Enjoying a beautiful day at the farm

We decided to spend a restful day at the farm yesterday.  Our only chore was to set up the night vision camera next to the deer feeder.

With the camera set up, hopefully we'll get some good pictures of interesting animals at the deer feeder.  Just for the record, we are watchers not hunters!

Then we headed to the tank for some good clean fun.  Rooster had already rolled in something really nasty and smelly on the walk to the feeder.  Hopefully he will spend enough time swimming around so that we don't have to endure it on the car ride home.

 

 

As you can see, we had some rain since last week.  Unconfirmed reports of 2-5 inches.  The tank is as full as we've seen it in some time.  The pasture looked green and lush.  A good spot to dry off after a dip...

 

Well, one dog got a bath and rub-down.  The other was off after a dip to find more nasty stuff to roll in.

 While Rooster was running around, we sat and enjoyed the view, the quiet, and the peace.



 

 

 

Beulah is always contemplative and "in the moment."

Then we headed back to the live oak grove to eat lunch, read, and bird watch.  This is how our picnic set-up looks.

While Rooster enjoys the "busier/social" aspects of picnicking, Beulah has her own routine...

 

Of course no place says home like the restroom.  We are so grateful for our "bit of civilization in the country."

The weather was perfect, in the low 90s with a breeze out of the south.  It was cool and comfortable in this beautiful setting.

As we sat, ate lunch, read, snoozed, and bird watched, we could not have enjoyed ourselves more.  We had seen our owls when we drove in, listened to a host of birds singing in the canopy of the trees, and watched a family of bluebirds as the young were taught how to catch bugs while darting out from the edge of the branches and back again.

We had a fantastic day at Little Bluestem!