Oh what a beautiful morning

It was cool and crisp enough to make our morning walk enjoyable.  I try not to just sleepwalk my way over our walking path; when you do the same thing almost every day, you tend to not notice the beauty around you.  I sometimes have to remind myself to look around, enjoy our property, and be thankful that we live in this particular spot in the universe.  If I am oblivious to my rural surroundings,  I may as well move to town.  

  We had pear honey on toast today.  Delicious!  

As it turned out, I did not have eight cups of pear pulp, the amount my mom's recipe calls for.  I had five-and-a-half cups.  So I reduced the amount of sugar accordingly, but still added the entire can of crushed pineapple.    

We bought two bushels of Fuji apples a while back, and with those around, I find myself uninterested in eating the Golden Delicious apples we bought earlier.  So I think it is my duty to make an apple pie today, rather than let those Goldens go to waste.  Tomorrow is supposed to be our warmest, sunniest day for a while, so I think we should go someplace on the motorcycle.
Cliff mowed the alfalfa, and now there is a 30% chance of rain for Thursday and Friday.  We need rain so badly, we would neither one care much if it ruined our hay!  It's so cool, this hay probably won't be cured enough to bale until Friday or Saturday.  
Oh, about the new header picture:  Gracie is actually doing quite well at learning to lead; I just wanted to get a picture of her balking.  What I normally do when she balks is just let the rope get slack and wait until she is ready to go again.