~ A Home for Samantha~ Blue~

Good evening, dear Angels of USM I hope my post finds that every One are doing very well.

Enjoying Your Summer, I hope!…………….. It’s been a gorgeous day in the Bluegrass state-------got a cool breeze blowing in. There’s a quiet peacefulness. Took a morning ride on the ATV. While driving around, early this morning, I was noticing the Blackberries are in bloom & ready to be picked.

They looked plump & delicious! Yummy in fact------- I love Blackberry Cobbler & dumplings. (hehe) if I say so myself, my brother & nephew do seem to like my cobblers but I don’t think they have ever tried my dumplings before, guess they haven’t been visiting after I fixed them! ;) 

We’re having a “cool-down” here, in Kentucky Blue  compliments of the Polar Vortex, meteorologists here locally & those from The Weather Channel have been discussing this weather pattern

But, You won’t get any complaints from me! I love it, not too hot, humid & certainly not too cold.

I’ve been working in the vegetable gardens & flower gardening this Summer, loving every minute of it & I’m looking forward to canning some Green beans & various other veggies. I had been wanting to plant some Okra so this morning Ed & I put out 4 Okra plants & 4 more Cucumber plants….kinda late in the season but better late than never I say! It’s been a busy Summer for me, filled with some difficulty, some sadness but goodness blessing, too





God’s Love is Faithful……..His mercies renewed every morning He gives us the assurance we need in so many, many ways We’ve given a new beginning with each day we’re given New beginnings to realize dreams, we may have forgotten when The needs and desires of loved ones take precedence over our own.

With others ‘ business taken care of……..I believe it’s time for me now To dream again….to move forward achieving goals, to see dreams finally become reality Ultimately, I believe in every life, there comes a time, we come face to face with who we really are, who we have become----------& I believe we do become who we think or believe we are--------- Life; -It all comes full circle I’ve always said, -life itself is about choices & sooner or later we will live with those choices we make.

Someone made a post about leaving behind a Legacy…..what is most important to us. I have to say, my Salvation, Faith-walk with God, His Son Jesus Christ, the Love of Edward, the rest of my family, friends, those I meet throughout my life, who have touched my life, my heart in one way or another, my animals, my writing, & things like books, music, flowers, trees, wildlife & a huge list of other things add that special beauty to my life----------- these are what matter most to me………

As I sit here, typing this, I am reminded of the last conversation I had not more than a month ago with a dear lady I had known all my life.,, when she said, “if I don’t see you here any more, I love You & will see you there!” What a statement--------what a Legacy, she left behind! It’s the Love------my dear friends, Making a difference, encouraging Others,……..leaving behind the Love…..it’s the Only thing that truly lasts, beyond time and throughout Eternity…. We simply must make certain it is given to those who cherish that love.





And….speaking of Love………… I have been adopted------------ again!----- But this time, by the Cutest Mutt this Side of Dixie!! LOL At first though, I wasn’t sure how I really felt about it…… It’s been a difficult time losing Sam, my loveable Foxhound-----------what an Understatement that is! His little gravesite is like a shrine with solar lights, Angels, windchimes So often when the warm Summer breezes were blowing in here, Sam would notice the wind-chimes, watching them-----he would lie down, napping in the middle of the flowers of my zinnia garden

Edward tells me that the gardens here look like something out of a magazine…..those comments make me feel so good!

But, it’s everywhere I look, I recall those memories of my Sam, hearing his barking --------sometimes I’ve wondered more than once, if it’s such a good idea to love so much………….to love our fur babies so much… leaves us vulnerable in hurting so much doesn’t it………..but, what would life be without our beloved animal friends? They are family…….& Sam was my boy, my buddie. For me; life without my animal friends would be an empty life, indeed. Even yet, my heart hurts when recalling those times spent early in the morning------------sitting alongside him in the deep emerald green grass------------or when he would patiently sit watching me as I put linens and clothing on the clothesline -------We began letting him come inside at night to sleep after he & Lil’ Bear had a major disagreement, last Summer….

he was so smart, it was uncanny----when at night, he’d climb up in my chair, the same favorite chair I had bought a lamp especially to sit in the evening to read……. I smile when I think about how I taught him to give me his paw, Ed & some of our friends would laugh when he began taking his paw & it seemed as though he were giving me a “High-five” I haven’t sat in the chair yet since he’s been gone Those times when we’d sit watching as a Red-tail Hawk flew over-head----- --or when he picked up the scent of some animal in the woods….he’d run off, chasing after it The time when he ran through one of the flower gardens & I sprayed him with the garden hose------I’d never seen a Fox hound-dog move so fast! lol

I’m planning to take a park bench, sitting it underneath the Maple tree I hung a pretty solar star wind-chime within its branches, . at night, I can see it from the cabin as it changes colors & when the wind blows, I hear its soothing melody. It’s a special place to me and after we lost Sam, I wanted him there. he came here seven years ago.---------Walking into my life & my heart And although I have 5 other furry babies that I love dearly, Sam was simply my buddie, my little guardian….





