We had snow in the high country over night…the peaks of the San Juan’s are white. I wonder if we have moved away from fall and are now headed into winter?
Oh! Please! Not Yet!!!!
The cows that are so lucky to get to spend their summers in the high country are coming home now. The air all around us is a cacophony of cattle calling and talking to each other. The calves are being weaned and the open (un-bred) cows-are being separated from their sisters/friends and the bulls are being ushered into the bull pastures.
It always amazes me how docile a bull can become once he is in the old-boys club and the females are no where around. Posturing occurs across all lines of species, I guess.
Our girls (we only have four) don’t get to go to the mountain, they never leave the place, spending all their lives right here on our hillsides and pastures.
We haven’t started weaning yet…next month.
At least the rain has cleared out for a little while. That will give us time to get some of the outside chores done. We are laying new irrigation pipe and making some new ditches. It’s easier to do this time of year instead of during the spring work.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Hi Linda
Greetings from a wet and rainy Brisbane. Anyone want any rain????
Good God, it is October and you can see snow appearing already on the
high country? That doesn’t appear to be a good omen for the REAL winter!
I hope you have got all the crops harvested?
Cheers
Colin (HB)
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I love reading your blog and seeing the photos. It is like a visit back to the farm when I was a child. I loved going out and helping (getting in the way) when it was time to irrigate. That was a great history lesson! Such beautiful country.
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Snow? Already? Say it isn’t so.
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Ending here also, no snow yet but probably not far off. You know what – that moisture reduces the fire danger so I’ll take it! But winter is definitely NOT my favorite season especially the older I get.
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I’m not ready to even hear about winter.
Yes, the bulls do seem to have some human male characteristics. 🙂
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Isn’t it amazing how snow means different things to different people. As a Brisbanite, snow means exotic winters of skiing and hot chocolates and fire places and snow men. To you, it means a cold hard time of the year (or at least it sounds like it). And I can understand why. It just amazes me how where we live dictates how we see things.
To you a hot subtropical summer probably seems enticing and holiday-like in the same way the snow affects me 🙂
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Hi Linda, WOW—I love that last picture… SO pretty….
Can’t believe that snow is so close!!! Hope you have more Fall before your winter gets there… We are still dry —and it’s gotten much warmer here today –almost 80…
Gotta separate the men from the women, huh????? Funny how the personalities of the bulls change once the women are not there…. ha ha –Like us humans, huh????
Hugs,
Betsy
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I have heard your winter is going to be a little more demanding than usual. It’s so good to get things all done before it hits, and like you, we are trying to get some work done right now that we normally do in the springtime. Just too much happening then to even begin to keep up.
Love the cow and calf in the aspens!
~Faith
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I feel like I could reach into that photo and pet that cow’s forehead. What a beauty. All of these photos are great. The weather has turned in Arizona also and I am thrilled. No more HOT heat.
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I hate the thought of winter but I quess we don’t have much choice being as we live in the states we live in! All we can do is get ready for the snow to fly the best we can.
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Way too soon to mutter the s*** word!!
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Hello, I wish I knew how to stop chickens from being mean, the only way I have figured out is learning chicken language. 🙂 I haven’t got that down yet. I have loved your blog for so long, I don’t know why I have never left a comment before. I think I was afraid of word press. I am weird that way. Anyway when you were doing the pictures of the cliffs and the Indian pictures. I was just intrigued. Not to mention the badger coming in the night? You live in a beautiful place and I love your blog. Thank you so much for coming by mine. I am honored.
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sNOw..say it isn’t so..I am not ready..but that doesn’t mean a thing:)
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