Good Morning! The day begins

Every day in my corner of the world, my day begins between 5:30 to 6:00 a.m. My youngest son gets ready for school, I see him off as the bus rolls up to take him away.

By this time, the morning sun is just starting to streak through the window. Salem is as anxious as I to go out and see what the new day brings.

The mornings are now quite chilly and the cats find the best spots of sun to warm themselves in.
Tuff likes the cement and the bush by the shed.

Sophie is ready to start the day. As soon as everyone is checked on, she knows we go on our daily walks.

Boo has found the perfect sunny spot on the old church pew by the back door. Wait, I am missing someone.....where is Max?

Max is not as eager to leave the warm bed and ignores my pestering him to come outside.

The barnyard gang is always happy to greet me.

The ducks have already been splashing in the cold water of their pool and are quite noisy today.

Gideon is checking out the grain I have tossed to everyone.

Eleanor wants more than grain, she wants me to pull some of the remaining green grass to hand to her.

Now that they have been checked upon, we have a quick walk to the pond. Jeremiah is still living in our pond, even though it has been freezing over in the cold mornings.

The fish have slowed down a little due to the colder water, but still have a good appetite.

Yesterday, the cotton fields were white with the cotton balls hanging on the plants. Do any of you have cotton fields around your place as well?

Today, the field is bare with only a little hint that cotton once grew here. The farmers harvested it yesterday and took it to the gin.

Along our roads, soft fluffy cotton lies where it has blown from the hauling trucks.

Sophie loves to explore in the tall prairie grass. The grounds are now going to sleep for the long winter ahead.

Every thing is drying up and turning brown.

Except for the cactus that grows abundantly here. I just love cactus that grows along an old barbed wire fence.

Our property is full of old twisted mesquite trees. They don't offer much shade in the summer, but they are full of character.

Looking across our property, the "Caprock"mountains, not really much of a mountain, can be seen in the far off distance. It is mostly clay, and even though it's not too tall, it is still pretty around the flat lands that we live.

My favorite view..... A view walking back to our home. A full morning of outside almost gone. Now I will go inside to write or work up a new project, talked about in my embroidery bloghttp://yesteryearembroideries.blogspot.com/ and then to the kitchen to cook up the day's meals, talked about in my cooking blog, http://countrykitchenkat.blogspot.com/ If you are curious as to what the big white plastic barrel is by the house....it is a rain barrel to catch the run off rain. I use it a lot in the summer for my plants. Have a good week everyone!!

Hey!!!! it's me Hercules!!... You left me out Kathleen, I am the first one you check on every morning! I get special treats and special treatment because I am the only little bunny on the farm!!

Yes, that's right, he's quiet and sweet and has my utmost attention!