It’s raining here. Has been for two days. The weather people say it will rain at least until Tuesday.
Today Terry turned the irrigation water off. It’s too muddy to walk on the ditch banks. To turn the irrigation water off is a very strange occurrence once it is turned on.
It’s extremely chilly outside, the air so fresh it will make you cough, if you take a good lungful of it. The trees are dripping, water sits on everything; running in rivulets off the eaves.
We only have four little hummingbirds. This photo is on May 13th a couple of years or so ago. We have aways to go to reach this level of activity.
The sky is still lowering as I write; clouds black in the west and dark grey in the morning east. It’s cold enough I want to start a fire in the fireplace, although we do have the furnace up and going.
Oh well, rain is good for so many things I will just enjoy it. The weather people also say major heat is following these series of cold rain storms.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Linda, the “snapshots” of your life are always so fun to read. I always smile when your blogs pop up in my inbox, knowing I’m in for a little treat (like chocolate, only healthier ; ) xoBets
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Oh, Thank you, Bets! You made me smile!!!
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My brother in Paonia says it’s been a very odd spring! And yes, the heat is coming! Oh joy
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I’m so ready for some heat. I’m a heat loving person!
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beautiful columbine
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On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Life on a Colorado Farm wrote:
> dayphoto posted: “It’s raining here. Has been for two days. The weather > people say it will rain at least until Tuesday. Today Terry turned the > irrigation water off. It’s too muddy to walk on the ditch banks. To turn > the irrigation water off is a very strange occurren” >
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I raise them in memory of Granddad.
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Beautiful Columbines you have blooming! Enjoy the moisture while you can –
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I suppose….I’m a warm weather sort of person. Terry like the cooler weather better.
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That is a very unusual and pretty flower. I hope the rain is good to you. Many farmers here lost both the first planting and re-planting of the corn crop from all the rain we’ve had, and now the sorghum planting may be in jeopardy.
Take care, be careful and God bless.
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The Columbine is the state of Colorado’s flower! They were my maternal grandfather’s favorite flower.
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We haven’t seen any hummingbirds around our house yet, but they should arrive soon. If you’re getting too much rain we could sure use some!
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It looks like this would head your way!
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Oh I love that Colorado Columbine! And your other pictures make a rainy day look beautiful! Rain can be hard to take even when we all know full well how much we need it! (I remember Oregon! And we get Spring rain here in Florida too, but it doesn’t last too long usually.)
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Our rain is always cold. I’ll bet Florida has warm rain, like parts of Arizona!
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We have also had chilly and rainy…more like February than May.
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I just started the wood stove back up…I couldn’t take it any longer.
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Yes it can warm up and stay warmed up. We’ve had two stellar days only. Columbines my favorite. There are none anywhere around here.
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The rain has been wonderful for them. And THANKFULLY the hail didn’t hurt them!
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Your Columbine is beautiful!! Happy belated Mother’s Day! Finally tonight we have Internet for the moment It was in and out I would read a blog and make a comment and then lose everything. Made me cranky:( We need rain and may get some tomorrow!! 🙂
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Losing the internet makes me cranky also! Happy Mother’s Day, Connie!
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We have had much the same weather and we have all been under the weather as well. Today it is nice though, and everyone seems to feel much better. No hummers though. Such a slow spring!
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It is a slow spring. I just hope we don’t jump right into summer…no one is ready for the heat.
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