beautiful mornings

harmony
being turned out first

harmony
slowly meanders out, watching for the others

nemo
picks a funny spot to stop, drop and roll

nemo
properly dusted, heads out

koda
last horse out, moves the fastest

koda
running into the thick fog

waiting & wondering

morning fog lifts to reveal it's beauty

roll in the fog

It has been wet, warmish and gray for what feels like forever. When warm meets cold, it creates what I call pea soup. Fog, mist, standing water and mud. Lot's of mud. The animals don't seem to mind as much as we humans do. 

This type of weather is where the value of mud boots becomes priceless. I got a sturdy pair years ago for doing chores, when the horses lived on the family farm by us. Which seems like such a long time ago... I can't remember the last time I used my mud boots? Until now. Let's just say they will once again be put to good use.

I think our new neighbors thought we were nuts to be out walking in "pea soup". On the other hand, we thought it was a perfect mild day for it! We had fields to measure, and plans to make!! So mud walking we did, and got soaked. My boots didn't fail me, but the left over alfalfa stalks were knee high. At least it wasn't cold.

We walked, and walked, and walked around the perimeter of three of our five fields. Brad rolled the distance measuring wheel, and I carried the clipboard with land map in hand to write down measurements. It was a tough job, but someone had to do it ;)

Field 1 is by the road
(Brad is on the right, in the distance)

Field 2
We will use a small portion for an outdoor riding arena
(Brad is on the left, in the distance)

Field 4 is our largest & most scenic.
Our house will back up to it and
a portion will become horse pasture

We found one of two low spots on our land.
This one is at the bottom of Field 4.
The other standing water is in the same field, different area.
 We were happy to see both were very minor considering the conditions.

The fog was so pretty, when we were done measuring I walked back out to field 4 to take a couple more shots...

Field 4

Field 4

Below is a foggy shot from my backyard, where we live now. I am going to miss my bird tree. It is right outside our bedroom. The branches block the windows on the second floor, so we don't need curtains and enjoy a birds eye view. 

My Neighborhood ~ Day 20/365

I am taking as many photos as I can of the things I love about our home of 18 years, and using them for the daily photo challenge I am doing. Looks like I am going to make it to the end of the first month!! 

Exciting news, they are starting on our barn next week! Not so exciting news, we got the bid for the attached indoor riding arena. Gulp!! We knew that it would have to wait a few years. You know the saying, Rome wasn't built in a day. They weren't kidding! One thing at a time.