Trying something different….

We’re testing the theory.  I believe that consolidating resources is the way to go.  It’s better for 2 of us to combine into one household rather than keep paying double the bills.  We’re getting off to rough start.  There should have been 3 of us, but that wasn’t meant to be.

So, this is a little more expensive than I thought it would be.  I’ve still got a bunch of stuff at the other house.  I have no idea what to do with the house in Granite.  But I’m thinking on it, and all things happen in their time.

The new place is not the ideal, but it’s pretty dam good.  The biggest drawback is that there’s an interstate out the side door.

We’re not right next to it, but it’s close enough.  There’s constant noise pollution from the road.  We’re close enough to a major population center that there’s still a lot of light pollution, so star gazing’s not all it could be.  But there’s room for the horses and they have some shelter.  There’s room for the dogs to run.

They just have to learn to run in the right places.  Doeman and Dusty have a tendency to want to roam far and wide.  Dusty does better about coming when she's called, but, if she really doesn't want to come she pokes and gets distracted.  Doeman's always distracted.

They’ve only taken off on me once, so far.  Was out with them on a Sunday morning and Doeman & Dusty decided to take a powder.  All I could do was watch their furry butts take off down the farm road.

Luckily enough they were headed away from the highway. 

They came back a short time later.  We’ve kept similar instances limited in duration and range.  Surprisingly, at least to me, Luna is the one I don’t have to worry about.  She pretty much stays in the front yard and comes when she’s called

But she also knows that I will leave her furry little butt out there.  She doesn’t want to be out there alone, and she doesn’t count the other 2 as company.  She’s still chicken dog, so she sticks close and makes sure she’s with me when I open the door to come in.  Doeman and Dusty are getting better, over all.  This morning they were both in a mood.  So, they got put on a leash and brought in.  I think they'll figure it out sooner or later.
And some day there will be a second fenced pasture they can go hang out in.

You know, don't you, that this post is rambling over several days....
I started it on Wednesday and due to one thing and another wasn't able to finish so it's still hanging out here in limbo on Sunday morning.
The last couple of days have been busy.  I worked, cleaned, and goofed off in varying degrees the last couple of days.  Yesterday we had a bunch of people over, friends and family.  We Barbecued and the post holes for the front pasture got dug.

L & K were out marking the holes on Wednesday.
And yesterday they rented a post hole digger and dug the holes and placed most of the posts.  They haven't done the concrete yet, cuz it rained last night and everybody figured it was best to wait on the concrete.

The front pasture is a step closer to reality.  Right now we don't have enough fence for the whole thing.  But one of these days there will be a pasture right out the front door.

We're in the time of flocking birds out here.  They are flocking and picking over the empty fields.  Some mornings it's like something from Hitchcock out there.  But I've always liked watching the aerial maneuvers of large flocks.  So I don't mind the car getting bombed.  It washes off.
It's been a busy morning out my front window.  There's a big flock bathing in the puddle out on the road and dinning in the field next to the pasture.  Our one resident squirrel just put in an appearance.
And the resident hawk was in the tree right out front for a good length of time.  If I don't miss my guess we have a male kestrel hunting mice around the place and he's coming closer to the house cuz they are.  Still couldn't get a good look at color cuz the light was wrong, but he's definitely got spots, I could see that much when he landed.
I'm surprised that there aren't more squirrels out here.  We only have one running about the place, a large red, that travels quite a bit.  He's been out picking corn bits out of the fields and bringing them back to cover for snacking.  Dusty and Doeman get way too involved in trying to track him.
And now I'm just rambling cuz this post really had no focus to start with.
The grand experiment has begun.  It's not perfect.  Life is never perfect.  As Steve and I decided long ago, life's not perfect, it's cute.
And we have an abundance of cute and beauty here.

The view from my computer chair.

Riley is getting comfortable

Daisy, trying a new style.

 

Koda is a handsome gent.

The synchronized sleeping routine is not going well...

Well, that was rather freaksome.  Sitting here about to finish this post and I hear thunder, and the wind, which has been blowing since yesterday kicks up several notches.  I look up to see what looks like a dust cloud coming off the field and all of a sudden it's pouring rain and looking like Armageddon out there.  Storm rolls through and blows crap all over the place.  Then it rolls out and now we're bright and sunny again.

The wood pile has been there for a while, but all the rest of that stuff was up by the house.

That was a bed frame that was going to be a chicken coop.

The trailer was on the side of the garage....

We've got more branches down all over the place.
We might be setting records for more than just the highest temperature.  Living out here is a bit of an adventure, with something new everyday....