. Louis Dean got a chair with no arms to use when he plays the guitar.

I needed a few art supplies so he took me to Michael's for that and then Home Depot for 'stuff.'

We ate at Golden Corral because it was his turn to choose.

I would have picked a place where I could have Mexican food and a margarita!

He said it was his last time to go to Golden Corral.

Nothing tasted good and that wasn't such a bad thing since his choices were so NOT healthy ones.

He's still insisting that the dentist murdered his taste buds so that may account for why nothing tasted good to him. My food was fine.

I love driving the country roads!

Somehow it makes your heart a little bit lighter.

This was cotton fields last year.

We got back to the ranch around 4:00 and went down to the meadow to look for some firewood.

This is my most favorite place here on the ranch!

The ducks were enjoying it too!

I sit on that bench and visit with my friend, Linda in Oregon, on the phone.

Dean and Sherry came home while we were down there.

The duck pic and videos are out of order.....we took the five new goslings out of the brooder and put them in this portable pen before we went to the meadow.

This is where Dean was over the weekend.....up at a Karate event in Oklahoma.

He's the third one from the right on the first row.

His teacher from when he was a child is the first one from the right on the end.

We came back up to the camper and I arranged my bouquet of wildflowers.

Sherry brought us up some wood on her four wheeler so we could have a campfire. 

We sat outside for a good long while seeing the day end and the night fall before coming inside.

I have a bouquet of lights on the tree!

Update on our mother......

Deanie and Charlie went to the hospital early this morning so they could speak to the doctor.

Mother's sodium is now up to 130 - from a low of 113 on Friday morning.

She is very weak and still rather out of it.

They were moving her to another room today since she is doing better.

It may be too early to tell if there will be any lasting effects from this situation.

She has seemed more frail these last few months and remains frail and confused now.

We are praying she will improve as she grows stronger.

Time will tell.

Deanie has taken the brunt of the burden by going to the hospital and checking in with the doctors and nursing staff. It has taken a toll on her. She is still trying to recover from her own health issues and I feel badly that she must carry this load with Mother.

Louis Dean is already in bed sound asleep!

I don't think this 6:30 wake up time is going to be a regular thing!

I'm yawning now and about to go to sleep myself.

Goodnight from the country!