My Kentucky Home

Kentucky is a beautiful state. Right now we have a little snow and dreary weather.  It's been cloudy all day.  Do like the sunshine a lot better.  But grateful that the roads are somewhat better.  We did have a few inches of snow but the ice was worse.  When there is ice on the road you can lose control of the car very easily. Makes you feel good when you don't have to go out to a job.

Temperatures are below freezing so the ice did not clear off the deck today.  Our deck is on the Southwest side of the house and almost unusable in the summer, it really gets hot out there, so doesn't take much to melt the ice off of it. I love to go out there and sit in the hot sun in the summer time, but I can only stay a few minutes so I don't get sunburned.

We have about 8 1/2 acres of land, with a 2160 square foot house and a 24x 20 shed on it.  We put the living room on the back of the house, with a bay window and double glass door so we can look out across the back of the property. We like to watch the birds and the neighbor's black cows.  The cows are in a field behind our house.  They have calves every year and we enjoy watching them play in the field.

Their are Mockingbirds, Sparrows, Cardinals, Yellow Finches, Blue Jays, and several other birds here.  The Mockingbirds sing so pretty. If you are out in the yard, one of them will sit not far from you and sing every song he knows. There are big black crows, we call them black chickens, they are as big as chickens.  In the summer, there are hummingbirds.  They are fun to watch but sometimes they wear you out watching them. They fight over the feeders until you wonder how any of them get enough to eat!

We really enjoy Kentucky, better than anyplace we have lived.  My husband and I were both born and raised in Illinois and then lived in Texas in the 70's.  We moved to Kentucky in 1980. So we have been here a few years.

We are not located near any big cities, just smaller ones.  We have to drive 100 miles to get to Louisville, and 65 to Bowling Green.  We did get a Wal Mart Superstore a couple of years ago and have enjoyed it being just 3 miles away. So if you are a big city person, you probably would not be happy in our little community. We like to visit the big cities a few times a year, but we are always glad to get back home.