Putting the Farm to Bed —- Thursday, November 10, 2022

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Dayphoto

Off Terry, Boo Berry, and I went to put the farm to bed. By that I mean, we picked up all the siphon tubes and blocked up all the pipes so skunks and ‘others’ can’t get in over the winter and make nice little nests. Those little nests become a huge problem when we start water…

Always a big amount of work, four alfalfa fields, and the corn field. Boo Berry loves running around on the ditch bank, sniffing at all the great smells. She will even jump into the ditch, now that water is gone.

She was tired when we got in also. 🙂

A good feeling. But, boy, was I ever tired when we got in.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-FOX! Friday, November 4, 2022

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Dayphoto

Dad called to Mom —“Your cat is clear out in the alfalfa field.”

Mom went to look and exclaimed, “That isn’t TLC Cai-Cai! That is a FOX!”

“What!?” Dad jumped up out of his chair and went to the door with Mom. “Yes, it is! A FOX!”

“I think I had better really keep an eye on the chickens. Must be a ‘new to the farm’ fox and is looking for personal territory.” Mom replied.

Now while all this was going on, Boo Berry Betty and I could have TOLD Mom and Dad about the fox, because —well, after all—we already knew.

There are smells.

And footprints.

And sometimes poop is left for us to know that FOX is here.

Mom thought it would be kinda neat to put up a trail camera to see where the Fox might be hanging out. She picked the garden spot, because, she said, I, yours truly, TLC Cai-Cai, have been acting rather jumpy whenever I am in the garden spot.

Yep! Like I said I could have told her, but she doesn’t really understand my language.

FOX! Fox in the yard! Eventually, the fox will move on, but for now, everyone, except those rather dumb birds called chickens, is on high alert!

TLC Cai-Cai

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-October 28, 2022

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Dayphoto

Mom’s still sick.

She has new medication. Maybe it will work.

Dad has to do EVERYTHING!!!

Get Well Soon, Mom!

TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry Betty

(P.S. to catch everyone up—I’ve been fighting pneumonia now for 10 days. They thought about entering me into the hospital, but I voted for staying in my own house.

It’s been very hard to function. Although, I do have some new (four different drugs) now that have a least given my back my voice—kinda, sorta, not really. I take them for five days (four more to go) if, at that time, no results I suppose I have to do the hospital route.

Thanks for still hanging in there. It’s hard to do too much at one time, but I do think of you and hope you are all staying healthy)

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty on Friday—-Big Exciting Day, Friday, October 21, 2022

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Dayphoto

I GOT TO GO!!!

Mom and Dad and Shannon and

Black Beauty and

Kia and

ME!! ME! MYSELF! And I!!!

We all got to go check fences and build fences.

It was wonderful!

WONDERFUL!

Mom said she had to watch me carefully because I am so little.

I don’t get why; I just did what the big girls did!

There was so much stuff to learn about—Kia found something really exciting in the corn field—she barked and barked and barked at it.

I didn’t go with her, I stayed with Black Beauty.

Then Black Beauty found us something yummy to eat. HUMMMM

Shannon yelled at her and took it away. When she took the yummy from Black Beauty, she took my morsel away from me.

“We don’t need you throwing up later,” Shannon explained.

We moved through Rabbit Brush, Chico’s,

cattails, up rocky hills, across grasses pastures— it was wonderful.

JUST WONDERFUL!

TRA LA LA LA LA!!!

Boo Berry Betty

(P.S. Some photos are from the archives, I wasn’t very good at taking lots of photos when there was so much to do. Sorry! But it does give you an idea of everything we did. 🙂 )

The Adventures of TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry —SCATTER— Chapter 12, Friday, October 14, 2022

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Dayphoto

“I want in—Don’t you TLC Cai-Cai?”

“Yeah.”

“I want in now!”

“Well, I think you are going to have to wait.” TLC Cai-Cai replied with all the wisdom of a cat.

“Why? Where is Mom? Where is Dad?”

“Let me look” TLC Cai-Cai responded. “Inside. Dad is inside.”

“I WANT IN NOW———HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

“Oh, hush! Mom is out here somewhere. Dad is inside. He doesn’t listen when you cry.”

BAM!

“WOW! What was THAT?!” Mom asked as she came around the corner with her wheelbarrow.

Suddenly Dad was at the back door.

“WHAT was THAT?” We all asked Dad.

“It sounded like a gun!” Mom exclaimed.

