The pinto beans are setting on and starting to fill out —harvest will be sometime in September
Since we leave all our windows open day and night, the house smells like fresh mown hay. Third cutting… time is passing quickly now
While Terry mowed the hay I mowed my lawn…it was in dire need of my attention! 🙂
Yesterday we hauled in gravel and spread it on the long, long lane from the farmyard to the road….also putting down gravel in the farm yard itself
Then the thing I hate to do worse than anything….is getting Terry out of a tight spot.
He went over to make a ditch, got stuck…I had to come over and pull him out…
When he is in a ditch like this I’m always afraid I will pull him ‘wrong’ and cause the tractor to tip over.
When I was young our neighbor did tip over and it killed him. Then (when our kids were grown) Terry’s good friend was working on one of his ditches when his tractor tipped over and killed him.
Scary stuff…working on wet ditches!
Finally we made it to the end of the day…the water changed for the last time until first light.
It was time to watch a little TV, rest a spell before bed. to relax.
Boomer lay down beside my chair, while I worked on a needlepoint canvas.
The day finally …. finally coming to an end.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Ah bless, Terry and his two rumbling leg warmers… ❤
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They love sleeping on him…it would make my legs go to sleep!
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I’ll never look at a ditch the same way. Glad everyone is unstuck and home safe. x
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YES! It was scary!
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J > In the UK there’s legal measures to stop tractors being used without anti-roll bars around the drivers seat. Nowadays, those sort of accidents occur only with quad-bikes, though farm workers are required to have training on how to use them safely. Terry – about time you got some anti-roll bars fitted – Linda will NOT be happy if you go and kill yourself in a ditch!
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You are so right…I would NOT be happy!
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I’m glad all went well and everyone is enjoying a relaxing evening.
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The days are shorter now so we get in sooner…which is nice!
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I can understand why you worry about tractors tipping when on a steep slope — it can happen all to easily. But I’m glad you obviously pulled him the correct way. New-mown hay (or grass) smells wonderful.
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It does…the best of air fresheners!
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Another busy and productive day. I wish someone would bottle the scent of new mown hay.
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Me too! I just love it!
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Things are really looking good over there! Congrats! 3rd cutting – Awesome! We’ve had over 7″ of rain in the past 2 weeks – I am a relieved and happy camper 🙂
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YAY! No forest Fires for you!!!
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When I was young there were too many tractor tipping accidents.
Glad your day ended well.
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It’s those slick ditch banks…full of mud…scary!
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A tipped tractor doesn’t sound that dangerous, but whoa. I guess it’s worse than it sounds! Thanks goodness you did OK. That sounds like a busy day.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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A tipped over tractor causes the driver to fall under the tractor pinning the driver flat. Usually resulting in death.
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Towing! I hate it too! The only time I ever drove our White 2105 tractor was being towed and I didn’t know the shifting pattern. Argggghh….glad you got it done all right. Your beans and hay look fantastic. btw I met another dog named Boomer down at the river today. He was as sweet as I imagine Colorado Boomer to be.
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Was he a beagle Boomer? We beagles make good Boomers! Boomer
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Love the shot of a terry and the cats 😻 .. The smell of Fresh cut hay is just divine ! We are in dire needs of gravel for our drive, got jealous when I saw that. Much care is needed on farms
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I’ve often wondered where all the gravel goes…over time it disappears in the dirt and there we are back to needing gravel!
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Tractors getting stuck is scary 😦 So glad it ended well!
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Me too…I would NOT know what to do otherwise!
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