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My name is Linda Brown. I live on a farm on the western slope of Colorado, in the high mountain desert. I’ve lived here all my life, hailing back four generations on my father’s side. Today I blog about our farm, the everyday activities that keep the farm going. I also write about my thoughts and dreams and goals. On Friday’s I always write about TLC Cai-Cai. Our sweet kitty who helps keep the farm safe. And Boo Berry Betty, a breeder dog learning to be a Farm Dog! The lovely thing about blogging it opens the world up for all of us to reach out and meet people from many different cultures and different ways of life. You can find me every day (but Saturday) at https://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com/ Your Friend on a Western Colorado Farm, Linda Brown

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday —Magic Thoughts

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Dayphoto

Your magic thoughts worked!

Thank you EVERYONE!

All shelter dogs were adopted BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Diamond went to her forever family on Thursday, the week before Christmas day, then Zeus found and home and next Athena. No one is left to worry about living in the shelter. Everyone safe and sound in new forever homes!

Fuzzy and I THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

But now I, Boomer, would ask a very special favor of each one of you, for my bestest friend and forever buddy, Fuzzy.

Fuzzy is hurt.

Well, not hurt, but not sick either.

But he is well, in pain.

Fuzzy has a sebaceous cyst; he has had it for a very long time, long before I came to live with Fuzzy, Mom, Dad, the cats and chickens. But Fuzzy’s sebaceous cyst has started to enlarge and now Fuzzy can’t walk. It hurts him. He hobbles along and then has to sit down.

I’m very worried about him.

Fuzzy is my bestest everything. We do EVERYTHING together, but now, when I ask, Fuzzy says he doesn’t want to right now, maybe later.

He then lies down again.

He is also very restless, up-down-up-down.

Mom took him to the Veterinarian; the sebaceous cyst is causing the problem. Sometime soon-in little over a week on January the 7th, Fuzzy has to go to the hospital and have it removed. The operation is a very simple procedure, but Fuzzy is old.

Please send all your magic thoughts to Fuzzy that he makes it through the operation and comes home to me and we can play and run and chase birds.

That together we can bark the mailman down the road and go for long walks with Hank, Shannon’s dogs and any shelter dogs who need walking.

I will really appreciate it! (And so will Fuzzy)

Boomer

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Dayphoto

What a wonderful couple of days….full of food, family and gifts. My brother and his wife stopped by on their way to sunny California, their car was full of gifts for us. A complete surprise and much enjoyed.

The snow we had is melting down here, but in the mountains it looks like it is staying. As I write this we are in another winter storm watch…Terry and I agree we will take it if it means snow in the mountains.

Our soon-to-be daughter-in-law arrived last night from Grand Cash, Alberta, Canada for a week of visits. She said we are much warmer here. 🙂

Hope your holidays were wonderful. I’m off to visit your blogs now and then back to packing up all my Christmas decorations.

We are heading toward 2013… Boy, does time fly!

Linda

Merry Christmas to One and All

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Dayphoto

Terry and I, Fuzzy and Boomer, the cats Sam and Monkey, are wishing each and everyone of you a delightful and warm Christmas!

Thank you so much for you friendship and for opening the world to me through your homes near and far!

Once more, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Linda

Christmas Eve December 24, 2012

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Dayphoto

Fuzzy and Boomer here…we just had to do this. Mom said it was okay.

Shannon also brought of hats FOR THE CATS!!!

TEEEHHEHHEHAHAHAHAHAH, chorckel, snort, snigger, BAHAHAHAH!

We couldn’t stop laughing….Sammy tried to run outside, but Mom wouldn’t open the door!

BAHAHAHAH!

Monkey just glared and glared at us!!!

Oooo, Whew! Our sides hurt!!!

Fuzzy and Boomer

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Dayphoto

We are still cold here. I know it is to be expected since it IS December after all.

The Gunnison River is starting ice up.

Our days are awaiting the return of the sun…if we have sun now it is thin sunlight, doing nothing to warm up the air. At some point in January we will have what old-timers called–THE JANUARY THAW–a false feeling of spring.

Nothing to get excited about, unless you are like me —once that happens I get HOPE!

Ever since the 17th of December the sun has been stuck in it’s day length of 9 hours and 27 minutes, with the last day of this reading to be on Christmas Day..then we start gradually increasing. GRADUALLY is the term until sometime in January.

BUT…..changes are taking place —the sun is starting to get UP just a tiny bit earlier staring on the 18th of December…just one minute at a time, so on the 19th the sun gets up at 7:26 then on the 21st the sun rises at 7:27, which goes starts to increase every two days and going to sleep just a tiny bit later.

Slowly, slowly, every so slowly the earth starts to make it’s mighty shift – thrusting itself back toward spring. By December 31, 2012 we will see a day length of 9 hours and 30 minutes, with the sun rising at 7:30 in the morning and setting at 5:00 in the evening, extending our day to 9 hours and 30 minutes!

January and February are bitter cold months, but the days are longer, which helps.

Which, for me, really helps!

Almost Christmas Eve!

Merry Christmas,

Linda

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — HAHAHAHAHA

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Dayphoto

Today is December 21, 2012, the end of the Mayan Calendar….it is also our Mom and Dad’s 45^th Wedding anniversary!

Sunrise 7:27 a.m. and Sunset 4:54 p.m. Day length 9 hours and 27 minutes—same as yesterday.

Anyway…You want to know what is so funny?!

THIS!

Bahahahah, laugh, snort, chortle, giggle, and snigger…roll on the ground funny!

We about broke open our sides we were laughing so hard.

Houston, Rocky and Balou just stared at us…they told us not to knock until we tried it.

BAHAAH, it still was funny!

Then Houston, told us in her warm, sweet voice…that they always get to go to town now, with the hats and coats on they don’t get cold and stay warm. And they get to go walk the shelter dogs in town because they can stay warm.

“So there”, glared Rock and Balou.

That was okay by us…we both rolled in the grass laughing it was just so funny.

Then Shannon showed back up with the shelter dogs and….

AND

!* AND*!

THESE!!!

Mom made us put them on and wear them BACK TO TOWN, where everyone saw us!

I, the Fuzzy Dude, cow dog extraordinaire in THIS!!!! Boy, as soon as we got to the park I rubbed mine off. But Mom put it back on the second we got back into the truck.

Sigh!

“Mine felt really good!” I, the Boom, kept them all on and even kept the coat on after we got back home!!!

Getting back in the house was the best. Those things came off and we could rest.

Fuzzy and Boomer

A Nasty Winter Storm Arrives

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Dayphoto

The dogs and I walked around the place yesterday, just for the fun of it.

Just to get out of the house and ‘do’ something.

Although, we were in a winter storm warning and I could see weather all around us, we were not being effected.

But I could see it coming in.

Then it hit….

Bitter cold wind, gusting to over 30 m.p.h. all most all of the night and still going strong. Not much snow, but the snow we have is flying all over the place.