With tremendous sadness for each member of our family….Shannon (who Romeo belonged to), Jason, Terry, and myself, and for Lady the Mule,
Romeo left us to travel pain free in the wind, run in green pastures, trot and gallop among the clouds and live his beautiful wonderful horse life across the rainbow bridge.
Romeo Brown
2002-2018
(We were so lucky to have known you, Romeo!
Our hearts are breaking. You were one of a kind!
Love you sweet horse. Love you)
From my world to your heart,
Linda
I was out by the grain bins this morning coming back from a short walk-about, when I saw several geese land in the field I was walking by
I was delighted!
I have been hollering to the large skeins of geese, as they fly by, that they are always welcome here.
Now Romeo and Lady were coming on to the same corn field. As I stayed there and watched Lady the Mule walked as fast as she could to the rustling flock–walked right into the flock scattering the geese.
The geese rose up in a little tiny flutter to get out of Lady’s way…then settled down in a flurry of feathers.
Up Lady came again scattering the geese so she could pass by.
I was a little afraid the geese would all rise up and fly away, but they didn’t. Just settled themselves over a small way and started pecking up loose corn.
Then that silly mule decided she has reached the perfect spot to take her morning DUST bath. Down she went…rolling this way and that way, so hard and fast the dust rose off the ground in puffs.
Romeo just looked at her twisting and rolling—-and walked right on by like a bath of that nature were not for him (today).
A short little pleasant story, to start the day.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Mom is such an old bore….whenever I go anywhere with her I have to STAY RIGHT BY MOM!!!
We finished weeding the second pinto bean field…and I had to STAY RIGHT BY HER!!!
We had to go clean up a big branch that broke at my sister, Shannon’s yard…and I had to stay “CLOSE BY”!!!
Romeo took a big escape and hoofed it over to our yard…Mom and I took him to the canal pasture, but I had to STAY WITH MOM!
If Mom and Dad walk somewhere I get to walk with them…
I can walk ahead or behind, but I have to walk where MOM CAN SEE ME!
You see there is Rabbit Fever on Grand Mesa—so Mom is afraid it might be down here. She says I’ve been too sick to get myself exposed to something awful again. She says fleas carry Rabbit Fever and all animals in the wild get fleas! (Rabbit fever: An infection in rabbits and other wild rodents caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis that can be transmitted to humans by contact with infected animal tissues or ticks. Also called tularemia.)
When my youngest sister and Linkin came to visit and they walked Shannon’s dog…Mom did NOT let me go with them!
Changing water I have to “SIT! Stay!” on the four-wheeler.
I think I have a
helicopter Mom!
Boomer, Mom’s Beaglie!
So Mom says to me—“Guess what, Boomie-Boo? The sun is shining and it is kinda warm outside….lets go for a four-wheeler ride!
With that Mom, Dad, and myself ran out the back door, hopped onto the four-wheelers. (Well, I didn’t hop, Mom won’t let me because of my very weak knee). We took off for the Upper End, the Back Forty, No Man’s Land, even ran up on the Rocky Point where we saw a coyote heading down from Coyote Hill and racing through No Man’s Land onto the our neighbor’s pasture and through all the grazing cows.
The cows stopped and watch the coyote, took up the “you come to near and I will charge you” stance…but the coyote ran on. Dad said we must have scared the ‘daylights’ out of the coyote for it to take off like it did.
Mom and I watched and watched until the coyote turn around a hill and was gone.
Then Dad went down and check out a one of the fence lines while Mom and I rode on top of the hill checking another fence line.
Then we all met up where Romeo hangs out, talked to him for a spell and headed back home.
It was a great time riding in the sunshine!
Boomer
It’s snowing again. We won’t be doing corn until the year 2016. What a mighty unusual year this has been. We are NOT the only farmers in our area having this problem, everyone is having the same problem. There are a few loads of high moisture corn going to the elevator, but only if the elevator calls and asks if you can bring some down.
We have two of the grandchildren for the week. Our oldest granddaughter is staying with her BFF for a couple of days, she will be with us this afternoon. 
Our youngest granddaughter has been enjoying Aunt Shannon and Romeo. Although, rides don’t happen often they do occur frequently.
We had a BFF of our youngest granddaughter come spend the afternoon with us — we went down to feed Romeo carrots, pet all six dogs, and the two cats…pick up and love on at least 4 of the eight chickens — Aunt Shannon asked if they would like to go for a ride on Romeo.
So from down at Romeo’s house, clear around a couple of the corn fields, and down the lane to our house they got to ride. Two very excited little girls. Shannon left them off at our house and trotted back home. The highlight of the whole afternoon, I can assure you.
This afternoon our daughter in Craig and our grandson should arrive. For the New Year we will have all our grandchildren—a neat way to start out the year.
All this snow would be a really nice thing, if the corn was just out. But, it is what it is, and there is nothing we can do about it.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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