A Year Can Make A difference...

A year can make a difference. A big difference. It's hard to believe all the changes that can take place in a year. We were finally able to make a trip to our little cabin in Ky. It's been a year since we've walked on this ground. A lot has happened.

1. I'm a year older.
2. Most of the trees and bushes we've planted are bigger.
3. The house across that road has been bulldozed down, and most of the Trees that graced the lot are gone. All the Trees along the bank are gone. Not a bit of shade. I am especially glad now that hubby insisted we plant trees in the front of our place. The only shade around.
4. The rose bushes grew away with themselves, along with other bushes that need to be trimmed. That's a job for the spring. Funny how missing that time in the spring of trimming and weeding makes such a big difference.
5. 2 new babies have been added to our extended group of friends/family.
6. I had 2 knee surgeries so my knee should be two times better.
7. Our dear little grand-dog Brucie is fat as mud.
8. Our hickory and walnut trees have made a great bunch of nuts. We are even now wrestling our neighborhood squirrels for them.
9. A new rocker has been added to the porch.

Some things have not changed.

1. Our friends still treat us like their parents. They set off bug bombs to kill a years worth of spiders, wasp, flys, and other assorted critters that took up residence in our cabin. They also clean everything up, made up the beds, hooked up our pump and garden hose so we'd have water in the house with a turn of the faucet. They plugged up the refrigerators to find that one was dead. They removed it and brought up an extra one. just like new. We are so blessed to have these special friends here.
2. It's still quiet and peaceful
3. The sunrises are still as breathtaking as the sunsets.
4. I still have a few flowers including one rose bush that are still blooming.
5. good friends, homemade biscuits and gravy, and coffee are still great first thing in the morning.
6. We can sit on our porch and listen to the birds, bugs, frogs, and other creatures talk to us.
7. A good tall glass of ice tea with lots of ice still hits the spot on a hot afternoon .

Below you will see a photo of some weed/flowers that were out by the old block/store building. these moth type things with 2 sets of wings on each side covered them. Really it was so cool to watch 20 or so of them flutter around from bloom to bloom.

I love our visits to our little cabin. We will be here for a bit. I have plenty to share with you.