Redneck Wednesday

 It seems Shane's job is big news (naturally, who wouldn't want to be involved with the new helicopter pilot in town). That being said I had my first visitor a few weeks back. She was the wife of one of the local law-enforcement officers. They heard our family was here and she found out where we lived and stopped by to introduce herself etc...redneck wednesday post right there if you ask me, but ultimately not what I was hoping to share today.

She was telling me a story: during the freezing storm we had (-20 degrees average lows) her neighbor regrettably lost a horse and a dog to the cold...SERIOUSLY, a HORSE and DOG. Wow, I used to worry about the frost getting to my tomato plants, but animals? Naturally, this lady's neighbor could very well have been neglectful, it might not be all that common to have your animals die but none-the-less, the very nature of the topic is redneck!

Oh and here's a view from outside my kitchen window: