My Life on the Farm: A Diamond in the Rough

When we visited Florida we stayed with our friends Dennis and Sue. They have five acres in Loxhahatchee, but it's nothing like what we lived on. It's like a Garden of Eden, complete with a pond, fruit trees, and utter seclusion. They built a small cabin on their property and that is where we stayed. I told Art that if I had lived in this instead of the trailer, we'd probably still be living in Florida. Now, Dennis and Sue are real animal lovers. They have a dog, several chickens, guinea birds, a goat named Prince and a potbelly pig named Puddin'. They also have a turtle named 'Turtle' and several cats. If you didn't think this was enough, they feed the raccoons and their pond is stocked with a variety of fish as well as a big snapping turtle. One night they fed the raccoons and I think there were about fifteen or twenty of them. There is even a cat door on the porch of the cabin we stayed in and every day I would put some food in the dish and the raccoons would come in and eat.

We rented a car while we were there and were able to get a Prius! I wouldn't recommend this car for short people, though. Because of the odd shape of the back window I can't see out of it. The dash is also very strange and it's odd starting a car by pressing a button. But I did love the gas mileage!

We had a wonderfully relaxing time and it was a nice respite from the cold and dreary weather!