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Bedrooms—That Spot of Deep Contentment—Sunday, December 31, 2017
The cows and the equines have special places they like to bed down
They pick the warmest spot (if you don’t believe me all one has to do is go sit in that spot for a spell, then move to other places and compare)
That spot is a churn of dirt and poop. For the minute a cows stands up from laying down, she poops! 🙂
Everyone gathers together in those ‘spots’ the bedrooms, resting and chewing their cuds. Its a gentle time of peace.
But if a storm is coming in…the bedrooms wait. For this is the time of bulking up, filling the stomachs with fodder; creating inner heat and warmth.
The Clouds are thick and grey and heavy; the air feels like snow. But the weather people say there won’t be. Still the cows and equines say…bulk up…it feel like a storm coming in.
I wonder who will be right?
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The Adventures of Boomer on Friday— Wrap Up
Here it is the end of 2017…I’ve had a very good year…many adventures—
The UnMystery, where I made it home safe and sound from those wild crazy coyotes and
The Mystery of Nothing, where I got caught in a flood.
I’ve helped Mom and Dad in everything they did on the farm: Irrigate, sniff at poop…oh, wait, Mom and Dad didn’t sniff at poop. Worked the land, they worked the land I looked for yummy dead stuff to roll in, you know all the important stuff.
I did get sick this summer. Scared Mom and I. But Mom sat with me and held my paw, took me to the Vet for special shots for pneumonia, and rubbed ice cubes on my ears and arm pits. Sure felt good.
Sammy, My Kitty Buddy, stayed by my side the whole time.
It’s lonely without Sam…he joined my Bested Friend ForEVER this month of December. It’s rather strange to not having Sammy sleeping close to me. Mindy Cat is too independent to hang around me much.
Still Mindy and I always go with Mom, or Mom and Dad, when they go for a walk. Mindy and I touch noses so Mom knows we are ‘good’ friends also.
This past week two of the grandkids have been here. I didn’t go with Dad and Blade, but I did go with Mom and Tally wherever they went. Mindy hid from everyone.
This Christmas I thought I was going to have to get the White Elephant Present…
But Thankfully someone else got it for THEIR dog!!
TEE HEE!
Now we have cows here…lots of cows here. Lots.
So this morning a cow did what cows really like to do….she got out!
She was really easy to put back in…Mom made me stay inside…I know I could have helped very nicely, but Mom wouldn’t let me.
Anyway, it’s been a pretty good year all in all. The bad part was Sammy, but he was in lots of pain. I didn’t want him to be in so much pain. Then one day he wasn’t in pain anymore.
Oh, I forgot. Lady came to live with us.
Well, with my sister Shannon and Romeo really. But she is part of all our family even if she out of the pasture by my house.
(Lady wants to know if this photo of her makes her look fat!)
Dad, Mom, Myself, Boomer the Sherlock Beaglie, and Mindy Min-Min say
Thank you (all), for being part of our everyday blogging family!
Happy New Year!
Boomer
(Dad, Mom, and Min-Min)
Breathing—Pure and Adorable—Thursday, December 28, 2017
Our grandson is here. Terry called and asked if Blade could come and stay for a spell. Grandpa needed some extra help on the farm
So he came…all full of joy and cheer. Willing to help dig up an old culvert and help Grandpa replace it with a new one
Willing to gather and load a feed bunk and help haul it down to the equines,
Willing to do all those super stressful things normally MY JOB!
Of course there were other things included, like an afternoon at the Rec Center playing basketball and swimming…
Going out to target practice with Grandpa for a spell,
Then this afternoon moving a cook stove to another place in town
And helping to do some welding …. a new thing to learn.
All farm boys need to know how to weld, Grandpa says.
Grandpa and Grandson…
I stand in the shadows watching them, listening to the warmth coming from two beings so much a like—each braced to meet the day and take whatever comes—
I stand watching—-
remembering—breathing.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Two Gifts —- Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Our daughter Kimberly, and our son-in-law, Cliff came out one evening after their work and brought to us two quilts Kimberly made for Terry and I. One for me–the one for Terry
The time and the work on these had to be immense!
