Love Is...

Marydon @ Blushing Rose
is having a party.

A Love Is...Party.
If you have one or two or

three and would like to participate
next week, please pop over and

let Marydon know. She can
add you to the participant list.
Please stop by and see Anne she
is a participant too.



Anne @ Phamily Blog

Monday - Friday when we get home

from work, DH gets ready to watch

his Western shows. He loves them. It

brings back wonderful memories for him.

Have Gun Will Travel comes on at
6:30pm sharp, and off he goes singing
the Ballad of Paladin.

Paladin was the main character on the half hour western
Have Gun - Will Travel. Played by actor Richard Boone,
Paladin was a unique character.



When not working to right wrongs he dressed
in the finest clothes. However, when he took
on a job he became the man in black –
black pants, shirt and hat.



Paladin was a wealthy man of the world who
lived in a fancy San Francisco hotel
(the Hotel Carlton). A West Point grad, he
spoke several languages, quoted poets and
philosophers, enjoyed opera, fine wine and food,
played the piano and enjoyed gambling.



Paladin carried a one of the kind business card.
The card read: “Have Gun Will Travel.
Wire Paladin. San Francisco.”

In the center of the card was the picture
of a chess piece – the horse-headed white knight,
a paladin - so chosen because a white knight
is someone who champions for justice.
Paladin would send or give his card to
potential clients, those people in trouble
who could afford his fee.



The fee, $1,000.00, was a hefty amount in
those times, but what people got for their
fee was a no-nonsense gun for hire.

Most of the time Paladin rides like the wind.



But he has been known to stop along the trail
and help a wagon in need a time or two.

Yes, Love Is...

Listening to your cowboy sing along

with his favorite western movies, each evening
while you cook dinner at the chuck wagon.
I love my Cowboy, Tony.

As always, thank you for stopping by
my little piece of heaven, here in
the desert, that I so love to call home.
Country hugs and much love,