IntheBeginning

I used to live in a very nice suburb of San Antonio, which is one of the largest cities in the US, but 2 years ago, my husband and I decided to purchase some land out in the hill country. Now this isn't like Fredricksburg or Kerrville or something. This property which we now call home is 36 miles from the nearest grocery store, 20 miles to the nearest gas station, and just completely beautiful!

At first we were constantly making trips to the big city (San Antonio), and then when those died down, we were making lots of trips to the nearest towns. But considering that there's not a whole lot to do there, and one of the reasons we moved was so we could spend more time at home, those stopped too.

Last year, I started gardening for the first time in my life, started to prepare to acquire some chickens (I don't have any currently), and heated my home with a wood burning stove!

Wildlife

One of the many things that I love about living out in the middle of nowhere is the wildlife. Daily without leaving my house or my porch I see different kinds of deer, critters, and birds. This last summer a fallow deer came right up to our fence, just stood there and stared at us. I had never seen this kind of deer before. It's not very common, but it's not exotic either.