My Farmer and I decided to start taking a walk in the evenings after we get done with chores. With the nights getting longer, we felt this might occupy some of the evening hours and help us get a bit of exercise . Last night we walked out behind the barn and spooked a couple of deer that were grazing by our willow trees. It was pretty dark, so it took a bit for me to figure out what they were, but it was kind of cool (after I got over my scared shock) watching them skimper off out across the field into the dark. Tonight we walked across the field from our feedlot to the house. The air was very crisp and cold, yet so refreshing. The moon is just at a sliver, and with its small slice shinning below the clouds, just on the brink of settling behind the mountain tops, it made me feel so blessed to be experiencing that sight at that very moment. Standing out in the middle of the field, my Farmer started reminiscing of times gone by when he was growing up here. We stood there looking around at all of the lights from all the houses that have been built since he was a child. He recalled maybe 5 houses that could be seen back then, and maybe only one of them having a yard light. I stood there trying to imagine it as it was when he was young. Then imagining it as it was when his grandfather was young. And being thankful that I am experiencing it now. There are way more houses with their lights shining into the night these days, yet not to many to distract from the beauty of the new moon as it peeks out from behind the clouds. What an awesome sight. I think I could get use to this kind of exercise. Exersice for the body and soul. I am looking forward to tomorrow nights adventure. I really am.....Livin the life, the farm life that is.
