Our Farm

My husband and I own a 7+ acre farm here in middle Tennessee. We have been here for almost two years. It will be two years in February. I love this farm! We are on a small hill, with fields surrounding us. We can see our neighbors homes, but we don't hear them.

Our neighbor across our street has cattle, which gaze in the fields nearby. I love to hear their mooing in the morning and night, when it's time for milking or if one of the men are putting down hay piles for them to enjoy.

In the morning we wake up to our rooster crowing, or Lucky our beagle/Blue Tic Hound barking at something. I can never figutre out what she is barking at. She just likes to bark, I guess. Our cats love Lucky, they cuddle up next to her when she is dozing on the front porch. Even the chickens and roosters don't show any fear of her. She loves everything and anybody. She is a joy to have and takes good care of the chickens and cats. She herds them out of the driveway, whenever anyone comes up the driveway, as if it is her job. I really love this dog!

There are draw backs to living on a farm. Minor, but they can be annoying when it happens. this morning we woke up to no water. A water main had broken, so the farms on our road had zero water. it was a small annoyance for us, but it can be a real problem for farmers who need to milk their cows and need to have drinking water for their livestock. Plus, today is the first day back to school after the Christmas break, so getting the children ready for school, without water can be a bad way to start the New Year. For us, our sons are grown, so they no longer live with us. For us it just meant going without coffee, until 10:30 am, when the water finally came back on.

It was 39 degrees this morning. The weather man said the weather will cold and wet this afternoon and tonight. I hope it doesn't snow or ice over, I have a doctors appointment tomorrow with my cardiologist. No eating after 9 pm tonight, due to labs, before the appointment. I need to behave. Bummer!