The Adventures of Lynne

I am at Hidden Buddha Healing Centre as a wwoofer. It's a wonderful, old-fashioned farm with huge trees and lush green everywhere. I have spent a bit of time in the "buddha grove", which is a miraculous patch of beauty between fields. The birds sing constantly.  There are eight horses here who have been rescued from slaughter. They live beautiful, peaceful lives, cared for by Lidia.  This is Spring Rose. She is a wild mustang. She doesn't have a screened mask on her face because she won't permit it, being wild. She's a bit unpredictable, so I give her carrots, but don't push my luck. Here is Lidia with Rocky. He's over 32 years old and blind. Lidia has acquainted him with his surroundings, both barn and pasture so that he can get around. I felt really bad on the day I gave him a good brushing, which he enjoyed, but then he tossed his head and banged it against a post in the barn. Now I know why we groom him outside where he isn't near anything he c...

On my last day at Millefleurs Lavender and Honey Farm in Prince Edward County I saw a deer in the lavender field.  I include this picture because shortly after this, Wilma called to me saying I had visitors! It was Aunt Marion and Uncle Jim! It was so nice to see them. Aunt Marion and I shared the problem of "not hugging." Jim took a picture of us "distancing" by two metres, and not hugging. Unfortunately, the picture didn't turn out, so we can't prove it! So I included the picture of the deer.      I went to visit my aunt, Gail, who is a year younger than me and who recently became widowed when her husband (my "other" Uncle Pete) died unexpectedly. She works in a grocery store, so we allowed ourselves to visit each other without the two metres. It was wonderful to be with her and I got to spend time with my cousin Shanda while I was there too! Shanda looks so much like her Dad, who she is, of course, missing. Because Gail and I are the same age, w...