Thursday, February 2, 2012

Rural Thursday Blog Hop at the Homestead



Today I'm hopping over to Nancy @ A Rural Journal and Lisa @ Two Bears Farm for their brand new Rural Thursday Blog Hop. I love their Blog Hop button, don't you? 

The idea behind this Hop is for bloggers to "share information and photos about what's currently happening in and around their rural/country/farm home." So, okay. Here we go.

Monday afternoon I looked up from my writing to see this bull elk outside our cabin. I grabbed my trusty shotgun and. . .no, no, just kidding. I grabbed my trusty camera and and began to focus. Suddenly, the bull leaped over our fence. I got the shot just as he landed.
We live 10 minutes from Rocky Mountain National Park. Wildlife is protected here.


I noticed Tuesday night, while cooking dinner, how the days are getting longer. Still light at 5:45 PM I could clearly see the horses in the corral from my window over the kitchen sink. Of course I had to grab my camera and get a shot for you.
I love my neighbor's horses. Seeing them from my kitchen window always brings a smile to my face.

Yesterday I took this photo of our barn turned artist studio. 
My husband's art studio (and a little bit of storage for me).


I'm ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille. . .
The Log Barn is 150 years old. It's likely it was the original homestead cabin.


These mule deer at the end of our drive critiqued my photography skills.
The deer and elk come down from the mountain behind the barn to visit. We have a deal...they can graze on our homestead all they want and in exchange they pose for me. 







Our homestead is surrounded by mountains.
Lumpy Ridge in the Background

Mt. Olympus



Back to our cabin for coffee and more writing.
We bought our 1926 cabin and completely remodeled it ourselves last spring. Notice the snow shovel and bag of salt? We're in between snow storms right now. But ready for one expected tonight.


That's a look at our homestead this week. What's going on in your rural world?

Nancy

20 comments:

  1. Nancy this is excellent stuff, you should re title this post "how to make folk in the UK jealous of where I live"
    Seriously stunning, and your photos do it the world of justice
    Shaun

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    1. Thanks, Shaun. Your photos of the UK make me envious of where you live, too. God bless.

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  2. What a gorgeous place you live in! I love the picture of the elk. We have a log home too, but it's a new one - we built it about 6 years ago.

    Thanks for joining Rural Thursday! :-)

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    1. Lisa, thank you for stopping by and commenting. Great idea you and Nancy had.

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  3. Okay, so I'm like totally in love with your cabin and where you live. Want to do a house swap sometime?

    Love your photos and commentary Nancy. Oh, and your name is pretty nice too!

    Thank you for linking up to Rural Thursday. I'm really very happy to meet you!

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    1. Nancy, I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and comment. House swap? Might be fun. I'll be my husband could find things to paint around your place. :-)

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  4. wow, you live in a great place for wildlife watching! thanks for sharing them!

    came over from rural thursday to say hello!

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    1. Thanks for the visit. As soon as I'm done here I'm heading for your place.

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  5. you live in a beautiful place, love that log cabin!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Happy to meet you and see your photographic work. Very nice.

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  6. The studio and the cabin are truly a slice of heaven. I would so LOVE that... as long as I could have my horses somewhere near as well. I love the green door and the flanking white chairs. Very pretty.

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    1. And I can see why you'd want a place for your horses. They're wonderful. Love your blog. Blessings to you. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

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  7. How wonderful! This city girl really enjoyed these.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. I'm headed to your blog now.

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  9. Oh how beautiful! I used to retreat to Rocky Mountain National Park to study, to daydream, to meditate, to pretend I was a mountain pioneer, and on and on. I found you via Rural Thursday, and I'm going to follow your blog to satisfy my hunger for those ol' Rocky Mountains.

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    1. Thanks for following, Charade. It's great to meet new people like you.

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  10. i love those views you have. wow!! found you through "rural journal". i've traveled to the rocky mountains several times. (:

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  11. Thanks for stopping by. Love the farm on your post.

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