Walking the Earth — Sunday, June 8, 2025

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Dayphoto

I can’t tell you how many times, Terry and I have driven our four-wheeler down this road, taking care of weeds, changing water, checking water, riding just to go for a break.

But when out Walking The Dog—I SAW THIS!!

And it was HUGE! A wonderful, lovely survivor complete with tire tracks on it!

Oh! Gosh! A giant kiss and a huge hug from that rock and the earth.

WOW!

Meliorism (noun): The belief that we can contribute to a positive change and improve the world through acts of love, creativity, compassion, and kindness.

Your friend on a Western Colorado farm,

Linda

4. Chapter Four Boo Berry Tells a Story, Friday, June 6, 2025

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Dayphoto

OH! MY! GOSH!

My new pen was HUGE!!!

I MEAN HUGE!!!

Mom showed me everything—here is the kitchen, Boo Berry. (Mom calls me Boo Berry. I finally get to use the Berry part of my name 😊 ).

“This is where we eat, and you will eat here also. TLC will eat up here because I don’t want you to eat TLC’s food. He won’t eat your food, because he doesn’t like your kind of food. [TLC is a particular cat}.

This is the room where your daybed will stay. It can be your Safe place. All day long. If you get tired, you can sleep right here; if you get scared, you can run and lie right here. This big soft bed is right by my chair. So we will be together.” Mom smiled big at me.

Then she showed me my BIG nice, soft bed in the bedroom. This one is right by Mom on her side of the bed. TLC likes to sleep on the other side.

Sometimes TLC sleeps at the end of Dad’s feet. Just say’n.

Me! I always sleep with Mom.

We walked through the house….here is another bed if you want to try this one out, or here is a bed in case you want this one. I got you LOTS of beds so you can pick whatever bed you really like.” She explained.

But the scary THING! The scariest thing is UPSTAIRS! Mom showed me upstairs. She had to carry me upstairs, and then she had to carry me downstairs, where I hid my head in Mom’s arms.

That was when I first got here to the HUGE pen I share with Mom, Dad, and TLC. Now I run up and down the stairs like they were a flat floor. I like to come upstairs and lie in the sunshine in the morning. Ah…..bliss!

Then we went outside.

I didn’t even have to have a harness on!

Just out the door we went. First Mom carried me ,then I walked right with her.

But—-

OUTSIDE WAS TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BIG!!

I ran back to the door and stood there shaking.

“In?” Mom asked.

“IN!!” I shivered and shook.

So In I went—-only going outside WITH MOM to do my duty, then running right back inside. As fast as possible.

Mom had to tell me it was okay to do my duty outside, she says: “Go, Good Girl. Picked up my leg {I still pee with one leg up}, and said—“It’s okay…Go, Good girl.”

I’m a fast learner. That’s what Mom says. 😊

WHEW!

Learning the big pen took me a good two weeks, or more.

And in the meantime—-I had a vet visit.

No more puppies for me….ever!!

Boo Berry Betty Brown

The Whispers from our Earth—The Essence of the Sky, Thursday, June 5, 2025

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Dayphoto

There upon the earth the birds dance in the air, and sing in the trees

They send us a strength that fills our hearts with love

The lacy of their wings fills our memories

Then lift our imagination to rise above our everyday thoughts

The sunlight tips those fragile but powerful wings so delightfully that the air seems to shiver

Even the magnificent but deadly

Lifts up wonder—leaving behind that groan of drudgery we sometimes feel

Courtships whispers everywhere

In land and in the air.

Beauty whispers from the magic of our world.

Sings to us everywhere!

(Tiny quail—male on the branch keeping a lookout…females searching for bugs)

We are so blessed—you and I—truly.

Cynefin (n): A place that feels like home

From my world to your heart,

Linda

Good MORNING!!! Time To Rise AND SHINE!—-Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dayphoto

5:00 o’clock in the Morning. Time’s a’waste’n!

Interstice (n): A space or time between things.

🙂 🙂

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!!!—-Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Dayphoto

First Haying of the Year!

Oenomel (n): Something combining strength with sweetness

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

We Took a Wee Trip—Just a Tiny One, Monday, June 2, 2025

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Dayphoto

On Sunday, we decided to do some more traveling.

We turned onto the Canna Creek Road, just before Whitewater, Colorado,

Then traveled up the Land’s End Road to the Reeder Mesa turn-off

What a treat!

Lots of building going on up there, BUT

Like I showed you earlier, this Pronghorn ran alongside us for a goodly little way. It was

acting like he/she was looking for its herd.

Then we entered Whitewater, Colorado, and drove to Grand Junction to eat ribs at Texas Roadhouse.

Back home before the heat built up into sweltering.

A good day for sure!

Fernweh (n): An ache for distant places; a craving for travel.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Cemeteries—I Find Them Beautiful and Peaceful, Sunday, June 1, 2025

Posted on June 1, 2025 by Dayphoto

Our youngest granddaughter drove us to decorate the graves…

Like me, she is very interested in who these people are that we choose to remember

(She said she would take over my Genealogy research when I’m gone. Which is so nice to know that all that time and money and the people found, won’t be lost.)

Afterwards, we had a practice photo shoot for her Senior pictures

Gosh, time is flying.

Taphophile: (n)—An individual who has a passion for and enjoyment of cemeteries.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Chapter Three Boo Berry Tells a Story— Friday, May 30, 2025

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Dayphoto

Well, I figured out adulthood. I became an adult—very soon after I was moved to that hidden pen.

Yep—babies became part of my life.

I loved those little sweet squirming babies.

But I didn’t get to have them for long. As soon as they hit their 8th week zipp, they were placed in a pen next to me.

I sang calming songs to them, like Momma did for us.

Soon, I repeated the whole process all over again, and again and again.

Then one day, the lady showed up with a man. The woman said that I was for sale!

“FOR SALE!!!!” She was getting rid of me!!!!

The man reached down and picked me up. Held me close to his heart, and I felt Peace!

Wow!

I really like my new ‘owner.’ He was good to me, gave me a bath once a month, and let me exercise in the sun, which was a tiny distance from my new pen.

Of course, I still had my ADULT duties of having and raising puppies.

Then one day…actually, night, the puppies and I almost ran over the rainbow bridge together.

It took me a long time to recover from all that.

After I got well, my man owner came into the pen. He was wonderful, he talked to me and to everyone else in the pens all the time. Telling us good things about ourselves, telling us things about each other. You know nice stuff.

Anyway, in he came. Picked me up. Gave me a kiss on the nose and said: “Today is a big day for you, Boo.” He called me Boo, even though my full name is Boo Berry Betty and the lady called me Betty.

“Today, you are going to take a bath, get all cleaned up, because today you are going to live with a family. No more adulting for you. Last time was just too much. I’ve found a wonderful family who will love and keep you, and you can learn to be a farm dog.”

Farm dog? What’s a farm dog, I thought.

Anyway, I had a bath, toenails clipped, and a nice brush. I felt so good. My owner always gave us really nice baths.