Country Life

What is not to love about waking up to an ever changing, forever mystifying sunrise? The morning call of a horse as I walk out the back door and a smiling dog waiting to be let out. Driving a late model 1980s John Deere tractor, with a round bale of hay to feed a herd of  beautiful cattle. Waiting for a show heifer to calve, hoping it will become a Royal Show Champion and training a horse that was fearful of people to become calm and quiet. Collecting fresh eggs from the chickens which roam happily though out the farm and watching a pasture germinate and become a luscious field.

I know you must be thinking these are all positive and nothing can be all good. I could have mentioned the fact we feed the cattle daily due to having no pasture because we have not had enough rain, which means we are also lacking water for the stock.

Rather than dwell on factors out of our control we need to view what is in our control, whether you are from the inner city, live beside the sea or on a farm or station, by focusing on the positives of life we keep everything in perspective. Being thankful for what we have is something I believe a lot of us forget to do (I am also guilty at times). Living on a farm has provided me with this idea of loving life for what it is the ugliness and the beauty. 

Country life is not for everyone, but I can't imagine living any other life-Dust and All

A Country Sunset