Peaceful Living???

So, you think it is suppose to be peaceful out in the country??  For the most part, living on 9 acres in the middle of nowhere [ok, so it's not exactly nowhere, I am ACTUALLY closer to a Walmart now than I was when living in Concord NC LOL but does that really say much when you live 2 hours from Walmart HQ? ;-) ] is pretty nice and peaceful, however, there are moments when it is just not so.  For the past several weeks the coyotes have been stirring up a storm at night - they are quite noisy. The coyotes cause the good neighbors dog, a  Great Pyrenees, (a dog that can weigh up to 120lbs and this one is very close) to get a little restless and he goes into protective mode, which is good but that mode causes a lot of barking while patrolling his and our property. Added to this were our dogs deciding they needed to go on a non stop bark fest along with one of our horses constantly neighing for her colt which was taken to his new home.

The other thing to consider are the neighbors next to us.  I know, "next to" is relative.  There is enough property to build 4 or 5 houses, in a typical neighborhood, between us.  For the past week or so they have been in need of some cash, (beer fund is running low) so they have been trying to take down by hand a wood framed metal building.  This has caused a great deal of hammering on their part which has been quite noisy. Now I have to say this - after meeting the 2 sons (probably in their 20's, mid to late) who live there, I do not think a GED exists between them.  In their quest to get the metal from the building to recycle and turn into beer money, they came up with what they thought would be a great idea.  Since nearly a week had gone by without much success, they needed an easier and quicker way. Remember I said the building had a wood frame?  Yep, the great idea was to burn it down.  How did that turn out you ask, NOT TO GOOD! LOL. So, the fire interrupted the "peace" of the country.  OK, you need to also remember we live out in the country so it takes a while for a fire truck to arrive.  They did, in time to save the house but the siding did melt on the back corner closest to the fire and the building. The sad part, the building is still standing LOL  the roof did collapse but the sides are still up.  Now for the big kicker - the house that now has melted siding - brand new as of last April. Brand new because in November of 2009, the old house burned down.  Seems the 6 year old decided to play with matches while the adults were napping. Now one last thing to give you some insight to them, evidently in August of 2009 one of the guys shot himself and had to have the rescue helicopter dispatched.

Melted Siding - NOTE - when building a large fire, do it WELL away from your vinyl sided house

House Fire Nov '09 - Note the metal building AND the fact that the fire department is NOT present

Life Flight Rescue

So, while most days are quite peaceful, there are days when the city might be more so.

I need to say this - our other neighbors are fantastic!  Great people, very nice and always willing to help out. She even has the kids over every Thursday evening for craft night and the kids get to make something fun! And for and hour or so - it's very peaceful in our house. LOL ;-)