Blessing of Rain

just a thought

Twenty years we spent in the city my husband, and I. We wore a uniform and served it proud. The graveyard shift was a backdrop for us and weather our constant enemy. That’s the way it is in the city, weather is only a friend on a fair sky night. However, This Monday I spent the day in a slicker sorting cows, feeding our mares and working  our 3 yr old Rojo Valentine colt, out in the pouring rain. I topped the day with a game of hide-n-seek by seeking out the eggs the chickens so graciously hide for me and now that I have spent quite a bit of time doing both I find here in the country, weather works alongside of you. From days of rain to killer days of heat, they all serve the land; though at times her timing does not serve man and for that I am eternally grateful. 

Reviews

[Samuel Dickens]

Since the beginning, it has been nature's way. Only in the last handful of decades has man been able to avoid the elements, spending time inside with a controlled climate. I admit to now being spoiled, but wish I was healthy enough to go hunt for those eggs.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

What a contrast of lifestyles, you have totally transformed your lives and have attuned yourself to all of natures demands, thanks for sharing Cherrie

[Cherrie]

Thank you Sheema :)

[lee von cleef]

Love your writes,I drift and let the now ,the media,asphalt rock of today,make me forget how ripe my heart is for the real reality,and again you hand it to me ,pure, uncut, unfiltered ,147.8 proof creek water too.

[Cherrie]

:) need a dozen eggs to go with that vision

[jacob erin-cilberto]

got a warm, albeit wet, feeling from this one...

love that rain when it is in the country...reminds me of Vermont rains.

[zainul]

This is a wonderful account of a farming family.
Living in such way is really an immense pleasure.
Thank you amazing farm woman and great writer for sharing this golden piece.

[Cherrie]

thank you zainul

[zainul]

You are welcome

[roarke]

fine, fine sketching Cherrie. quit should be quite on the tenth line down.

We lived a city life for thirty years, now off the grid homesteaders... funny how one makes that choice. Fortunate that we still can.

[Cherrie]

thank you, for seeing that ( I often see what I want it to say and not what I've typed :) ) and yes we too ar greatful to be able to live here in the country.

[StunnedByGrace]

I liked this! Job 12:7-10 came to mind!

[Cherrie]

very nice ref: those God has in his hand.[a]

7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
10 In his hand is the life of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.
Wow ! is all I can say I like the way your mind thinks :)

[Ed Hart]

amen, and amen

[Cherrie]

Hello---out there! How are you today?
and Thank you for stoping by I should be in the garden but never the less I am here :)

[Ed Hart]

i know how that goes...i can often hear the chores calling, and here i sit...i hope i'm able to move when i hear the angels singing

[Cherrie]

lol,on that day I'm sure you will not be able to hear anything else but them