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We have two phases here from our hilltop farmhouse. One is total seclusion from late spring to early fall. The trees surround us, and when leafed out, block everything. It’s like living in the midst of a verdant woodland sauna. (West Virginia is very moist.) We are hidden from the world in our cocoon of trees. I love the privacy. From late fall to early spring, we are exposed on our hilltop through the barren trees. But! As a tradeoff, we can see all the hills around us and down to the river and across to the other bank.
Our “neighbor” Ed across the river is the first to put out his Christmas lights. They showed up across the river a couple of nights ago and I have been wanting to get our lights up ever since. I love our icicle lights on the porch that make me feel like I’m sitting in an outdoor restaurant bar. I would keep them up all year but other people complain. (We’ll see how long I can get them to stay up this year!) I’ve got the lights out and I’m determined to get them up by or before this weekend. You? When do you put holiday lights up outside?
P.S. Bad, no-good evening here in which I sank in the mire in the goat yard. My boots got stuck. Poky was shoving on me and I couldn’t get my balance. Next thing you know, the boot is not coming up but my foot is and then my foot comes out of my chore boot and down into the icky, gross, poopy, mud. YUCK. I hate it when that happens.
I’m going to get a glass of wine and go look at the moon now.
And pretend I did not step in muddy poop tonight. I did NOT.
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on November 22, 2010
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LOL!, Joann…you’re probably right!
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Suzanne–with the kind of day you have had–have several glasses of wine and gaze at that beautiful moon–howl at it if you want–youve earned it!!
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But…think of those who pay BIG bucks for a “soak” in
organic matter. Hehehe…..you did not have to pay a cent!
Take a shower, sit, relax, have a glass of whatever
strikes your fancy..and enjoy those lights! Gingermouse
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I would squish it between my toes, run around ’til I was covered up to my ankles. Then I’d go in the barn and wash it off with the hose.
Now that I’m grown up, I look at it a little differently.
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“Silent Night on a West Virginia Farm” by Suzanne McMinn
Just beautiful and peaceful to the beholder…reminds me of the total silence on Christmas Eve…and if you listen… it is said that it is the only night the animals truely talk…so Christmas inspiring…Thank you Suzanne….
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I will confess, that has happened to me, too, but in a swamp. Gluey mud. But the worst was when I fell into a doggie septic tank. We dug about a 4 foot hole, covered it with plywood, and had the plastic lid on top. (This was something I can’t believe we spent money on). I would scoop the poop, put it in the septic tank, and routinely put enzymes and water in there. Early one morning a few years later while outside with the dog and still half asleep, I stepped on it, and the plywood collapsed. I had one full leg down in the tank. Lost my shoe in there, too. Talk about ick. It was hard to get out of there, too, with one leg in poo and one leg outside the tank…
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I was just informed by my husband this weekend that if we are going to put up lights this year I need to buy some more. Not sure what kind of lights I am going to get for this year. I’ve done the all white/clear icicle lights and I’ve done the multi-colored icicle lights. He wants me to get the big bulb old fashioned kind. I have always wanted our house to look like Clark Griswalds!
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We don’t do lights, we barely do XMAS. Mainly cause it’s just the hubby and me. But we do XMAS eve snacks and have a feast like nobodys business.
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