Walter Murphy
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The Owl
The Owl Living on a farm you can see the most fascinating events while walking in nature. You see there is a very thick woods near our property. I am so happy that we live in the country and by this amazing stretch of wooded area. I have this small farm where my family grow vegetables for the farmer’s market in town. We have fun doing this and the kids love their sheep and horses that they received as Christmas gifts. My wife and I have five children between the ages of 7 to 17. Ben our oldest will start college next year and he wants to be a lawyer, his inspiration is Abraham Lincoln. Diana our second child is a sophomore and does not know what she wants to be. There is Chad, who is in middle school and is on the football team, he wants to go pro. Sally and Steven the twins, they are in grade school. They love their lambs that they receive for their birthday. Life is hard on the farm, but it is so rewarding.
By Walter Murphy5 years ago in Petlife
The Owl
The Owl Living on a farm you can see the most fascinating events while walking in nature. You see there is a very thick woods near our property. I am so happy that we live in the country and by this amazing stretch of wooded area. I have this small farm where my family grow vegetables for the farmer’s market in town. We have fun doing this and the kids love their sheep and horses that they received as Christmas gifts. My wife and I have five children between the ages of 7 to 17. Ben our oldest will start college next year and he wants to be a lawyer, his inspiration is Abraham Lincoln. Diana our second child is a sophomore and does not know what she wants to be. There is Chad, who is in middle school and is on the football team, he wants to go pro. Sally and Steven the twins, they are in grade school. They love their lambs that they receive for their birthday. Life is hard on the farm, but it is so rewarding.
By Walter Murphy5 years ago in Petlife
The Woods
I am about 9 years old. As we are exploring the big woods out on Meltzer farm, we come across a big oak tree. This tree is so big around that it takes six people to have their arms outstretched, with their fingertips touching and to go around this big oak. We continue walking the trails and conversing as my mentor describes what it was like to grow up on this big tract of land. There is a cabin that was built when Mr. Meltzer’s family first settled here in the 1800’s. Meltzer Woods is how I recall these big woods. Today it is a land trust. When we go up to the farmhouse, we see barns and grain bins. Some were built in the late 1800’s. The cabin was first built when his family settled there. In the old barn we see a barn owl alerting us as we had disturbed his slumber. The barn owl ruffles his feathers, and we move on. As a child I was full of wonder because I just loved nature and here was Phillip teaching me about nature: flora and fauna. We walk and he describes the history of the land.
By Walter Murphy5 years ago in Humans
