To Live in the Country

Apple cider, crunchy leaves, crispy cool nights, sleeping with blankets piled high so I can have the windows open, pumpkin, & late night mugs of decaf coffee.  It's Fall!

Every fall I get a mad desire to live in the country.  

Living in South Dakota, I have been so blessed to have the country so close to me that I often take it for granted.  I was recently reminded about the beauty and rawness of living in the country. 

What I Love About the Country:

1. The smell (fresh hay, cows, grass, all of it)

2. Best view of all thunderstorms (which I also love)

3. Stargazing

4. Tranquil

5. Gravel roads

6. Perfectly straight rows of crops

7. Early morning chores

8. Black coffee (city folk are weak when it comes to coffee)

9. Wearing cowboy boots for real reasons (not just country music concerts)

10. Belt buckles & cowboy hats

11. Farmers in their Wranglers

12. Barns (red ones, of course)

13. Simplicity

14. Gardens and hearty home-cooked meals

15. Front porches, rocking chairs, & sunsets

16. Plaid & flannel

17. Aprons

18. Big families

19. Tractors

20. Big picture windows with no need for curtains

To live in the country would be one of the greatest blessings in my life.

Maybe someday.

"One gets, sensitive about losing mornings after getting a little used to them with living in a country. Each one of these endlessly varied daybreaks is an opera but once performed."
      - Nathaniel Parker Willis