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March 19, 2007
The coyotes are howling outside my window right now
It always takes me a few minutes to figure out what in the hell that gadawful noise is - they certainly DON'T sound like dogs. I love living in rural America! I should note that my cats like it a squidge more than me - I have dubbed the yard "the killing fields". I am presented on a nearly daily basis with a new gift. Sometimes on the doormat, most times in the driveway. They mostly like to dig up moles (literally!) and I thank them for that. I do wish they would leave the robins and blue jays alone though. I am sad to note that my neighbor's dog no longer comes up on body patrol (crunch, crunch).
The weather. It is so unpredictable that it is even boring to joke about now. Yawn. Give me spring and stop jerking it away from me like a ten year old boy to his sister. STOP IT. We have literally gone from sixty degrees one week to howling cold five degree wind and snow the next week to 70 degrees the next week to SNOW again and this week will be back to fifties. The daffodils are royally confused. Pictures of February snow in gallery.
We have had plenty of time to play outside though. I have managed to acquire THREE atv's now so all three boys have one. Seth's (a little 60cc) is in the shop being rebuilt. This has somehow become a hobby of ours when it didn't even exist for us several months ago. Chad has access to a large wooded "farm" and we have spent some time there - very good place to ride. Pictures in the gallery.
Last weekend, Chad and I spent two days riding ATV's at a private lodge right in our backyard. We live smack in the middle of Shawnee National Forest where it is a no no to ride ATV's. So we were very happy to find a place to ride and even happier to discover a way to get away without actually going anywhere. It is called Trail of Tears Lodge and is owned by two of the nicest people, Deb and Ron Charles. Chad and I were the only guests because their season hasn't really started yet. The weather could not have been more gorgeous the week prior, so we were really looking forward to it. We were driving in and noticed stuff falling - hey, is that pollen? What, NO, it can't be... it... aggghhhh. SNOW! It was hovering around 35 degrees and was actually quite nice. We spent about 4 hours out riding in it and didn't mind it a bit. It was fascinating because it was falling in perfect "snowflake" patterns like the kind you cut out with scissors. I am pretty sure I have never seen that before! We came in tired and hungry and Ron fed us some fantastic fried catfish. The next day, Deb stuffed us with the best omelet I have had in quite some time and then we went out and found sunshine and fifty degree gorgeousness. Ya gotta love it here. We rode for several more hours and decided that, yep, the boys will love it there. YAY! Pictures in Gallery.
Busy summer up ahead (I am writing this list so that I will be obligated to report on these at minimum!):
Kentucky camping/four wheeling trip with boys
Car show in Indianna with Jake and Eli
Back to Kentucky for adults only Pig Roast
Camping/floating in Missouri with two longtime friends of mine
Fishing/camping trip to Arkansas with boys
Horseback trail ride or two
Lots of day trips for fishing and fourwheeling
A treehouse raising at my house
Oh geez, I just let the dog in the house and quickly hopped over a dead mouse on the porch. Sigh. At least this one still has it's head.
Posted by DebC at March 19, 2007 10:36 PM
Comments
Deb..just love your Emails..hope you are keeping them to make into a book. You should pursue writing for MONEY!
Lucky boys who have a mom willing to be an outdoor enthusiast!
Sounds like your personal life has kicked up a notch! Great!!. Love to all. Gramma
Posted by: Belva at March 21, 2007 04:09 AM