“If Life gives you lemons, make some kind of fruity juice.”–Conan O’Brien
We finished the first set of water just as the morning sun broke forth torching the sky’s edge with brilliant color.
Terry’s foot is doing ever so much better. Although, by nighttime, he says it still pains him; sleeping can be rough.
Still, each day is an improvement.
So being a tad tired of work, he decided we needed to take a ride.
Loading up we headed to Grand Mesa…the largest flat top mountain in the world.…the old-timers used to say.
When I was a tween my family spent all summer up here. I used to think that the old gods lived here. The Gods of the Indians, for this, was the Utes hunting ground. I would tell myself the Gods of the Indians were here; having been driven back into these high valleys, green places, and lush forests onto of the world. I would walk along paths deep within the forest and sing to those old Gods.
We roared along the highways, gazing out onto blue lands, trees full and lush, the cool air suffused with an azure light which glinted off the lakes.
We dove over the top, into Grand Junction then home again. The little rest refreshed our eyes, our minds, and our bodies.
The work still there, waiting, only now…it lifted us up once more, lending satisfaction to our day.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Oh, how lovely! Glad to read that Terry is doing a bit better. Terrible time to be injured!
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Last year in June he had an appendix operation, now this year in June…I wonder if there is a message here.
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Thank you for sharing your trip. Lovely photos
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Something different than farm work 🙂
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What a beautiful place you live in. I envy that ability to just hop in an open roof car and drive. That is the part of America I miss the most, and I missed it immediately, when I moved here 21 years ago.
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Wow! You’ve been in Milan 21 years. Happy Anniversary! 🙂
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Give or take…I’ve stopped counting.
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You make me smile! Always HUGS!
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‘A change is as good as a rest’ is an old cliche, but it’s true nonetheless. And you had such a spirit-lifting place to visit. Sounds as if it’s one of your big Happy Places 🙂
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It is. I always wanted a cabin up there, but not anymore it has been ‘discovered’ so very crowded now.
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I’m glad you were able to make some delightful ‘lemonade’ by going to Grand Mesa. Little breaks like that are good for the body — and the soul.
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They sure are. Although, it was much cooler up there, it was still on the hot side.
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Such a nice car to have fun in. Glad it lifted your spirits.
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It does…that wind in the hair sort of thing!
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Thanks for the photos of Grand Mesa…it always felt so peaceful and lovely there. I could remember its smells…a very unique forest.
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It’s very crowded now. All the available land is built on so it’s like a huge subdivision.
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A little break from work always makes coming back to it feel easy.
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Yes. So important! Something different!
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There is that pea again! In white this time! Even if I could get them to grow, it is impossible to know if any will be white. They grow like weeds on the roadsides, but are not easy to grow from seed. I got only a few seedlings. I took the seed from white flower, but all the seedlings that blooms to a very minor degree so far are bright pink.
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Is it possible to send you some from here to there?
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It is possible, but we already have plenty. The difficulty is getting them to grow where I want them! I took seed from those that bloomed white, both single and double flowers, and a few grew, but so far, none are white. Fortunately, I have not seen one that I do not like yet.
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Good for you to get away for a bit! I hope Terry keeps improving!
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It’s gradual, but there is progress.
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Hey Linda .. so good to hear Terry is getting better 🙂 That Grand Mesa sure looks beautiful … Wonderful photos my friend
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Thank you, Julie!
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