Country Livin'

Country Livin'....that's what I'm living....in the Country..surrounded by all that it offers...

*Neighbors that look out for one another...
*Earth filled with rows & rows of crops...a farmer's way of life...their income
*The sounds of dogs barking, roosters crowing, cows mooing...an occassional whinny...
*Mornings that start with seeing the sunrise and chores waiting to be done...
*Evenings filled with warm sunsets as once again chores are done and another day sets...
*Air filled with the sweet smells of country livin'  (okay, sometimes the aromas aren't that sweet  :D)

Country Livin' also can offer an adventure or two from time to time....and that's what today brought...

I was just getting out of the shower (I had spent the morning just relaxing and taking it easy..because it's my day off and it's nice once in awhile to NOT have to be in a hurry  !!!)  When I hear a LOUD knock at the door..."Who could it be"....I quickly hurried to get dressed and went to the kitchen to look out the window and see if there was still a vehicle there....No car....but as I looked out I saw the neighbor's horse standing straight across the road munching on the green-ness popping up!  I open the front door to see if the neighbors are in sight and were the one's knocking...needing help...no ONE in sight...but, I do see a car I don't recognize turning down their driveway...my assumption that it was the nice person trying to find who the lone horse belonged too.....I grab my farming coat, my hair still wet and tucked in the towel, head out to grab the halter that hangs on the fence next to our horse pens and head toward the road to see if I can catch Kilo...who happens to have lived in the neighboring pasture the whole 18  years we've lived in our house!!  (I don't really think of myself as a horse whisperer...or even a horse-girl...but, I do know how to put a halter on one if I need too  :D!)
    I get close to him, trying to make sure he stays off the busy country road that goes by our house....of course he is lovin' the green bites and just keeps walking ahead of me....I back off...as a car is approaching...the same car I had seen head down then neighbors driveway.  By now, Kilo is starting to think of crossing the road....the car heads him off and he crosses to the ditch road that runs behind our place....the neighbors behind us have many horses...the sweet lady stops and asks if it is my horse..and I tell her "Nope" it's my neighbors...she was worried and had been the one that had stopped and knocked...I asked if she had a cell phone so I could try to call my neighbors while Kilo was safe from the road, he still wasn't in a place to stay.  She handed me her phone, no answer...then, I called the neighbor (who happens to be my hay man too  :D)  No answer as he was on his 4-wheeler feeding his own horses...then, the lady offered to give me a ride over to his place....what a sweet, sweet, caring lady!  Once there, the neighbor's Mrs. came out to help...we thanked the "angel in disguise" introduced ourselves, and went our seperate ways.....Thankfully, the Mrs. had some grain and we were able to entice Kilo to us....I haltered him and we were off ...heading back to his own pasture...  Of course, that meant walking along the road (did I mention cars drive WAY TO FAST on it...) and, I wasn't sure how well Kilo would lead for me...so, you know I was praying for NO traffic until I got him home...and you know what...God is so good..there wasn't one single car that came along the whole 10 minutes it took me to get him home!!!!   And...just as I closed the pasture gate...help showed up!!!  It was ALL good...

And, it simply does feel GOOD to be able to help my neighbors...because one tooooo many times they've been there to help me!  So, country livin'...IT is a GREAT thing!  And, it's also so heart-warming to know there are still people out there willing to help a stranger (or strange animal that is  :D)!!!

Another Friday filled with fun...and ending with many Sweet blessings!  Wishing everyone a weekend that is filled with HIS GOODNESS and a chance to see the Good in this World we live in!  Sweet blessings!