Ed said something a few weeks ago, that encouraged me. he didn’t know when, but there would be another dog to come here to the cabin that needs a home. It might not Sam or even be another Foxhound. It might be a little mutt but it would come & make its home here with us.

I didn’t know what to say so I didn’t say any- thing at all.

Of course I do know ALL things are Possible with God……..

But, I don’t know whether even he really knew how Prophetic such a statement!

I do Believe that God had everything to do with this.. Because, not more than a few days afterward On the 8th of this month (July), my older brother mentioned that he had Decided to take an evening walk here near the cabin, when he noticed a dog following him.

He said he was going to take the dog to the pound the next day. That evening, Ed went to look at her, then when he returned He said the dog was cute…..nothing more was mentioned. When later that evening after retiring to the bedroom, I heard Ed ask me the question from the living-room sofa. “What are we gonna name her?” I stopped. It wasn’t necessary to ask him, whom he was referring. I smiled instead and then replied. “You name her.





The next morning, I went with him, riding on the ATV. It was the first time I had seen her. She was a little mutt alright. Ed said he thought she was so ugly, she’s cute!! I said, alright now, don’t say that, You’ll hurt her feelings! Giving him a mock stern look. Lol

Look at those eyes! So pretty!------------- She couldn’t be a year old yet. She is definitely part Australian Shepherd…..& what else, I don’t know LOL! She looks reminiscent of “Tramp” as in, the Walt Disney Classic, “Lady & The Tramp” Funny, she would look like him!! LOL

But, as soon as I got off the ATV she wanted my attention. I called to her as I got back on the ATV, looking behind me, I saw that she started running behind us as we headed back to the cabin. When I called out her name, it was almost as if she already knew her name-----------that she was going to fit in nicely.

Ed was hoping she would begin following him, staying with him when he rides the ATV & that she does………. We feed shelled corn to the deer, turkeys & now the raccoons, squirrels & a groundhog or two. But, the first day, she was here with us, I called to her when we rode the ATV….after that, she follows him every- where, now. O but the things she gets into though! LOL She is so smart……..but the wacky things she does…..it almost seems she does them to get a laugh out of us!



The first time I watered my flower gardens with her here, she jumped into 1 of Sam’s outside water buckets--------------it was so funny. She also runs in The path of my water hose, she jumps into the pond while Ed is feeding the fish, when he said he almost ran over her because she ran out in front of the ATV while she was chasing a butterfly, it tugged at my heart---------- Reminding me just how fragile life really is-------how so quickly circumstances can change------------- She chases fireflies at night & dragonflies at the ponds------- she-lies down when she drinks from her own water bowl, she doesn’t stand up when drinking her water as most dogs would do, no not our Samantha, she flops down! LOL

I caught her in one of my flower beds the other day, a Big No—no she stirs up trouble with Bees, too She raised up on her back legs looking in the Bird bath on the front lawn the 2nd day she was here!

I was thinking she has a Brave little heart, when she met Lil’ Bear ( our Rottie) & Sheyoni ( our German Shepherd), for the first time, she slowly approached them, now she practically rides them, jumping on their backs, biting their paws lol,. Then, she introduced herself to Tobie (Mouse) & Rags, those 2 were a Piece of Cake after that!! Though, I have learned the hard way, when going on my daily early morning walk, I now tie her after today because when I try to walk my GS, there’s been total chaos! I walk my GS & Rottie separate due to their personalities. But both seem to be handling the new “ Puppy on the Block” fairly well.





there will only be One Sam; but, I was thinking maybe at some point in the future I hope to find a Foxhound puppy ……….. & I would also like to find a long-coat male GS Puppy, but for now, it will have to wait.

As painful as some circumstances can be in life-------------whether it’s having to say goodbye to Someone or something we have loved Or something we thought we wanted----------- God knows what we need……..a place to start fresh, new He will give us new beginnings



I’m having quite an adventure this Summer  This place around here, there’s never a dull moment----------My fur-babies antics are sure to give me lot’s of ideas to write about!

And Samantha, she has found a home & a place in our hearts.



Much Love, blessings

Blue~

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