Life On The Compound

On my last post, I talked about my husband’s every-morning activity in the garden.
Today, while he was out doing his thing, there were other pollinators in the garden along with him.  Here are a few shots of the company he kept:

I think this next fella was just trying to fit in.

Living out in the country has it’s benefits:
There’s the wildlife we see nearly daily,

Our ability to keep backyard chickens,

the joy of watching my children interact with those chickens,

and even the experience of watching the wildlife interact with the chickens.
 
We are also able to keep a large garden…

…which supplies us with a daily bounty during the summer,

…and even into the Winter.

We see deer [...]

This photo was taken in our yard.

We live near a Monestary.
What does that have to do with this coyote?
Well, every morning at 6 a.m. and every night at 6 p.m., the Monestary bells ring.
I always picture a brown cloaked hunchback climbing to the top of a tower when I hear those bells.

But, I digress.
When the [...]