Thoughts on a Countryside

My senior year of high school I took a short class that our student teacher for band taught during our homeroom periods. It was a composition class, as I was already a few years into composing, I naturally was compelled to take this and see what he had to offer. Our main assignment was to compose a piece, of any style, instrumentation and length, based off of one of the paintings he provided us. I chose a painting of a house sitting on a countryside. There was green grass, lushes trees and other vegetation in the background, making this picture come to life. This painting really emulates inner peace every time I look at it, which made me want to write something serene. I took this one step further though, not only will you hear the beautiful country landscape, but other things that I imagine would happen here. For instance a storm coming through, maybe even a tornado ripping things apart. The aftermath of the storm, and the yearning for those warm sunny days after rain and thunder.