After a day of snow and wind…mostly wind, we woke to snow scattered here and there in small little drifts.
Brown patches of earth scattered in the tattered and bunched snow.
But the sun came up all red and pink and gold, causing sparkles on the snow drifts, the brown frozen earth appears a softer brown than the melted dark mud will appear (if we warm up.)
The wind-snapped and bedraggled corn reflected the morning light, echoing the glow coming over the mountains, wherein lays Gunnison, Colorado, and a wee bit closer, the Black Canyon.
Terry is going out to check the corn, thinking maybe this cold has driven down the moisture. While he is doing that I will go sweep out the bed of the grain truck, then with the bed facing the rising sun we are hoping the wood will dry.
If this all comes together, maybe, just maybe…harvest can begin.
What a crazy time of the year to [still] be hoping to get the corn in.
Oh, well, it is what it is.
Wishing you a good one today,
Love,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Your sky photos are gorgeous. I hope you are able to start the corn harvest today.
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ME TOO!
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I have seen the most beautiful photos from Colorado on Facebook recently. Praying for a great harvest (and a soon harvest!) for you!
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Thank you, Staci…we should find out soon.
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Incredible skies. We are sending corn drying wishes out to you.
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Thank you, Jan. I guess today and tomorrow and even Friday is out, the corn is still to high with moisture.
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Oh no! I’m glad you had the pintos, but that can’t be enough for a years’ work!
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No, our main crop is the corn. It will be whatever it is. I suppose.
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I’m so worried for you!
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It will happen so day…even in January or heaven forbid…February. We just wait.
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fingers crossed on the corn!
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Terry is back…still too high. So we wait some more. Nothing else to be done.
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Hope the harvest can start soon. Your storm is here now, as the wind is picking up along with the new snow:)
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Me too, but not this week. Sigh. Maybe next week…or the week after. If not there is always January. We have NEVER harvested in January, but 2016 might be the first time.
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That last photo is EXQUISITE…even though I know you are worried about the harvest. It seems unfair to revel over a photo when it shows something you may be concerned about…but it is beautiful to the farm-uneducated eye.
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I thought the sun was beautiful on the corn also! So its okay to enjoy the sight…the corn is there, the sun was just right…heck THANKS!
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Beautiful sky! Crossing my fingers!
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Nope, still to wet. Sigh!
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BOOOO!
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Crossing fingers you’ll get it done before Christmas…
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What a lovely Christmas gift that would be.
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I hope all the work went well. The weather is fighting you. That’s not a fight you can win.
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It is..the corn is just not drying down.
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I sure do hope you can get that corn harvested soon….freeze dried!
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Sending the drying blessings of the ‘Corn God’ to you… Gorgeous skies you are having! And boy, is it cold! Stay warm by the fire…
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hardly a day goes by when I DON’T marvel at the interplay of clouds & light ~
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ME TOO!
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Wonderful images Linda .. Good luck with the corn. Can I be daft and ask why it wasn’t harvested earlier .. Sorry sounds like a dumb question ..
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Too high of moisture…it must be below 15% or it will rot in the elevators. Not dump questions, ever.
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