Gopher Hill Farm

05/11/2024

Northern lights as seen from our home tonight in SE Alabama.

05/01/2024

As the sun lit up the gray clouds this morning, it actually seemed to turn them purple.

04/26/2024

Up high, remnants of early morning passenger and cargo flights linger in the morning sky, while a thin layer of fog blankets the hayfield down low.

04/25/2024

This morning’s sunrise, about 30 minutes after that moon pic I posted.

04/25/2024

Nice calm morning in Southeast Alabama as the moon sets.

03/25/2024

Being raised on a small Florida panhandle farm, we had to save money however we could. One way was using discarded power poles or railroad ties as corner & brace posts in our fencing. It only required some manual labor on our part to collect them. It was hard work, but I never thought of it as an impossible task or a bridge too far.

Flash forward 40 years, & that is what I found myself doing today in prep for future fencing on my small farm in Alabama. Age has a way of creeping up on you. I swear the power company hollowed out the polls & filled them with cement. I cut them to a length of 7 ft before trying to load them. Loaded most of them by myself using simple leverage I learned from my Dad & Mrs. Rachel Peacock at Altha HS, but I was only able to get a couple of them on the trailer with the assistance of some very helpful neighbors.

As I sit here watching the news after taking Aleeve & putting extra strength arthritis cream on all of my aching joints, I am contemplating how much easier this seemed when I was helping my Dad many moons ago. Then again, I was 40 years younger, & even my Dad was 15 years younger than I am now.

Already dread how my back will feel when I struggle to get out of bed in the morning.

03/09/2024

Got a little tied up this morning, and did not have a chance to post these. Another beautiful sunrise in Henry County.

02/24/2024

Happy full moon (Snow Moon) morning to you from SE Alabama.

02/22/2024

A neighbor to the west was burning their property this afternoon, creating smoke that enhanced the sunset with artistic strokes.

02/08/2024

This morning’s sunrise was like nature made art for your wall. It looked like God used a giant paint brush to streak some clouds across the sky, just above the horizon.

02/07/2024

Another clear, cool (38°F) morning in Southeast Alabama with both the moonset and sunrise visible. According to my SkyView star mapping app. that should be Venus visible to the left of the moon.

02/06/2024

Cool, clear morning with both the moonset & sunrise together.

02/06/2024

Sunset today with a light breeze.

01/26/2024

Yes, it has been a while, but here are some more sunrise pics from our home, Gopher Hill Farm.

12/31/2023

The last sunset of 2023. 

12/28/2023

Late December sunset in Henry County, AL.

12/24/2023

What a difference a year makes. The high today was 70°F with a low of 42°F. Last year at this time I was thawing out my deep well pipes in the middle of the night with temps of 15°F and a windchill in the single digits.

12/18/2023

Thought the morning star high in the sky was cool in the first pic, followed by being able to see the Earth’s curvature in the sunrise colors of the second pic.

12/13/2023

Another calm and peaceful ending to the day.

12/10/2023

After a hectic day on Friday, it was nice to get home near sunset to calm skies with calm wind.

12/10/2023

The color contrast Friday morning was cool, but it was so much more orange just 5 minutes later.

12/05/2023

With a thin layer of fog this morning, it looks more like paintings than pictures.

11/06/2023

Another great day to wake up in the Wiregrass. More specifically, the peaceful country life of Henry County, AL. So glad our neighbor gave us an opportunity to own this piece of rural paradise 5 years ago.

11/01/2023

Start of a new day, a little on the cool & crisp side though.

10/30/2023

The full moon & fog give it an eerie scene this morning on Halloween eve.

10/23/2023

Another beautiful autumn sunset, painted by the master himself.

10/04/2023

It has been a while, but here is a little mist in the valley to my east with this morning’s sunrise.

09/07/2023

If you look close, or zoom in like I did, you can see the planet Venus just above our Laurel Oak on the right.

09/05/2023

Hard to pass up the beautifully painted September sky this morning.

08/16/2023