Listen—Sunday, June 28, 2015

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Set-4The heat is ferocious–late July and early August heat.  Bearing down and smashing one into the ground.  Still I’ll take it any day over the long, dark, cold, and dreary days of winter.

Anyday!

Scotch-BluebonnetsYears ago I saw these beautiful flowers growing in my Mother-in-law’s yard.  She was ripping them out and tossing them in the trash heap.

“Oh, what are those beautiful plants”?  I asked her.

“Scotch Bluebonnets”, she replied.  “You don’t want them, they spread like weeds.”

“Oh, but I do! May I have a couple of shovel fulls to plant in me yard?”  I replied with shinning eyes!

“Honestly you will NOT want these things” she said in disgust,  as she put two shovel full of starts in a cardboard box for me.

I hugged the box to my chest and placed it very carefully in the trunk of the car.  “Thank you!” I cried.  “I’m sure I will love them.”

“Don’t thank me”, she very tiredly replied.  “I guarantee you will not like them, in the long run.”

I can assure you, many, many, years later…SHE WAS RIGHT!  I do NOT want these invasive weeds masquerading as flowers.  Horrid plants!  Just HORRID!  They are everywhere in my yard, in the grass on the lawn, in every flowerbed, along side the ditches—-ugh!

The-end-of-the-dayEvery morning the earth, the sky, and the air seem so fresh and alive. If one stands still surrounded by the chirps and chitters of all the birds; stands outside and is very still.  Still in the mind, not just the body, still so your soul can hear—the voice of the earth will speak loud and clear.

It seems that the rocks and the trees and even the soil underneath your feet is waking refreshed and eager to start the day.

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As the day ends and night creeps along our mesa; lengthening it’s way toward the west;  I can sometimes feel the sweet song of bedtime flowing down deep within the earth.

Today is Sunday. Today we only do those things that MUST be done…today we rest and enjoy the fruits of the past week, preparing for the new week.

I hope each and everyone of you have a good Sunday, my friends!

Your friend on a western Colorado Farm

Linda

 

24 thoughts on “Listen—Sunday, June 28, 2015”

  1. I’m sorry to hear about your problems with the Scotch Bluebonnets, but I am glad we don’t have any in our yard. I have enough trouble with the weeds that are already here. I love your beautiful photos (and words). I hope you get some relief from the heat.

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  2. So beautiful…..that writing of the hush of eventide…why I can just feel it enveloping you there from that heat…and into the coolness of the night. Did Boomer post,? I missed it and will have to check on him from Friday. Go slowly..and enjoy the bounty and beauty and serenity of your heaven on earth!–Love, merri

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  5. With a 12 month growing season here, there are so many perennials and herbs that get to be invasive so I understand about your bluebonnets. They look quite charming though.

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  6. We have a few things like your Bluebonnets here. Lantana is a nice, well-behaved shrub with pretty yellow and pink flowers in the northern hemisphere. Here, it’s a rampant noxious weed, and is *everywhere*. It escaped from someone’s garden somewhere in the tropics and that was that. We’re supposed to rip it up whenever we see it, but the task is so huge most people don’t bother. Lovely, tranquil evening photos. I wish I could share our rain, but we need it all!

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  7. Our bug bear is Passionflower. I planted it in 4 places,and now it grows rampant. I have to spray occasionally as it spreads under the surface for up to 5 metres. Another problem was Morning Glory, which I placed by some fencing one year. It went over the fencing and 15 metres into the neighbours orchard. Nightmare. Took 100 litres of weed-killer to stop its advance – and still it comes back every noıw and then. We live and learn, eh?

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  8. A case of Mother-in-law knew best, Eh?
    I dunno what they are called but similar looking blue flowers on
    weedy looking bushes grow here.
    They spread like wildfire and are considered
    pestilent things and to make matters worse, hard
    to get rid of!!!
    Absolutely the “Pits of Weather” here today,
    drizzle rain and fog. This is “gunna” be one miserable
    hell of a winter at this rate. If only the rain would
    just go inland!!!
    Cheers
    Colin (Brisbane. Australia)

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  9. Morning glory and English Ivy were the “weeds masquerading as flowers ” in our Oregon yard … Impossible. The morning glory was the worst as it choked out the good flowers , winding around rhododendrons … Awful, to this day I still can’t stand to look at it. I hope it cools down a little for you soon. Our CO kits AND our OR ones are having unusual heat this week. Hot here too of course, but that’s normal here. Hope Oregon cools down by the time we get there!

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