The “Joys?” of Country Living.

by Sandi Duncan | Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 |

I live in a rural area of New Jersey and most of the time, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. However there are some things about living the country life that I could do without. Most of these things deal with the animals that live around us, among us, and as pets.

We have pets – dog, cats, hamster, and fish. We had rabbits until the bear got them. Our neighbors have chickens, goats, ducks and rabbits. My daughter recently found one of the rabbits after a hawk got it.

This weekend one of our pet hamsters died. I  had to dig a hole in the ground and bury it. We had a complete ceremony. He’s buried next to a hermit crab.

Our dog – part lab part mutt – is a great dog but his hunter instincts are hard to ignore. He’s killed a groundhog in front of us, and today he found one of our neighbor’s chickens. Luckily for the chicken, we found it and brought it back to its pen.

Yes, I love the fact that we only have two close neighbors, that my children have the opportunity to experience farm animals, garden, see the stars at night, and more …but sometimes the idea of not having to deal with dead animals has me longing for sidewalks and bright lights ☺!

Do you ave any stories to share about the “joys” of living in the country or city? Share them here.

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2 comments

1 kandi barton { 11.27.08 at 10:17 pm }

hi, i love it sincee we moved into our country suburb. My daughter has been going to good schools. we have a hen and a rooster and six cats. our neighbors have pools weve made lots of new friends. we love the animals. we have a veg. garden,an herb garden, we plant things that attract hummingbirds and the air is clean. we can everything here we couln’t bdo in our apartments in the city,

2 Marion Sampaio { 11.12.08 at 10:32 am }

Ah yes country living–today I went to the basement to get clothes from the washer. The basement floor was flooded, and I saw that the utility sink that the washer feeds into was clogged. I reached into the drain expecting a handful of lint, but instead brought up a dead mouse! You kind of get used to this stuff, so I put on a disposable glove and threw it outside (after screaming and throwing it back into the sink of course!)

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