Thursday, April 10, 2014

Putting up the Fence

Our heart within a heart tree

In California yards are fenced in when the houses are built usually. If the fence needs to be replaced you hire a professional to put up a new one. Well, that's not the way it is out here in Illinois Country. Fences are put up by the farmers to keep their cows, horses, and other animals contained on their property. Fences are not put up around homes here like they are in California. You don't call a guy to come put up a block wall or a wood fence around your yard... you put up a fence yourself. This is "Country Living"... 
 To pull the fence "taut" you need a tractor or something... 
 Only it isn't heavy enough so I have to sit on it... that's my job... hold down the tractor
So here I am sitting on the tractor mower and yes I am a dork...
It looks like I have a tree branch sticking out of my head. 
Since I have to sit here for a while, and I have my camera... I'll take pictures...
 A robin preening in the breeze 


 Haha...I love this pic! 
And I can see cows way over on the other side of the road through the trees...
Awwww.... there is a tiny baby cow. I'm going to have to go over there and get some photos soon.
Wow... these trees are huge! 
These are the trees I love right outside the kitchen window where the birds come to let me know the feeders are empty. And I can see the dogs are out playing across the lake...


Back to the cows... and there's a golf cart... most people here at the lake have golf carts to drive around.
The neighbor's back patio... 
Wait... is that a bungee cord holding the birdhouse together? Haha... I love it!
The branches are Wisteria and in the Summer it blooms like crazy and is so beautiful! I love the windmill too. 
Back to the fence... 

The sun is setting... 
We're running out of daylight. 

That's all we can do today.
It's supposed to rain tomorrow so we may not be able to finish til the weekend. Stay tuned :) 

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