Cliff posted the above photo of Kimberly and Gypsy working on the binding way into the night. 🙂 On his FB page.
I had to smile!
Thank you, both, for such amazing gifts!
Love,
Terry and Linda
The Journey without Directions—Tuesday, December 26, 2017
The Year 2017 is ending.
Bringing with it’s closing days — clear skies with very cold air. No snow.
The moon is growing toward fullness, but for now it rises brilliant in its’ growing toward’ stage; in skys violet-black flooded with stars.
Then swings down in to the west long before morning; leaving the high vault of that bowl, which we call sky dark blue and chilled.
The soil here is dry. Extremely dry, but works for walking on and not tracking in mud. 🙂
Cold air, brilliant sky…gradually we end this year.
A year, which begins, as all other years…a blank slate, going forward without a map, going forward into the unknown…
Grateful me– very grateful to be alive.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
open-mouthed enchantment at the
To Each and Everyone of You —- Monday, December 25, 2017
It’s been a huge and wonderful pleasure getting to know you and to share this blog of our daily lives!
Merry Christmas My Friends,
Love,
Linda
Fifty Years on December 21, Sunday, December 24, 2017
“Maybe the Universe fights for souls to be together. Somethings are too strange and strong to be coincidences.”–Emery Allen
On December 21st, the shortest day of the year, and the Equinox of Winter Terry and I 
Married!
For this momentous time our children all got together and gave us a Anniversary Trip to the Wiesbaden Hot Springs and Lodge in Ouray, Colorado—complete with 90 minutes massages and money for eating out.
They splurged on the Sun Room HoneyMoon Suite
And a special soak in the Lorelei Private Hot Spring Pool.
Shannon did all our animals and chores for us while we were gone.
Fifty Years and great kids…there really isn’t much more anyone else could ask for.
From our world to your heart,
Linda
The Adventures of Boomer on Friday— Cow Check
There are one hundred and eighty three pregnant cows on our farm.
183!
Now THAT’S a lot of cows.
Every day we go for a Cow Check. Dad says it’s mostly a fence check, but Mom says it’s a cow check…for me it’s a check on the manure to see if there are still little bits of corn in there………….
Of course, when that happens…me checking on the cow patties I always get
“BOOMER! GET BACK HERE! NOW” from Mom.
Dad thinks I’m funny.
I come back to Mom, but I take my ever so lovely time getting there.
Then when I get to mom she picks me up and hoists me onto the back of the four-wheeler and tells me to STAY.
And she says—“Your breath STINKS”!
I don’t get why she gets so wound up about it, but oh, well, whatever.
Then we ride all around the whole place checking on everything. The cows are really good about staying in, but with 183 cows the feed starts to slim down. When the feed slims down the cows start reaching over the fences until they stretch them and break them.
So far so good. Only the electric fence for the equine pasture was broken.
Once they got that fence down the electricity didn’t work anymore so the whole herd could tromp into the horse pasture and have a WEED eating field day!
Which they did.
So now the equines run with the cows and the cows eat up all the weeds the equines don’t like to eat.
Pretty much a win-win.
Except Mom, Dad, and Shannon had to go roll up the electric fence and take down the stakes.
And Dad had to fix the corral gate where the cows pushed and pushed and shoved on it.
Now what about Me?
Mom made me stay on the four-wheeler the WHOLE time they worked on the gate and the electric fence. SHISH!
Then when we get back we sometimes sit by Dad’s fireplace and just rest. Mom says Dad has done a nice job out in the shop.
Just being with Mom and Dad where ever works for me!
Boomer
A Happy Place—Thursday, December 21, 2017
Before violin lessons there was
Fun at the little park called Terry Park
First we swing together, then I push you…then you push me!
Then Grammy goes in to listen to the violin lesson!
A truly happy place!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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