There really isn’t anything else
You can’t do anything about yesterday,
Or tomorrow! Just Today!
The best thing to do [then] is ENJOY today!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
At the end of the year, it is natural to look back
To search out those things we did well,
or those things we wish we could do over
Then we start to look forward—
As it is only natural to do.
For you in 2023— I wish for you:
The immensity of love from the Heavens
And the amplified love, from those of us who love you,
Will wash over you this coming year
So that each one of you is doubly blessed!
That is my hope, my prayer, and my wishes for you!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
They are there
Visibly Invisible
The Natural world, that is
Beautifully there! Right THERE!
An immensity of charming, awe-inspiring, astonishing, joy everywhere.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Yesterday was my Daddy’s birthday. He was born on January 1, 2026
The January he was ten, his father passed away from pneumonia.
It was a horrible– bitter– melancholy time.
His mother, Francis, re-married Charles Holder. I always knew her as Grandma Holder, although, our last name was Doyle.
By the time Daddy turned 16, the world was in a huge conflict, called WWII.
Just as Daddy turned seventeen Grandma signed so Daddy could ‘go to the Navy’
Of course, there are lots of pieces of Daddy’s story I am skipping. You do understand.
Here I am on my second Christmas —Momma, Me, and Daddy
Then by the time I was three along came Danny.
Daddy! Sometimes it feels like your shadow is close to me. Soaking into the earth and stones…touching my shoulders, putting your arm around me, filling the sky like a torch of light.
Yesterday you would have turned 97 if you were still in earthly form.
Instead, we lost you in 1999.
But still— sometimes, when I turn quickly or feel something brush my hair, I sense you are there.
Still a part of my life and my heart.
Love you, Daddy, always.
From my heart to your world,
Linda
Wishing the very best for each and every one of you!
Your friends on a western Colorado Farm,
Terry, Linda, TLC Cai-Cai, and Boo Berry Betty
(Oh, yes—and the hens 🙂 )
The year is going fast, faster, fastest now.
Each day is getting closer to the end
Then we will begin again.
What a year it has been!
“I got a new home,” Boo Berry Betty Brown
“I got a new sister,” TLC Cai-Cai
And Mom and Dad got to have TWO fur kids!
YAY!
Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai
We took off a few days… rest is a good thing.
But the wind, the cold, the random bits of moisture say: keep gathering. The heat feels good this time of year.
🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
That God(s) is everywhere
And we can personally communicate our Thanks directly to his ear!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
(Just before the sun gets up–[this] morning)
We are blessed with that divine spark of God–or the Universe–or the Powers Above
(the sun waking up [this] morning)
That we are allowed to see each and every day
(Right now in the corrals)
This is my belief. You don’t have to believe as I do. I respect your right.
But for me.
(Hot summer morning)
I believe in the gift of life.
(a summer ray of sun)
A brand new day
(winter sun on frozen snow)
Each and every time I wake up
(September Morn)
And see the joy of the sunrise!
(end of the day in the summer)
Have a lovely, wonderful, magical day, My Friends,
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Where beauty is full and deep and delightful
Found even in the sharp frost of early morn
The cat, dog and I emerge from the warmth of the house
Finding a tranquil world
As the plants and trees rest in the cold, cold winter
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 