A world of perfection...

So you know those movies that feature suburbs, rows of perfect houses with perfect lawns, and perfect trees, flowers, paint jobs, lawn ornaments, etc.? Well, I think they filmed those movies here. Just driving around it feels like we have jumped back in time and are living in this forgotten time of porch swings and lawn windmills. In a way, I can see why people strive for "the American Dream", it is pretty good looking after all. I don't see inside these "perfect" places though, so I am missing the fights, over consumption, and whatever else might be going on inside.

I like being here on the farm though, as its a little less "picture perfect" and a bit more "content" perfect. We keep meeting so many new and cool people from around the neighborhood. There has been a lot of action around as well, such as the new cow that's here. When the cow arrived she was first put in the barn for a night to chill out and such. The next drama filled day, when the cow was introduced to the other cows she flipped out and started running away from them all, mooing constantly. We watched as a small herd of cows RAN all around the field trying to get a sniff of their new compadre. But no, she mooed, you will not sniff me. This cow was like a very angry teenager. She just complained and complained until it got to the point that we all were going to herd her into the neighbors pasture (which is like cow paradise, p.s.). Well, the new cow did not like us being around her, so instead of just walking into cow wonderland, she jumped the fence into a neighbors yard (not the ones with the land). The day involved a lot of chasing, and the cow did a lot of fence jumping. Once she was somewhere that was away from the other cows, she would jump over to go see them. When she was with them, she would jump to get away from them. She's in the barn now, in a extra high stall (as she ESCAPED from a lower one... !). Crazy cow.

Other excitement includes:
- Meeting new friends! Yay!
- Getting tickets to see Iron and Wine THIS Wedensday! Yay!
- Putting the baby chickens that have been growing up with the bigger chickens
- Going to a southern Church for Easter
- Giving the little baby calf antibiotic needles... and being DONE with it.
- Bon fire! ... and what a bon fire it was. It may have been a 6 person party, but it was enough fun for 20.


Anyways, lots has been happening, lots has been good. We are here for one more week and then off to North Carolina!