The Great Escape

 Walking the New Ground I found a spider tunnel

bejeweled with dew.

The spider had a guest.

I watched as the grasshopper crawled toward the top

expecting the owner of the web to scramble out to catch its breakfast.

This one got away!

Fences and High Places

In blue skies a turkey buzzard glides on a beautiful fall day.

The summer grasses begin to brown as we enter fall.

Checking fences and the land we join 

with TexWisGirl at The Run*A*Round Ranch

and many more to share our old farm fences and views.

We tour as the leaves fall from some trees

and others begin to turn.

We stop for a moment to view the Boston Mountain Range of the Ozarks from our part of the Salem Plateau.  It is a beautiful day to be alive.

Me and My Feet

After my feet and I had burned a brush pile and grass burrs I'd picked, we took a Gator ride to deliver Tractor Man to his tractor in the New Ground fields.  

It was warm for a run up the hill. I'm a softie so old lady Lil and Lizzy got to ride in the Gator seat with me. They'd run along with us and were so hot.  We stopped at the creek.  My shoes were quickly discarded.

 We walked in together, the dogs, my feet and I.

The water was cool

It was clear when we entered.

Clear didn't last long.

The dogs made quite a splash and stirred up the mud.

The cow flies, mosquitoes and deer flies were feeding on us as we cooled.

Even though the water was low there were some good pools to chill in.

We even liked the mud.

My self portrait and the dogs were cool and happy as we reflected.

Touring Is Part Of The Job

This is the New Ground.  It was the New Ground forty years ago when Dad first cleared it and made pasture.  It will always be the New Ground.  This is the highest point on the farm and you can see forever.

The fertilizer is showing by making more green.

And we tour, counting green grass as if it were gold.

It is gold for the farmer with stock to feed.

We find equipment in odd places, waiting for the next crew.

We have ten foot holes, three feet around, covered.

They will set the single poles and pour in concrete.

The idea is to withstand any natural disaster.

There is also beauty in the woods.

The dogwoods are in full bloom.