On Sunday we left the Uncompahgre Plateau—25 Mesa to be exact—around three o’clock in the afternoon. Leaving behind the sun-warmed flowers, leaf mold, and coolness mountain air always seems to have.
The morning of Monday the sun broke free of the tree line; way after we got in from changing the water. The air was full of wide awake birds, winging their way here and there. Their flights crisscrossing the paths of other birds…no flight plan needed.
All, except for the pinto bean field, the tractor work has ceased. One more time a little later the pinto beans will be cultivated—knocking down the weeds so the beans can grow without interference.
We work until the light slowly fades, retreating beyond the Uncompahgre Plateau. The thick shadows, edge the the little knolls on our place, and rim the the ditch banks. The fugitive light highlights the leaves on the corn causing green shadows, which shift in the evening breeze.
“This is my favorite time of the day,” Terry tells me at least once a week. “The air cools, a feeling of renewal takes place, everything starts to have a calm feeling.”
For me it is morning.
My favorite time of the day…for just a second, as the sky lightens, the hope of the new day rises in me, I feel energized and ready for whatever might come.”
It is only for a moment.
Then the sun bursts froth and the day begins. But for the moment it feels as if the freshness of the day will last forever.
Either way—sunrise, or sunset…the feeling is there. The moment when time stops. I’m sure it is different for everyone. That feeling of birth.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I’d have trouble deciding whether sunrise or sunset is my favorite time of the day. If I had to choose I guess I would say sunrise — when the world starts to wake from its slumber.
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Yes! And just the moment before the sunrises…splendid!
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I think I love sunrise best Linda – the feeling of a new day, that freshness in the air, the sound of all the birds and the knowledge that anything could happen that day.
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I so agree, Pat! I love to anticipate the new day!
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What a beautiful start to your day and for us.
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The swallows do an excellent job of keeping the bugs at bay!
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That keeps them busy.
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It does…and we don’t get bit!
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I’ve never thought about choosing between sunrise and sunset. Can I just have both?
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Yes you may. They are both wonderful times of the day.
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Defiantly morning for me! Pretty pics.
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I so understand!
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No beautiful sunrises now that we’re back in our Oregon apartment …one of the compromises of city living. In Florida (or Colorado for that matter) it is my favorite time of day.
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Me too!
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I am so not a morning person. I am with Terry on this one sunsets are the best! 🙂
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The earth does seem to be more relaxed in the evening, that is forsure!
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Gosh now you have me thinking .. Sunrise / sunset. Can I love them both? 😃
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will try to leave “today’s comment” on a later post ! not quite sure where 25 mesa (& road) is — today we went up Sawmill a bit …
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25 Mesa is at the top, right after the cattle guard. 25 Mesa road is the road that turns off Highway 348 to go to the Uncompahgre Plateau.
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