Rainbow

It was a GLORIOUS morning!

A little cooler than yesterday, with a light breeze. 

As I walked out to feed the horses, I realized there was a tiny sprinkle of rain, but not enough to even mess up your glasses (if you were wearing any...)

It was so nice, that while the horses were in their stalls, munching on their breakfast oats, I took the dogs and walked to the back of the property.  Just turned around and looked.

Kyle has been doing LOTS of work on our place lately.  He and Rod gathered up all the junk Bill left - they got nearly $300 from the recycle place for all the steel and aluminum!  Then Kyle attacked his dirtbike track and moved the dirt from the jumps to the various holes the dogs have dug in the property.  Then he brought up the dirt levels in some of the low spots at the back of the barn where the rain likes to pond.  Then he dragged the entire pasture over and over and over and over with the metal drag turned upside down so the little fingers dug into the dirt and got it all good and fluffed up.

Then he spread 100 pounds of winter rye seed, and ran over it again with the drag (right side up this time) to cover all the seeds and give them a good start.  (without just turning into "free" bird seed!)

We have had some nightly rain every night since, so now the back pasture is all lovely green!  The new grass is about 3 inches tall - all soldier straight and in perfect little rows.  (Yes, I know, I should REALLY take a picture!) 

It was wonderful just standing there at the back of the property, looking over all the growth and improvement.  We don't look like the Clampets anymore!  Really nice!  (And I'm sure the neighbors appreciate it as well...)

Anyhow - on my way to work - the icing on the cake was a gorgeous wall-to-wall rainbow out over the river.  Beautiful. 

Reminds us to take a moment to be thankful for all the little things!