Our New Home

This weekend was the first time I feel like I really got to soak in our new home. I am realizing what an amazing wonderland we now live in.



Our trailer pad where our blue bus sits overlooks green fields with cows grazing peacefully all day. Every morning a low fog rolls into our valley, creating multi-layers of silloetted trees. It's so amazing and dramatic. I also hear the horses neigh in the pasture nearby and see them jolt on a little run now and then in the distance.



Then there are the peacocks that roam around the property. I thought there were just 3, but then one day I counted about 12, which made more sense, since they seemed to be everywhere at once sometimes. (ha). There are also sheep that live in a pasture behind our neighbour's house. There are also cyotes that we hear sometimes at night.



Last but not least, (not including the neighbourhood dogs whose poop I'm avoiding on the road daily), there are the cats. Now, the cats live underneath an old moldy trailer beside ours. (I know, the trailer takes a bit away from the ethereal view, but you take what you can). Now these cats are wild, I'd say... meaning they live outside and no one has neutered them to stop reproducing. There are about 5 of them. They sit on an old van bench-seat, with a little table in front of them, obviously an old human hang-out that they've adopted. I've come to consider these cats as comrades. I will not try to coax them to me (I've learned my lesson with wild cats... they can infect you nastily with a bite and send you to the hospital or worse!)... and nor will they come too close to me, but I think we became real friends when yesterday, we heard one cat meowing outside our door. Dave and I both love animals, and so we both opened the door to look at the little guy.



"Meow!" he pleaded.

"what do you want, there, little buddy?" Dave said.

"Meow!" was the earnest response. "Meow!" He said over and over again, looking very longingly at us.

I finally decided to share our milk with the cats. So I took a cup out, and poured it into their bowl. (yes, they have a bowl that our landlord puts catfood in when he can). The cats first scattered and then came bouncing back when I walked away, lapping up our milk happily. So now they sometimes follow me a few steps when I go walking. It's very cute.



Oh! I missed out the other attraction around here that is great... we have amazing people that are always around. Yes, every day we walk up and eat and talk and hang out with our friends, the Rosens, (who have done their own share of trailer living with their 3 daughters), and all the fun and spunky dancers that happen to be around their house. It's always fun up here. So our life is full these days.



Well, off to dance class for me! It's ballet and tap today. Later friends.