Every evening I would check for the comet
…but only clouds filled the sky. I missed anything and everything going on,
Once in a while the clouds would thin and I could see the moon. But the moon always had a moisture ring around it so the hope for rain persisted.
We got mist and sprinkles and nothing more.
At least it got the surface wet.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The wind tells the earth—sing the praises of life and thankfulness to the Heavens.
Sing so the humans on the planet can also hear!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
I hope you have a great day!
(Dan and my lovely sister-in-law, Cloudy/Yun)
Love you!
From my heart,
Linda
That brings such joy to one’s heart, a big silent cry of pleasure!
There is a feeling that the feeling of delight will always and forever be with you.
Always!
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”–W.B. Yeats
Your friend on a western Colorado farm
Linda
Chapter 9, Mom Doesn’t’ Understand
“TLC C-C, What is the matter?”, Mom asked me as I came running toward her.
“Did something scare you? Look at your giant bushy tail! My goodness. What is going on?”
Mom picked me up and petted me.
“Your eyes are HUGE, TLC Cai-Cai, HUGE!! Did something chase you?”
MEOW!! MEOW! I screamed at her.
MEOW!!! YEOWL!
I jumped down and ran back toward the house.
“You want in?” Mom puzzled.
“Okay, you can go it. I don’t understand what has you so agitated, but, if you want in you can go in.”
Mom got up from what she was doing and started walking toward the house.
“Tell MOM!! We have to hide! In the house!!” I screamed at Boo Berry. “TELL HER!!”
Boo Berry started dancing and walking in front of Mom…getting in Mom’s way. Trying to get Mom to hurry to the house and get inside.
“BOO! Stop it! You are going to make me fall down.”
Mom reached down and picked up Boo Berry.
“HURRY MOM!!! HURRY!” I yelled.
Boo Berry was squirming and twisting so bad in Mom’s arms that she reached down and gently sat Boo Berry on the ground.
“Geez, I don’t get whatever has gotten into you two, but if you want in the house. Fine. Here, go it.”
Just about the second the back door closed, we heard Dad enter the farm yard.
Mom was still standing by the backdoor when Dad walked up and asked Mom if she would like to go with him to town. He needed a part. They could also get a wee snack at one of the Fast Food Places so she wouldn’t have to fix lunch.
“Okay,” we heard Mom reply. “Just let me get my purse and we are good to go!”
Mom opened the backdoor, and we started hollering at her…NO DO NOT GO! A BIG STORM IS COMING!!
She walked on through the house, picked up her purse, knelt down, and petted us talking soothing baby talk.
“It’s going to be okay.” I’ll be back in an hour or shortly after that. You are in the house now so whatever was out there you are safe now.”
With that, she shut the door, turned the key….and walked away.
Boo and I just looked at each other—
Our days are so beautiful! Smells fresh. Smells Bright and Wonderful!
Autumn is such a delight. We have to hang on to the memory of these days because—
Sigh!
Oh, geez, I can’t let myself think about that!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The wooly worms are moving across the land.
If I look at this right there is more black than brown…..means it will be a harsh winter.
Time to get everything winterized.
While Autumn is still in the middle of its season..
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We are given much more than instinct, much more than ‘survival mode’
We are given a very special gift called Choice.
A gift each and every person has in this life.
Therefore, we (must) choose those things that add value and goodness, and (for me) peace and joy!
Choice! A very wonderful gift!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
I am shy by nature. So I find it hard to ‘put myself out there’
My Momma, on the other hand, was an extrovert, as was my Daddy
I was probably in the Second Grade when I told Momma it was hard, hard, hard to raise my hand and talk in class
She told me something I have never really forgotten– when someone talks to you and asks a question answering them is showing appreciation to their question.
Of course, I had to learn (often the hard way) that there are stinky questions no one has a right to ask, and we don’t have to answer.
Gradually, I learned that if the question awakens joy in me, then that is a question I can answer, brightening someone else’s day.
A simple, but in reality a very complex thought.
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”– Eleanor Roosevelt
From my world to your heart,
Linda
And they both belong to the Earth!
The moon, the planets, and our earth—all a system of one 🙂
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.”—George Eliot
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 