“It was—Dove season has begun. And our new neighbors are sighting in their guns.” Dad explained.

BAM!

“Oh, geez, Get in the house quick, Fur Kids…. guns and little animals don’t mix AT ALL!”

Mom opened the door.

You know the rest of the story—run inside and SCATTER to our favorite places to hide!

Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai

P.S. This is the end of SCATTER. Story Over. TLC Cai-Cai 😊

The Adventures of TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry —SCATTER— Chapter 11, Friday, October 7, 2022

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Dayphoto

Mom and I!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHH!

That’s how I like it.

Mom and I.

Although, I do like The cat!

And I do like being

WITH MOM WHEN I AM OUTSIDE!

I don’t like outside

If Mom is Inside and

I am outside.

If something HUGE

shows up

TLC Cai-Cai

And

SCATTER!
Boo Berry Betty

The Adventures of TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry —SCATTER— Chapter 10, Friday, September 30, 2022

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Dayphoto

I was out and about just enjoying myself

Doing this and that

The dog, our dog—Boo Berry Betty—had come out

Then had gone back in.

I was getting a tad bored

So, I headed to the dirt pile

This is a big pile of dirt Dad keeps for

Repairing the roads, and ditch banks

And stuff like that

So anyway, Out I went

It was warm and sunny

I decided Mouse would taste good

Right about now.

When

SUDDENLY I SAW

DANGER

The only thing left for me to do

WAS

SCATTER!
TLC Cai-Cai

The Adventures of TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry —SCATTER— Chapter Eight, Friday, September 16, 2022

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Dayphoto

“Gosh, Boo Berry Betty. Mom and Dad have been B.U.S.Y!”

“I see that. They are going here and there and everywhere on the farm, in the yard, just everywhere.”

“Yes, and you have to FAST if you want to get inside and eat something.”

“Or just get inside, it’s HOT out here.”

“Aren’t you glad we are NOT people? Their work seems so HARD, Boo Berry Betty, we just get to do fun things all the time.”

“Yeh, but—we can’t go in when we want to.”

Why do you worry, you only come outside when you are with Mom?”

“Well, outside is so BIG! I just like inside better.” Boo Berry Betty replied.

“What are Mom and Dad doing now, TLC Cai-Cai?”

“Gosh, Boo Berry Betty, they SCATTERED!”

TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry Betty

The Adventures of TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry —SCATTER— Chapter Six, Friday, September 9, 2022

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Dayphoto

There is something just marvelous

About

Birds!

Just so you know.

Although, Mom says I like them for the wrong reasons.

Not really, Mom.

I like them because they are….

DO NOT EVEN THINK OF IT!!! Mom yelled at me.

Shish!

Hummmm I like them because they have lift off

They can fly

AND THEY CAN

SCATTER!

They did, lift-off,

and they did

Scatter.

Sigh

TLC Cai-Cai

The Adventures of TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry —SCATTER— Chapter Six, Friday, September 2, 2022

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Dayphoto

Okay, dokay, Mom and I were at the Upper End where Mom was busy taking photographs of ever so much,

and I was sniffing the air

from the safety of my little blue seat.

Blue for me. Boo Berry Betty. Boo Berry cereal is blue, so therefore Mom buys me lots of BLUE stuff. Besides, Mom told me blue is her first favorite color with lavender her second. So, my name being Boo Berry Betty told Mom she and I were perfect for each other.

Anyway, I got sidetracked.

Mom and I were out on the farm taking photos and smelling all the cool smells on the farm.

Mom saw the little chipmunk, who lives somewhere in the thicket behind the equipment. This little animal likes to run around on the header for the grain combine. Mom likes to hoover close by to see if she can get any photos of critters who want to run around on the grain header.

Yep, she got a good one! (after Mom put out a small handful of treats 😊) Chippy has a fun smell too.

Then Mom and I drove to the pond between the Upper End and the Back Forty where Mom SAW A BUTTERFLY!

(I smelled a Giant wild, HUGE wild, Doglike thing; I wonder if that is what Mom calls a coyote? I just smelled it; the scent was very faint.)

Mom very carefully tried to get a photo of the BIG white butterfly with black trim on its wings. Mom was hoping to get a really good photo because she thought it might be a Snow Apollos or Rocky Mountain Parnassian, or something like that.

Just as Mom snapped another bazillion shots of the butterfly it lifted up and flew away.

Mom reached out to give me a pat when