We are having our January thaw. Sure is nice. After last week’s -21*f and a slight warm up to -18*f at night…..this weather is outstanding!
The temperatures at 2 in the afternoon.
If the weather man is right it will be here for at least the rest of this week. I’m not going to hold my breath that it stays since this is, after all January. Our worst month for horrible cold is always February. Thank Heavens it is a short month….one/two days less than all the other months, but it does count.
By 4 o’clock in the evening
Usually we can start farming the middle of March. We will have to see this year.
The Uncompahgre Water Users are staying the Taylor Reservoir is 60% of it’s normal capacity. February and March can be our snowiest months….fingers crossed this holds true this year.
So saying, Terry is NOT going to plant pinto beans this year…maybe next year if the water conditions improve. But probably never again in his lifetime, he is saying…we will see.
Oh, yes…that reminds me….Terry has decided to farm one more year (are any of us surprised?!?!) The reduction in bean acreage will take off some pressure…it isn’t the growing of them, but the harvest of the beans that is so hard.
Anyway, enough our pondering on farming.
The 4 O’clock evening sun was delightful….I had to take many photos, hope you enjoy!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
the golden light in these shots is beautiful. i can almost feel the warmth from them. nice to have a winter break…
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Beautiful pictures. Makes me almost want to move up north and out west. Then I read the temp and shiver.
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I hear ya on the welcome warm up. We’ve been below freezing and in an inversion for a couple of weeks now, low visibility, freezing fog, etc. Meanwhile, it’s in the 50s and 60s 2,000′ up above us. Temps are supposed to start warming tomorrow here. Then instead of freezing fog, I’ll have rain and mud to complain about. But at least the hoses will run and I’ll be able to transplant the trays of leafy greens I have that are ready to go in the ground.
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Thirty degrees must feel almost balmy after what you’ve had last week.
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Such lovely photos and we too are hoping for WAY more snow!
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I’ve heard light like this referred to as “Greek Light”. Good pictures all.
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The light in your pictures is beautiful! The old trees are also so pretty. Glad for your warm up! Hope it stays a bit.
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I’ve never decided if having winters off, as farmers do, is a good thing or a bad thing. The dirt farmers are all gone in January, off on their vacations or doing their special projects, or just sitting around the house and worrying. My stepdad was a cattle rancher and always had plenty to do in the winter, the calves were born in January and February on 600 acres about 20 miles from here. So he’d be up at the crack of dawn every day, load his horse and dog in the truck, and off they’d go. He didn’t have as much time to worry. I think that was better.
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HEAT WAVE….. Soon you’ll have to pull out your shorts and t-shirts…. ha ha … Love the photos. That sunshine glistening on everything looks awesome… Have fun!!
Hugs,
Betsy
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What would Terry do if he decided not to farm anymore? Our weatherman says to enjoy our warm temps (upper 70s, low 80s!) because it’s going to get real cold again next week. You may very well follow. :o( That fiery sundown light is gorgeous. Maybe this afternoon I can catch it on our mountains.
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Afternoon light is always so pretty, a bit of a warm up is always appreciated. Do farmers ever retire? really? Blessings, Julie.
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The pics are beautiful, the light and the misty wistfulness of that time of year… hope February isn’t too hard on you…
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Terry arm one more year? It’ll never happen. Old farmers never quit. My brother is 72 and there’s nothing on the horizon that will allow him to quit.
Don’t worry about the cold you get used to it. Your spring comes early. We do not even think about farming in March.
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The sun on that building is just beautiful — pure gold! We were in Colorado one year in January and it wasn’t bad (near Boulder)…then we drove on to Wyoming on our way back to Oregon and boy did we slide around.
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Your warm is my cold. But, it’s always what you’re used to. Love the photos! I know Terry will miss farming after this year. But, I know how hard it is for farmers, and I am amazed at how well you two have hung in there! You have such a beautiful place!
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Lovely shots…I hope you got your walk 🙂
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Lovely golden light! I hope you get snow in the Mountains!! 🙂
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