It was a bright beautiful day today in the 70's. Prefect weather for walking and exploring the trails. After I parked, I started down the trail in the woods towards the farm. As I was walking through the woods I started thinking back when I had my heart attack in 1995 and how lucky I was at this very moment. I never thought I would be able to walk in the woods again after that incident. Playing in the woods with my friend Bob was something that I enjoyed as a kid. It took about a year and a half after my heart attack before I was able to start doing the things I wanted to do. So I called him up one day and told him that one of the things I really wanted to do was to walk down the exact same trail that we use to walk when we were kids. It was very important to me that we did this thing. Then I would know that I was alright again and I had a long life to look forward too. Bob, Said, "Lets do it!" It was so much fun and we both started acting like kids again as we walked down the paths in our old forest preserve. I even found a vine that I just had to swing on. "I"M BACK," I thought to myself. I knew at that moment that I would be alright again and I had a long life to look forward too.
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Bob and I are still friends to this day.
After reminiscing today as I walked through the woods, I finally got to the farm. I had my camera with me and I noticed some pretty purple flowers along the fence by the farm house.
I went over to the barn and peeked inside.
Gad did it smell. There were a couple of cows in there. Right outside I noticed some milking pales.
I headed out down the gravel road and stopped to say hi to Duke and Prince. Prince is the one with the white star on his forehead.
I continued down the road toward the forest looking back at the farm as I got further away from it.
I crossed the bridge
and entered the forest. I came across this weird looking tree with all these nodules on it. My friend Bob had cut one of them off on his property up north and made a beautiful looking bowl out of it. Of course you can't do that here on a nature preserve.
I circled around the forest and headed back toward the farm.
The pigs were out so I stopped and looked at them. All I could think of was that some day they would be all chopped, cooked and sitting on the dinner table.
I saw the care takers with their wheel barrels full of hay. They were heading over to feed the two horses.
Duke and Prince seemed like they were enjoying their dinner. I can't imagine how they can swallow that stuff, icky!
On they way back to my car I had such an urge to to go to the casino and play some craps but I didn't. I hope it won't be to much longer. I keep thinking about all the guys at Crapsfest.com that are going to Las Vegas next week. It's being called "The Final Fling" since this will be the last time they give a dice seminar and ALL the guys will be there. I sure wish I could be there with them. Make some money guys and make a bet on the Don't Pass for me.
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