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rain rain go away

At least go away long enough for our ground to dry up some.  We haven't been able to get in the garden to plant anything :(  and my flowers are still not popping out of the ground yet, tho driving by the mail box yesterday on my way to town, I did spy a bit of my tulips.  I was wondering if they would ever come out of the ground. 

This was from the other day, it was raining but not too hard, and the hills were smoking.

Well, I really shoudn't complain about the rain, it could be snowing!

Hope Y'all have a wonderful weekend!

 

country church

Driving through the hills in March I could see this church steeple, it looked like it was sticking out of the ground.

A little country church out in the hills.  I love the bales that were in the field next to it.

Linking with Rurality Blog Hop.

 

hanging out the laundry

Driving the other day I spied an Amish farm and could see clothes hanging on the clothesline, along with two barns on the Amish farm.

If you look just above the clothesline on the left you can see a small red barn as well.

There's something about seeing clothes drying on the line, especially Amish clothes and especially in the winter.  Throw a barn, or two, or three in there, and it's even better.

 

Linking with Tricia for Barn Charm.

 

christmas service

Can't you just imagine going to a Christmas service in this church and what it must have been like back in the day?  I'm imagining people driving their horse and buggies to the church for Christmas service, only I'm imagining snow on the ground and lightly falling from the sky.

I guess because it's that time of year is why I'm thinking about it.  This past fall we went by this old church and we couldn't believe how much worse this church was in.  Two years ago I did a post on it, I'm not really sure how much longer it will be standing.  I know we've only lived here for just over 2 years, but this church has a soft spot in my heart.  I wish I knew more about it and it's history.

 

i love this view

The colors are going fast now with the leaves dropping everyday.  I took a different route home from town the other day, I was hoping that the view would not disappoint me, and it didn't.

the changing colors

The other day I decided to take a drive to see the colors.  I walked out my front door onto our front porch and this is what I saw.

Pulling out of the driveway I look right for any cars...hahaha...I can actually count on one hand how many times I've had to wait for a car to pass and that doesn't even fill my hand up.

I look left and in front of me before I pull out onto our road.

The hills were beautiful as I drove in the valley.

I got out of the van to take the shot of the above photo and this is what I found as I came around the back of the van.

Ah, I just love autumn and country life.

 

i'm a bad blogger

Hey Y'all, I hope you are doing good.  I can't believe that it's been so long since I've posted.  I've just been a busy girl here.  I've done lots of quilting, and we've been working around Gentle Hearth getting is all spruced up.  We finally got rid of our rotting railings and finished installing the new ones and here's how they look.

Can you believe we have green grass???  It was brown and crunchy not long ago and it needs a mowing BADLY!

I'll share with you some shots we spied on our way to and from LaCrosse to get some stain for the deck and railings.

Had to turn around for this one that Jim spied.

I've entered some of my photos in the fair for the very first time ever, so I've been busy going through them.  We also entered our maple syrup.  Wish us luck.

 

it rained

Finally....I didn't even care that my wash was still out on the line.

Sad thing is the rain ended up being a bad storm and our neighbor down the hill had their house hit by a big branch that broke off their willow tree.

But today is another day.

sights to see

I take photos of lots of things and some things just don't really fit into any kind of post.  So, I thought I'd share with you some photos of things I've found while driving through the Ocooch Mountains.

to the eagles nest

Heading to see the eagles nest when my cousin was here was a bit disappointing because the nest was empty, but other things made up for it.

I hope you all have been having a wonderful summer so far.