Back in the Ozarks again!!!!

I have been gone a few years, but now I am back. Off to new adventures in an old place. After today my blog is going to be turning a different direction. The world has changed and we must change with it.
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But for today we have a bit of fun. There was a bear in a tree today in Seymour.

Imagine that. He just wandered into town-climed a tree and took a nap...............crazy. Of ocurse I had to go take a pic of him(or her)

The Cows in our Yard

In the last couple of weeks we have had some unexpected visitors..........cows.

Big cows-little cows-pregnant cows. It seems our neighbors fence had a bit of a break in it.

At first it was kind of cute....We had one cow come over to our house and have a little nibble.

But then I guess the word got out and I woke up one morning last week to see 14 cows in the yard. The first couple of cows really kept my dog occupied--but then she found that rolling in the little gifts they left on the ground was a lot of fun. Then it became not so much fun for me--whew--------stinky. My husband was out of town when they first started to visit. When he got back---he jumped on the ATV and rounded them up -just like a real cowboy--yee haw............

Duck Duck Geese

What a wonderful morning I had this morning. I looked out the window and saw a flock of Canadian Geese landing very lightly on the coating of ice we have on our pond.

Then the skein of Geese took off.........................

They were quite beautiful as you can see here.

Politics as usual-not

Yesterday I voted. I got up early, ran to the post office and then made my way to the community center to vote. I made sure I had a cup of coffee and was concerned about finding a place to park and I was ready for a long line just to do my patriotic duty.

Then it happened.

I pulled up and didn't have a problem parking but there were quite a few cars there. I fully expected it to be jammed inside --my heart raced with anticipation about voting for our next President.

Then came the big let down. There were 4 people inside and think that incuded a couple of volunteers. I did hear someone say Krispy Creams---but I didn't dare ask.

The whole event took 5 minutes. Oh well.........................now we have a new president.

A Big Fish Story

My brother in law, sister in law, and mother in law were at our place for a visit mid October.

While my brother in law was here he did a little fishing............and the fish were biting big time.

Below are a few pictures of the BIG catfish he caught.

Here fishy fishy.

You have What?

I was driving down a street in Marshfield Missouri, which is the town that is the closest thing to civilization.

I looked up and noticed a sign that I just couldn't resist taking a picture of.

It took everything I had not to go into the store and ask them if they really meant to put that sign up the way they did.

Perhaps they were out of the letters H A V and E.

Do they they really GOT worms or maybe they HAVE them and just don't know it.

Just another rainy day in Paradise

Today is rained-alot!!! We had to have a new well drilled-so we ventured out this morning even though it was raining to get some bottled water to drink until the well was finished.
We knew we weren't going to be long so we locked our outside dog in the garage, because she is terrified of storms.
We blissfully headed to town. Today was the big antique car show and 4th of July celebration in the town, even thought it is June 28th. I guess it was scheduled it early so you don't miss anything.
The town square was rather barren and rain soaked. There was a band playing under the canopy of one of the stores on the square and there were rain soaked vendor tents in the center of the square.
We went over to the grocery and purchased our water and other groceries and headed back home. When we got to our creek we noticed it really seemed to be running hard and fast and didn't want to take any chances getting our hybrid flooded out. My husband took off his shoes and walked across the creek-very carefully and got the tractor and came back across.
Meanwhile I took the car up to our neighbor's house which is around 3/4 a mile from our house.
He followed behind me with the tractor---I somehow knew what was going to happen next. I would have to get in the tractor with him and go across the creek.
We headed back home with our groceries in the front bucket of the tractor getting soaked.
When we got to the creek it was now too high for the tractor-so we turned around again and headed to our neighbors house where our car was.
We got in the car and headed back to town and stayed there for a few hours until the rain slowed.
What a day--we were absolutely soaked.
Here are a few very wet pics of me with the tractor----whew what a day.
It is now 800p and the well is still not ready---no water again tonight. Oh well just another lovely night in paradise.