Amy, Trey and I took a road trip to Kentucky three days ago to visit Linda, Trey's new girlfriend who owns a log cabin on over a hundred acres in Central Kentucky.
Linda cares for several horses, dogs, cats and ducks here in this gently rolling woodlands interspersed with ponds, farmland and bogs.
One of her horses is a thoroughbred, actually the great grandson of Secretariat the famous racehorse. This is definitely blue grass horse country here in Kentucky.
When we arrived it was almost 80 degrees with a nice, gentle wind. Today it's in the 30s and cold. So, we started a fire in the fireplace and boiled some coffee and warmed up Linda's cranberry coffee cake.
Yesterday, we all took a hike through the bottoms near the creek. We beheld gum trees, hickories, cedars and oaks. Linda's dogs, Emma and Bailey joined our little entourage and traipsed around following close behind.
Later, we cooked up Elk burgers, mashed potatoes and salad. In the evening we enjoyed some Kentucky Bourbon straight up. It was the smoothest Bourbon I ever had. All I needed to make the evening perfect would be my pipe or a good Dominican cigar!
Amy and I lingered a bit outside last night to view the multiplicity of brilliant white stars overhead and plumped down in a glider overlooking the Mill pond to watch a storm front coming in from the west with lightening flashing on the distant horizon.
It's been such a pleasant and restful time with good food, a warm fire and great fellowship.
We don't really know when we're headed back to Colorado. But, then we don't really care either.
Amy and I took up Trey's offer to work for him and his various businesses; so before we left for Kentucky we quit Beau Jo's Pizza. We can pick our own hours and now I have more time to continue my pastoral work for Calvary Evergreen and Idaho Springs.
As I pen this article I am up on the loft studying and preparing for my sermon that I will deliver in two weeks up on Floyd Hill and Idaho Springs.
Gotta go...Linda's calling us for lunch.
The third pic show Secretariat's great grandson.
Ciao!
BR Schoenbein
Amy Schoenbein
February 25, 2017- Saturday
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