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["roxann" <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>]

Hi Bob,

The rock stacks are not all in the same place. The one where the barn once 
stood is not a steep spot, but a fairly level spot. I suspect it was from 
around the late 1800's. any number of things could have made it fall, but the 
most likely reason is the neighbor's cows that used to range on the place 
until we bought it. they are a destructive force, knocking over and trampling 
everything that was in their path. i lost a lot of windows, tables, and other 
things i'd brought up here before moving until i figured out what was 
happening. Oh, and the whole barns weren't made of rock, only the foundation. 
The scattered rock walls are leftovers from where fields were cleared to grow 
grass for livestock. This was once a working farm, but has gotten overgrown 
over the years of non-farm use. Now it is classed as 'timber'. When I can 
find someone to come bush-hog, the fields are going to be cleared of most of 
the cedars, except for the cedar grove below the pond. That ground feels 
sacred and I'm going to leave it alone.

The fence we're working on is in a steep spot because that's where the horses 
were going to get out and onto the logging road that runs up behind our 
house. When it's time for me to ride Commanche, I sure won't feel bad about 
expecting him to climb some rugged hills. He's been getting out and going up 
the mountain a few miles away to another mountaintop field. VERY rough hiking 
for 2-leggeds!

Roxann, NW AR
http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)