Fillies

Howdy, y’all. Felicia Filly here.

I’m on the road again, traveling someplace it has been so hot and smoky the better part of the summer we might as well be standing on top of a blazin’ campfire.

Here’s a reminder for y’all…Whenever one of my travelogue posts show up, all ya gotta do is guess which Filly I’m visitin’ based on the clues I give ya. Just don’t go braggin’ in the comments. We wanna keep this fair for everyone. Just leave the name of the Filly ya think I’m visiting. All of their names are in the header right above this post.

Are you ready? Let’s see if ya can figure out which filly I’m swappin’ howdies with today.

Where is Felicia Filly?

Clue #1 – This filly lives across the road from an apple orchard. She said she knows autumn has arrived by the spicy scent of the apples in the air when them beautiful red orbs are plumb ripe.

Clue #2 – This here filly spent her growin’-up years on a farm. When her mama wasn’t trying to domesticate her, her daddy let her tag along on adventures, like making friends with this cute as a lil’ ol’ bug fawn.

Clue #3 – I got a good chuckle when this filly introduced me to some of her neighbors and said they could be real turkeys somtimes.

Clue #4 – Apparently, this filly loves John Deere equipment. She said it reminds her of her growin’ up years, riding shotgun with her daddy. That wheat chaff is the itchiest stuff. I’m sure glad I don’t have to work in it every day.

Clue #5 – The pasture behind this filly’s house had the most amazing, beautiful sunsets. Had me thinking of going for an evenin’ ride just for the pure pleasure of it.

Clue #6 – This filly loves to write sweet and wholesome romances. She sometimes sets them way back in the 1800s, but she also writes about modern day cowboys too. Think she could set me up on a date with one?

Guess the Filly

 Have you figured out who I’m visitin’ yet? Drop her name in the comments.

The mystery Filly will pick a winner and send that person a $10 Amazon gift card.

Enjoy this last day of August, friends!

Howdy Folks!  Well, I’m hitting the road again, and this time I’ll be taking y’all to three different spots in this grand ole’ country of ours.  We’ll start out in the farmland of the Midwest.  This filly couldn’t wait to show me her proud kitty-cat.  See the house across the street?  See the bush on the side of the house?  This filly told me she loved playing hide and seek in the neighbors yard and her favorite place for hiding was behind that bush.  I just had to take a peek.

Can you believe it?  This filly convinced me to spend the night in her best friend’s tepee.  What fun we had even though we didn’t have a fire.  But we sure got a good night’s rest there on the ground where our sleeping bags were pitched.  Look at all those mountains back there in the distance.  Maybe next time we’ll go mountain climbing.

This filly was just busting at the seams to show me one of her favorite hiking spots.  And since her husband is from this great state of Montana, boy did we have fun on those trails!  But, oh my, how haunted the pine forest felt.  As we hiked through there, I thought I heard a ghost behind a tree.  I’m sure glad there was a fella there with us.

Can you believe it?  This filly finally brought me to her home on the and showed me their recently renovated deck.  Golly, it sure is a big deck.  Perfect for sitting outside on a mild summer’s evening and doing nothing but watch the stars in a moon-lit sky.  Now, there in the background is a good climbin’ tree, you know…lots of low branches to make the climbin’ easy.  Oh, and this filly couldn’t wait to show me the two little doggies she and her husband inherited from his sister.  Wow, we sure had fun taking a walk with them in the stunning beauty of Autumn.

 So now, have y’all figured out who this filly is? And have you decided yet where she might live?  Well come on in to the discussion and take a guess.  Randomly I’ll choose a winner for the $10.00 gift certificate at Amazon so you can have a shopping spree all your own.

Hey there, folks! I’m on the road again, this time to a place I’ve never been before, but it’s pretty far from Texas and smack in the MIDdle of the country! Right off, this filly couldn’t keep the proud grin off her face when she showed me her “office garden”–a bed right outside her office window that is filled with gorgeous blooms! I loved those yellow daisies!

We went inside for a tour of that office that overlooks her flowers and guess what I found on her desk! This amazing double picture of her very favorite place in the world–Paris! She told me a fun story about this special gift her friend Charlie made for her. His dad who took the top picture of the Eiffel Tower in 1953 (the year this filly was born) when he was there with the army. Turns out she took the very same shot from the very same vantage point (the bottom color pic) when she visited Paris 56 years later. It has a place of honor where she can see it every day while she works to remind her that she’ll go back one day. (Sniff, sniff, the story really touched my heart!)

Next, we piled into her wagon to drive to this Filly’s lake cottage just a couple of hours away from her city house, and only a hop, skip, and a jump from a pretty famous engineerin’ university where her son, her husband and she all attended college. She took me on a lovely boat ride and then for a dip in the lake–the water was like a bath since it’s so warm in her neck of the woods this summer. It was quite refreshing and reminded me of the swimmin’ hole back on the ranch where I paddled around as a kid.

After we drove back to her city house, we settled on the back deck to sip some lovely wine, have a bite of supper, and listen to the birds sing. All in all it was a delightful day!

Before I left, I asked her to show me one of her favorite books that she had written just for one more clue for y’all. She surprised me with this holiday romance she brought from her shelf. I love a good Christmas love story, don’t you?

Well now, have you guessed who this Filly is? And where she might be living? Take a guess here, and I’ll be randomly choosing one person to give a $10 Amazon gift card to! That way you can do a little book shopping for yourself!