Hi there! Just dropping by to say hello. We have now been in our new house for about 5 months now and we are enjoying being in the country. Hugh, however, is not so enthused about his commute to and from work. We LOVE country life. There is so much to see and do here that you just can't do in the city. We have so much space to run around and enjoy the outdoors. There is so much wildlife out here, it is amazing. We have bird feeders so we can see a variety of birds up close. We have barn swallows nesting under the eaves of our side porch and the master porch. I've seen baby birds in the nest peeking out at us. So cute! There are Canada geese that stop by the neighbor's pond every morning, and now our neighbor has a little white duck that will just walk up to you to visit. There are Kildeers nesting at the edge of our driveway and they have 4 eggs in their nest. When the babies hatch, they are the cutest little things. They are born ready to run and will leave the nest right after hatching. They look like cotton balls running around on toothpicks. We had a box turtle wander up onto our front porch one morning and the girls were having a fit over it. I went out and picked it up so the girls could see and it pulled itself into its shell and all you could see were its eyes peeping out. Then there are the frogs in the pond next door. Bullfrogs and who know what other kids of frogs are in there, but we get serenaded by the frog chorus/jam session every night. Every once in a while the frogs annoy us, but it is so much better than hearing the neighbors sub woofers going up and down the street at our old house. It is so quiet and peaceful out here. There are people down the road who have miniature horses. I've seen guinea fowl, big African cattle with a new calf, chickens, and even emus since we've moved out here. My Dad has allowed some people to cultivate some of his land and so by summer's end we should be seeing soybeans growing and maybe even eating some edamame'. Daddy has also planted a garden, so we will be eating fresh vegetable from the garden. I'm growing some tomatoes in pots, and a few herbs as well as some sunflowers that have started coming up through the ground. There's just nothing like living in the country. Well, I guess that's about all. God bless- Julie