A Country Drive with Good Fences

Hello, Dear Friends, here we are in the 

beautiful month of June! 

I have been enjoying the scenery

on my way back and forth to visit 

my children and to the market, 

so I thought I would take you along! 

We start here, at the top of my little mountain. 

Once we descend from the forest, 

the fields of buttercup open up

to the sky. 

Buttercup is an invasive ground cover, 

but who can deny it's charms

at this time of year? 

Most fencing here is sturdy barbed wire for cattle, 

but there are also farms with lovely rail fencing....

For beauties such as these! 

This green barn has recently been restored.  

Isn't she a beauty? This former dairy 

farm was falling into disrepair 

when a young family took possession,

 built a new home and started

restoring the grounds. 

This is the view.....

Here is another beautiful restoration, 

right down the road. 

For whatever reason, this lovely farmhouse

sits empty. There are no for-sale signs. 

Perhaps a foreclosure....

This is the same property

from another angle. 

Wouldn't you just love to wake up to that view? 

(Pardon the hood of my little Ford Ranger....)

This region was hard hit by the recession

and is still trying to recover. 

The first haying leaves poly-covered rolls in the fields. 

These are not as picturesque as old fashioned hay-bales, 

but I'm sure they are much easier to manage. 

The orange structure is part of a fish ladder

to help protected Salmon spawn upstream. 

My little house-guests, Peanut and Weenie Baby, 

accompany me on a visit to their new home. 

(I have been pet-sitting for my daughter while

she saved for and purchased a new home)

Jennie is not quite ready to keep them permanently,

(lots of painting going on),

so I have been bringing them for visits. 

Whoa! I'd better slow down - I took that 

corner a little fast! 

:-0

This is one of the last remaining working dairy farms

in the region. 

Love the old truck <3

More gorgeous white fencing....

These homes are new. 

Cloudy skies. 

Scotch Broom - another yellow invasive, 

but oh, so pretty! 

This sweet little gate always makes me smile. 

I see the elderly gentleman who lives here walking his dog

along the side of the road, sometimes. 

He used to have a little lady by his side, 

but she has been gone a good, long while. 

Now it is just him and his dog. 

He still keeps the little farm neat and tidy. 

Almost home from our journey....

A Horse Chestnut in full flower

against tall Poplar.

This amazing Wisteria blooms among the 

branches of this tall Douglas Fir. 

It has been blooming in this tree

for the 34 years that we have lived here. 

I can't imagine how old it is! 

A favorite farmhouse,
 (another beautiful restoration)
 as we start to climb

the road to home. 

Cattle and horses enjoying the mountain meadows.

This is the same barn as in photo #2. 

Home again...

Just in time!!

Thank you for coming along, Dear Friends! 

I always enjoy your company! 

xoxo

"There can be no friendship where

there is no freedom. 

Friendship loves a free air,

and will not be fenced up in straight

and narrow enclosures."

William Penn

xoxo

Today I am linking with:
 The Run *A* Round Ranch - Good Fences