The sounds of the Village

 There are some sounds that I'm experiencing for the first time here in our Village.  At night/early evening, when it is dark, you hear the happy sound of children playing and talking.  Since we don't have lots of outside light, it is pretty dark, so you can't see the children – just hear them.

Around 4:00 every morning, our rooster begins to crow.  I hope I learn to sleep through it before long, but he sure makes a lot of noise.  He is doing his job, however.  We have many little chicks following their mother hens around.

 We have made a large fenced area behind the new house here.  So we have our 3 dogs out there much of the day.  Zee, a long-haired Chihuahua, is the yapper.  Samantha, the Rhodesian Ridgeback has a deep "woof".  And fortunately, Colby, the puppy German Shepherd doesn't make too much noise, because when he does it is a loud howl. 

The tractor is parked outside our house.  Most tractors here don't have starters.  So they have to either be parked on an incline or pushed to get them going.  There is an incline outside, so the tractor is parked there every night.  So in the morning, we hear the sound of the tractor getting going.