“I Got Another One for YOU!!”
WOW! A perfect Northern Illinois Rainbow!

Golly, gee! This is a beauty!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank You!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I went out early in the morning to fork the ends of the just-cut hay into a baling row
When a skein of geese flew overhead. This is an old photo, but it looked like this. All loud and wonderful.
Is Autumn coming soon?
Lots and lots of summer birds are leaving our area, over 40, 000 in one night.
This is August. And the days are HOT. (103-105*) BUT —- HOPE is on the horizon.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Chapter 10
It was a long walk!
I MEAN LONG!!!
I don’t remember it being as long when we went out…seems like it was just a few minutes long.
Now it’s hours long.
I’ve been very good and not complained Once!
Although, I sure thought about complaining—like all the time.
Once over the wooden bridge, we were met with DAD!
Dad was in the first Alfalfa field with the HUGE BIG MACHINE!
The raccoons skittered and scattered, running every which way and everywhere.
They just left me standing there…all alone!
Well, never mind, I thought. I know exactly where I am and how to get home.
All I have to do is keep Dad and his great big LOUD machine to my right, turn the corner at the bottom of the lane and trot on home.
I was doing just that when I looked up from the road and saw
MOM!!!
MOM!!! I yipped
MOM!
Mom saw me heading toward her at a fast Boo Berry dash.
“BOO BERRY!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!!? I’ve been terribly worried about you!! RUN! FAST! Boo Berry! RUN! FAST!! Mom wants to pick you up and love all over you!” Mom Yelled.
I poured on the speed.
Suddenly I was there, in Mom’s arms, my heart pounding, my tongue hanging out, a huge smile on my face!
I AM HOME!!!
My feet have been giving me the dickens of a time. Ever since that porcupine quill stab.
But I think, finally, after weeks and weeks and weeks of being unable to walk
They have finally (hopefully) got on the right track. The infection is now gone.
YAY!
The regular gout is now gone.
They are now treating me for pseudogout. (Who knew?)
Anyway, I CAN WALK AGAIN! I can walk without too much pain! The swelling is down enough that I can wear my beloved flip-flops again. AND I can work in my yard in short bursts of time!
I am hoping and praying the medication is clearing everything up so I can be back to myself.
Still, all in all, the earth has been kind to me — everywhere I have been, I always see at least one heart.
Then there is that stunning, beautiful sky!
I am sooooooooooooooooooo very blessed.
Thank you, each and every one, for your continued readership and your comments! Thank you for the hearts you send, because there is always love in a heart. And thank you for the rainbows- the promise of better to come!
From my heart to your world,
Linda
Chapter Nine
Meanwhile, back at the leveler.
“Hey, Dog! Wake up!”
“Huh, why? It’s nighttime, and I want to sleep. I like sleeping. Makes time go fast.” Boo Berry snorted, yawned, and replied.
“I got a message you wanted to go home!”
“HOME! That woke me up! HOME! Yes! I do!”
“Okay, good… my three brothers are here, and we are ready to lead you back to the farm yard.”
“WOW! Good!!! But, wait, how did you know I needed help? That I needed to find my way back HOME!”
Our cousins sent word by the deer. Our cousins are way, way up at the Back Forty, but the deer move through the whole farm all the time.” Tom Racc pointed over to the six deer standing there staring at me.
“OH! MY! GOSH!” I jumped up! I AM terrified of big-hooved animals. And let me tell you, anything with hooves is much bigger than me.
“It’s okay, Little Tiny Dog; we were just bringing word to you that your cats are over at the Back Forty. They still have to travel to the Upper End before they can even start home. We talked to all the raccoons along the way until we could get here, and yep, there you were.” One of the GIANT HOOVED ANIMALS said to me.
“Come on, Dog. By the way, do you have a name?”
“Yes, yes, I do—Boo Berry works just fine.”
“Okay, Boo Berry, I’m Tom. This is Timmy, and our baby brother, Tony. Gather your paws together, and we will head to the farmhouse.”
A Home-grown Potato!
Thanks to a very “fun to open email, I got a HEART potato!
| I thought I’d bless you with this heart-shaped potato. I know you like those “Cupid heart” shapes. |
“Funny. I catch myself sort of looking for Cupid’s heart on many occasions. I picked that up from you, so bless you.
What a very special thought and a very special gift!!
Thank you, ever so much!
From my heart to your world,
Linda