A Perfect Day
- March 26, 2009
- Category: Daily Diary
- (17) Comments
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Have you ever gotten up in the morning and just known in your heart the day would be perfect? Yesterday that happened to me. As I opened my eyes, there was a bird on my bird feeder. Now, perhaps that might not seem like a big deal to you but I haven’t seen a bird (other than a crow) since last November. And when I saw them pecking away at the seeds, I knew spring had arrived on Red Pine Mountain.
The sun was shining, the temperature was headed to 40 so what better way than to spend the day outside celebrating life. Here are some scenes from a beautiful spring day on our farm.
Mountain Man is already hard at work splitting firewood for next year’s winter. The wood has to be seasoned this summer so it when it burns it will burn slowly enough to generate heat.
Ice is melting and streams are beginning to flow again.
Dogs spent the day basking in the sun.
Mud is EVERYWHERE; the kind of mud that sucks your boots right off your foot, the mud children love and dogs cannot avoid.
A plane passed overhead through a brilliant blue sky.
Horses snoozed and seemed reluctant to rise.
So I decided to stay awhile with my lazy mare and savor the beauty of a perfect spring day as our farm awakens from it’s winter’s rest.
You are so living in Gods country.
So beautiful!
Love and Prayers,
Tim
Date: March 26, 2009
Sounds and looked like the absolute perfect day. Isn’t God’s small blessings, like a bird on the feeder, wonderful!
Your sky was gorgeous,bright blue and clear. Perfect!
Date: March 26, 2009
Is the dog a greyhound? I’ve wanted to get a couple from a rescue group in either Florida or Texas. But hubby says “NO-Way, we aren’t having dogs the size of horses living in the house”!
“But they are so sweet and lovable….just big ole couch potatoes” I counter back (with my lower lip stuck out, and my eyes looking all sad). No luck;(
Enjoyed your lovely day!
Date: March 26, 2009
Neas, she’s a whippet. Like a greyhound but she weighs 20 pounds. She’s my under the covers snuggle baby
Karen, yes it is God’s small blessings that surround us everyday that make life worth living.
Tim, thank you!
Date: March 26, 2009
I love days like that, I love sitting on a rock and just letting the sun beam into me, ah rapture.
I also enjoyed the view of your farm. How neat! What a big place you live on. We are smashed into about three acres so Terry can farm the rest.
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com/
Date: March 26, 2009
What a great day you had! I like your pleasant valley farm!
Date: March 26, 2009
Hi Linda, Our farm sits halfway up our mountain where the original farm house used to be and that’s the original, old barn which we are going to try to restore finances permitting. In the old days, our Red Pine Mountain was part of a gigantic farm but over time property got sold off. We’ve got 300 acres and for our neck of the woods, that’s a pretty large parcel still intact. The original farm house burned over 30 years ago and when Mountain Man purchased the property, he built the house we live in. The house is just too big for us now so we’ve been tearing it down to make it smaller (can’t afford the property tax on a big dwelling and don’t want to take care of a big place either. We have about 50 acres of pasture and the other 250 is woods. Our fondest dream is to have an off the grid Mountain Man cabin up in the thick of the forest. I’ll try to find pictures of the old farm house.
I can understand why Terry would want to farm your beautiful land.
Date: March 26, 2009
What a beautiful day you had. The simple beauty and pleasures in life just make the heart sing
Date: March 26, 2009
I love glorious days like this! Sunny and snow and gorgeous here too!
Date: March 26, 2009
What a picture you painted toDAY!!! AHHHH….I feel more encourage about life just reading this. But, of course, that’s the effect you have.
Date: March 26, 2009
What beautiful pictures of a beautiful day! I THOUGHT spring was here but it seems winter just has to have the last word. It is cold and there is a chance of snow today. Thank you for your kind comments on my blog! I always appreciate them.
Date: March 26, 2009
Days like these make me wish I was living on a farm. I know some don’t like all the work, but I miss chopping firewood. I’ve been in the city too long though, and I would miss it.
Date: March 26, 2009
So glad to hear about your perfect day. Amazing what sunshine and blue skies can do for your soul.
Date: March 26, 2009
I love that mud. My brother once lost a Nike high-top in that mud… in the woods behind our childhood home. I can still remember pulling him out and him crying about his shoe.
These photos are all just beautiful. A true perfect day.
Date: March 26, 2009
My favorite bird is what I call the black capped chickadee, I love seeing them in winter.
I saw my first cardinal and bluejay this past week.
“the kind of mud that sucks your boots right off your foot”…too funnie. I’m not near any dirt roads, but I sure know what that’s all about.
Does your little whippet get sunburned at all?
Date: March 27, 2009
Yeah!!!! The birds are coming back! And even though mud is the master you must be happy since it means the MELT is happening. I am happy for you today. Smiles!
Date: March 27, 2009
Nothing better than basking in the sun on a cold day! Mmmmm. God is so good!
Date: March 27, 2009