Bubbles of Joy—-Thursday, May 26, 2016

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Dayphoto

The Monster at the Loch of Colorado Farm. He resides within the Standing Stones Garden.

Everything comes at a price, they say. Everything.

But I wonder: Does it have to be in pain, and sweat and tears!

Can’t the price be hope, and joy, and the belief in well-being?

Can’t it come through that most profound emotion called Love?

Why NOT approach everything in the belief that there is a stream of well-being in the world and be part of that stream?

I love the coolness and the sudden sense of relief the second I arrive in that place of “letting go”. The letting go place is soothing, calming, and (to be very honest) Real!

Even if you don’t understand what I’m trying to say…that’s okay also.

I much prefer this looking at the world in rose colored glasses, than any other kind.

My wish for you today is find those things that raise your heart in happiness!

From my heart to your world,

Linda

Up on the Roof Top—Sunday, July 19, 2015

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Dayphoto

The west side of the house is done!!!

YAY!

And the south side was finished last night after supper. Terry had to come help on a couple of scary (for me spots).

Now all that is left is 3/4 of the east side (with a very scary part surrounded by the metal roof…I don’t know if I can do all threes sides of that upstairs jut-out! I just don’t know. I can do the east part, by hanging out the window…the two sides will require I am in a safety harness. That alone has me trembling in my flip-flops.

Then there is the north side of the house…sigh!

Double sigh!

It is the tallest part of the house and the steepest. Terry doesn’t even like working up there. The scaffolding will work on part of it….I just have to get my head around the whole process before I can tackle the front of the house.

Today I’m taking the day off. My painting arm is exhausted so is my back and my knees. One day off will do me good. 🙂 Besides we always take of Sunday…a day of rest.

One nice thing is it hasn’t been hot. Lovely cloud cover most days, OR the day starts out sunny then the rain clouds come in cooling everything down.

Sure has been nice…roof tops are HOT and so are blinding white houses.

As Red Skelton used to say as he closed off his show: “May God Bless [Good Night]”

Your friend,

Linda

The Adventures of Boomer on Friday—NEWS

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Dayphoto

Mom buys me toys to play with…but I don’t like them.

Mom throws me balls…I chase them sorta…Fuzzy and I used to place chase with each other, but not really. We enjoyed chase the fox, or chase the squirrel, or splash in the ditch more. Well, ummmmmmmm, Fuzzy enjoyed splash the ditch; I liked (and still do) GATHERING NEWS!!!

LOL!

News for the day!

Mom moved a couple of the garden toads from under my dog houses to her corral garden.

They really seem to like it out there…works better than getting living under my dog house.

We have frogs in the irrigation ditches! I love, LOVE, to put my nose on them and watch them hop away.

Our yard is full of birds…they sing us awake every morning and chirp sleepy little songs in the evening to put us to bed.

Lots of Gambol’s Quail this year. Dad is really happy we have more pheasants than last year. We lost lots of pheasants a few years back and it’s taken awhile for them to recover.

There are baby raccoons in one of the trees in the yard. Cute little things!

There are raccoons in the yard, in the farm yard, and out of the ditch. There are as many raccoon as there are fox; is seems.

As for the home front—Sammy does a very good job of keeping the mice down. (I’m glad that his job…it’s NOT something I’m ever going to do—Fuzzy would do it, but NOT ME!)

Well, that’s the news for today. I’m off, now, to get ready and bark the mailman down the road…he should be coming anytime now.

Boomer

Sunlight—Sunday, May 17, 2015

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Dayphoto

The cold rain and the sharp wind of the last few days has just been miserable.

The little birds have sat around in puffed feathers all hunched up…looking just…miserable.

Although…

The rain has been lovely for my yard

Everything is rich and lush and green.

Last evening, in a huge rush of wind, the clouds started parting and waving good-bye heading toward the north and the east. (I waved delightedly to them as they left! 🙂 )

All the birds feathers laid back down

Songs filled the soft evening air!

Today we have scattered bits of sunshine, lots of bird songs and joy everywhere!

I hope you have a most lovely Sunday…a day of Sun—it looks like we will have!

Your Friend,

Linda

The Next Day—Monday, May 11, 2015

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Dayphoto

The days always seem so L.O.N.G. when the skies are dreary and gloomy and grey…even the sitting sun could only lighten up the misty, dripping clouds a tad. But I suppose a tinge of sunshine is better than no sunshine. 🙂

Terry has become worried that seed corn has rotted in the ground, we see nothing sprouting out there. Later on today we will go out and check. If it has rotted then he will have to re-buy the seed and replant. A very costly thing to have to do, but very necessary.

The little bird from yesterday’s drenching rain post

Is a Bullock Oriole. So far this year I have two pair. I’ve tried sitting out oranges and grape jelly, which everyone assures me they love, but the jelly gets hard and the oranges dry up.

Instead the little feathered friends are sharing the Hummingbird feeders with the Hummingbirds. I have about eight hummers now–I’m thinking that is four pair. I have six feeders out, and could possibly add another one. But I’m not in a hurry—if the food starts going away faster then I will put out another feeder or two. (I use 1 part sugar to 4 parts water, if you are interested.)