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Claire-in-Texas · 09-16-2007, 06:24 AM

Actually, Eric, it is really very romantic, but not the kind of romantic that you see on the screens - not hot and heavy. It's the kind of romantic that comes with age (we are 67 and 70), and with time, and with understanding. It is warm and wonderful and loving. I hold his arm, he takes my hand, all to the panting of the two pups in the truck bed.

And the feeling I get when we do our "dates" is the same as I get walking on the beach at sundown (the sun was going down last evening) - it's peaceful and I feel very content.

When I feel stress, I sometimes take the Gator out into the countryside, just to look at nature and enjoy the sounds and sights. It settles me down.

I will have to get our neighbor to take our picture - the four of us together - in the Gator. It's such a big part of what we do here together that is fun fun fun.

Next Saturday night will not be a Gator night. We have a date to go to the Washington County Fair. And now that I look normal in size (kinda), I have new cowboy boots, cowboy hat, proper denims, etc. There will be a big rodeo, a country singer (nobody you would recognize), lots of cattle that people look at and see things that defy my comprehension (can you tell I'm a city girl?), and lots of tractors, food vendors (not for meeeee!), carnival rides for the kids. It's a big one, and I'm looking forward to it. Glen and I had our first real date there, many years ago. It's a very big deal here, and when I first went I thought I was in the twilight zone. But now I'm used to this life, living with a rancher who loves the land, and learning to appreciate and respect that love and enjoy it with him and in my own way.