I am no Pioneer Woman

I knew my husband wanted the house on the hilltop that is surrounded by nothing but trees, grass, and red dirt. I really did not want it, for a lot of different reasons. I cried about it, but knowing how much I knew he liked it I told him to get it. He made sure I was sure and asked again about 10 times. He shed a tear when I said ok, because he knew he was FINALLY getting out of neighborhoods. He hates neighborhoods and this is one of the farthest things from that.



I am no Pioneer Woman.  I am more of the Oregon Trail woman......you know...the one they traded in for a wheel axle and a sick ox. But here I was, with no other houses in sight and howling coyotes every night. Cattle gap and gopher trap were now in my vocabulary and scorpions were in my eyesight.

You may wonder how I could have said yes to something like this....well..it's pretty simple.

The view.




If you drive down I-20 towards Tyler,  you probably don't remember much....because you were asleep. It's boring and drab. We live about 2 miles south of 20 but we are up on a hill which gives us a fantastic view.

We get a cool breeze in the summer and a beautiful sunset every night. One day, I will wake up early and take photos with the sun behind me to try and take photos to do it justice.

Soon I will really document and maybe add video to show those out of town what this place really looks like.  It is still weird to me to live a mile from my mailbox and not see anyone or anything when you go outside, but the solitude and the possibilities of the property are exciting. 

Some of my favorite pics I've taken on the property....