Sunday, April 14, 2024
I was my mother and fathers 4th girl, they did foir sure want a boy. Maybe that's why I was a tomboy of sorts. I would follow my Dad around helping him with the farm chores and gardening. It was especially cool when he brought us home a puppy one Christmas. Zippy looked like a wolf. He was part German Shepard and maybe border collie. Then another Christmas Dad built us a stall down in the barn. We were surprised by a pony, we named him Prince. They finally got their boy, Bruce and then came Gary. Then...most everyone in the neighborhood had the "oops" baby, along came Kelly Lynn. We had fun growing up on a small farm with Walnut Creek flowing behind our property. Now, sad to say, progress has taken the homestead into a sale by developers. We were hopeful of something nice being developed at the site, but it's still open...some day it will be something again...