The adventures of a Westcoast boy and a Midwestern Jewish girl as they discover the truth beneath the myths of the South, embrace rural life by starting a sustainable farm, and learn how to teach sociology.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

No more chicken

I fear my previous post has left many of you thinking we live in a dangerous area. Rest assured, Oktibbeha County is a quiet, bucolic haven. We assume that the chicken was a gift from the neighborhood teenagers. Maybe the four I saw yesterday crammed onto a 4 wheeler coming back from fishin'? Or maybe the two I saw riding horses down the street?

I've been admiring the wildlife on the farm a lot lately. We had a barred owl perching on a fence post the other morning, a red tailed hawk patrols the skies above us regularly, I saw my first blue bird (gorgeous!), and yesterday I saw what I believe was a wolf spider carrying her bright blue egg sac.

This weekend I'm hoping to write a post about what's growing on the farm.

2 comments:

  1. Oh, you make me so envious of your wildlife, your open spaces, and your lovely porch. I'm not envious of your hot weather, though.

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  2. Love the spider picture! Very cool.

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