Well, life in the country continues to be wonderful. Last Sunday we burned a very large pile of lumber debris from the construction work that is going on here right now. Our lower field is where we usually do this sort of burning and it is usually brush from our property. I like to do it in February when there is snow on the ground. However, we had had plenty of rain and the hay field was not yet too long. It was a perfect day - cool and sunny. And while we were at our task, a group of horsemen in full English Hunt regalia and a pack of well behaved hounds rounded the corner and trooped by. This is not an everyday event but it does happen from time to time. In its way, it was as wonderful as seeing the deer in the fields, or a majestic loan wolf bound along the fence line or even the flock of very large wild turkeys strut on the far hill.