“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
― Mary Oliver
The grass is starting to green…that is a huge joy to me. Yes, it means work, weeds, watering and other types of ‘stuff’, but it also means sunshine, rain, and (for me) just plain happiness!
Mindy Min-Min Lou is delighted I finally brought out the summer furniture. Her most favorite spot in all the world to relax—they even beat a warm car hood in the winter.
Then, for Mindy, there is the rolling in the dry dirt, dust bath. Right up there with laying on your back, tummy up soaking in the sun—she is such an odd little cat
Walks with Mom always mean…Mindy walks on the gated pipe…”Why not?” she asks. “I never fall off.”
As for Boomer Beaglie Brown…just being with Mom is all he wants.
Wonder, just look through the eyes of a child or an animal…we can see the world in fresh new ways.
From my heart to your world,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Oh, the tender little green shoots. What a love sign of hope 🙂
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OH! Yes! I and the mule dance with joy!
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🙂
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Linda, how is your hand? Hope better. Sharon drake
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I got the staples out yesterday so now everything will heal fast. Thank you, Sharon!
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Aren’t all cats odd?
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Ah, green, what a joy! And nearly in time for spring planting, your bean seeds are finally in the mail. Hopefully they arrive all right, and sorry about the delay. They are climbers so they will want something to climb on. Have a great day!
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Oh, thank you so much Marianne!
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Love that Oliver quote 🙂
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Me too
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Mary Oliver — and Linda on the Colorado farm — know how to live!!
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You are so kind! As always! 🙂
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Mary Oliver had it right! Love the photos of Mindy and Boomer. Signs of spring are always welcome. Portland never goes completely dormant but the rain is endless. Now we have wind with the rain. That’s spring. I’ve missed some posts so I’ll have to go back to see why you have staples in your hand.
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Stabbed myself with a kitchen knife while cooking….hurrying….never a good thing.
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Ouch! Better reason than when the knife went all the way through my hand because I was trying to get the last brownie out of the pan. I’m such an addict. 🙂
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OUCHIE! I’ll bet that MORE than HURT!
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Not as much as the embarrassment. 🙂
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well … was the brownie really really good?
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OH…HER brownie 🙂
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Any brownie is good to a sugar addict. 🙂
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lotsa “surprizes” here — including our (massive 0.3 “) rainstorm (with thunder and lightning) just yesterday a.m.!
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OH! Lucky you….we really haven’t gotten anything. Splatters that is all.
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yeah: Friday a.m. we had quite a tumult — the usual wind, the 0.3″ precip is probably the “most” H2O the Grand Valley’s seen so far this year …
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Its very windy here today…irrigation starts Monday we are in a big push to get all the ditches ready
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ditto. seems each year we think it’s the windiest … was ridin’ a bike up&down a hill today — wind pushed me up; comin’ down sometimes the wind pushed me to a stop !
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It’s blowing again this morning….and it’s cold
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Wonderful affirming words from Mary Oliver, who knows what she’s talking about !
So sweet and good seeing life through the loving innocent eyes of your beloved animals..XXX
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Yes…if we could all have that gift
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Good to see that green! Boomer and Min Min look very happy .. love the black and white 😃
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They are lots of fun!
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