Walking is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things. It is the one way of freedom. If you go to a place on anything but your own feet you are taken there too fast, and miss a thousand delicate joys that were waiting for you by the wayside. Elizabeth von Arnim

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Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Cows

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63 degrees this morning and cloudy when I walked.  Nice to get back to my walk after missing a day yesterday. : )

Walked all around town, the cemeteries and the ball park loop.  Walked down the main road and up Barn Sale a bit to visit the cows.  This bull with the brand is visiting Farmer Marvin's farm and getting to know the females.
Farther up the road this one looks down at me as I walk by.
Then across the road in another pasture there are some cows and their babies.
These belong to Farmer Marvin too.
I saw a blue bird by the cemetery and heard a few bull frogs as I passed by the town pond.  They were quite noisy!!
Kathy was out walking and saw George too.

Walked 6.4 miles.
Found a dime.
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Ken went up to Happy Trails for the day and I stayed home getting work done.  Got another 6 dozen cookies baked (only 4 dozen to go) for the kids next week, did some laundry and house cleaning.

After lunch walked up to the post office to mail off a package to my mom and a couple other things.  Nice living in a small town, no line at the post office and everyone is very friendly. : )

We've just had supper and soon will be going to church.  Walmart is out that way too so we are going to do a bit of grocery shopping after church. 
That's it for today.

A happy day to you.
happyone : )
Who was the first guy that looked at a cow and said,
"I think that I'll drink whatever comes out
of those things when I squeeze them?"
~ Bill Watterson

25 comments:

Cat Lover said...

Very pretty top photo Karen. Love the flowers.
I haven't seen a bluebird in years, lucky you.
Our new house is in a small town too. I am looking forward to being able to walk downtown to do errands.
Hope you enjoyed church.

Lowcarb team member said...

I love your first photo, the colours are lovely.
You're doing well with your cookie baking.

All the best Jan

Lisa said...

Love the photos. I used to live where you could see white belt cows in the pastures.
Lisa

Adam said...

We have a small post office right down the street from us. It's only open a few hours a day with a break in the middle. Guy has to go home and come back. I hope he lives as close as we do.

At Rivercrest Cottage said...

you make me jealous with your temps in the 60's for your walk. would love to join you.

M.K. said...

You do live in such a quiet, sweet town. I enjoy hearing about the friends you see each day as you walk. LOVE the photo of the pretty country bench up there! That quote at the bottom about the cows is so funny. I read a similar one about chickens that went something like this: What person first looked at a chicken, saw it squeeze something hard and white out of its rear end, and thought, "I'll go eat that"? Haha!!

Happy@Home said...

Lovely photos from your morning walk. I especially like the bench sitting amongst the flowers. Such a peaceful setting.
I can relate to those loud bullfrogs. Our pond has become a frog magnet this summer. We've had them making mating calls right outside our bedroom window since April and now the babies are hopping about the garden beds by the hundreds. Yikes! A couple of weeks ago a new mating call started up which sounded more like a duck quacking. Very annoying sound to listen to as we tried to get to sleep. Brett spent many nights searching around with a flashlight and finally discovered they were little tree frogs (little NOISY tree frogs). We finally captured them and drove them to a wooded area a few miles away where we hope they will be happy and not return here again.

Melanie said...

I think it would be wonderful to live in a small town where you could walk everywhere. What fun to see animals when you walk! Have a great day.

eileeninmd said...

Hello, love the cattle and the flowers, great shots. Your home must smell heavenly while baking all those cookies, YUM! Happy Thursday, enjoy your day!

happyone said...

I don't see blue birds very often either.
You will like living in a small town. : )
Church was good!!

happyone said...

Thank you. More cookie baking today too.

happyone said...

I've liked getting to know cows since we've lived here. : )

happyone said...

The post office here in town closes from 1 to 2 for lunch too. : )

happyone said...

It is nice. : ) It would be nice to walk the farm loop with you. : )

happyone said...

Makes you wonder doesn't it. ? : )

happyone said...

We have loads of frogs at the HT pond but none here at home.
We've been trapping squirrels and chipmunks here at home and taking them up to the woods. There are just so many.
We think we have a bear visiting the back yard feeders at night. Tonight we are going to set up the game camera.

happyone said...

We really enjoy living in a small town. : )

happyone said...

Yes, it does and I'm making more today.

Connie said...

It is always so lovely and refreshing to read about your small town country life. That and your photos are wonderful.
Happy Summer!
Connie :)

o2bhiking said...

Have a good week, heading out of town for a bit soon. I always like seeing how you all are doing.

happyone said...

Thank you so much for your kind words. : )

happyone said...

Enjoy your time away Art. : ) Thanks for stopping by.

Pom Pom said...

I would love seeing those cows every day!
Good work on the chocolate chippers!

eileeninmd said...

Yummy, I would not be able to resist those cookies.

happyone said...

I do like to see the cows. I always stop and talk to them. : )