Although, we had a sprinkling of rain yesterday. We are still extremely dry.
So dry that wind rushing throughout the farm creates terrible dust, which settles on everything and everyone until it settles down (again).
Yesterday morning, early, lightning and thunder rushed upon us from the Uncompahgre Plateau, thunder rolled, long and loud, and lightning forked across the heavens.
It was a fast-moving storm. Crackling and jabbing toward the earth in flashes of silver and gold. Leaving behind in it wakes a fire burning on the edge of Fruitland Mesa, directly in line with Crawford, Colorado
Colorado (as many parts of the west) is just tooooo dry!
But last evening…. as more rain showers played along the edges of the farm— We saw a rainbow!
A huge joy to me!
From my heart to your world,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I hope the fires stay far away from you. Fires started by Mother Nature can be as bad as those started by thoughtless humans. Prayers continue for more rain in your area.
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Thank you, we are desperate as you know.
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That is the most interesting looking rainbow! Glad the storm didn’t do too much damage to your place. The news makes it look so bad there. Glad you are all ok.
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Colorado Springs seemed to really get it!
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I lived in the area of Pueblo for about 6 months as a kid. It had a profound affect on my life so it stuck deeply in my memory bank. 🙂
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A message from beyond the earth…
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Yes!
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I hope you get some rain that dust must drive you nuts:(
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It does. I can’t keep it off the plant leaves or the windows. Ugh!
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Hope you get the rain….it’s cloudy here but just spitting rain …. doubt it will do anything .. so as many times before.
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That’s the way it’s been here. We need several days of soft gentle rain.
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Those wild fires scare me! And I’m probably almost 2000 miles away. They just sound so horrible.
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They are terrible this year! Really sad.
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Rain, rain ~ please drop rain on the western slope!
Hope that it doesn’t get out of control….
Beautiful Day Lilly to brighten your yard – love the color!
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I hope for rain for you in the forest, but only rain…no lightening!
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“Heuy” appears to be deserting us all.
Here in Australia we have experienced the driest autumn on record
and now just past mid winter still hardly any rain in the rural regions.
One sheep farmer’s plight was shown on rural and Australian news TV
having young lambs in his home, the ewes had died and his flock of
bone showing breeding ewes of 1200 all had to be shot and bulldozed
into a mass grave. Really just heart breaking to see.
Storage feed is being transported in as fast as possible but it
is not enough. Some sheep graziers have been sent to the wall!
Rain is forecast but I like everyone else would love to see it
eventuate.
I hope and pray that you get the necessary rain to maintain your
crops.
Your grandkids and yourselves would love to see the annual whale
migration north. They are swimming and doing “whale Jumps”
(Breaching) right off Terrigal Beach and the pods are growing in number. Some of the whales already have young with them.
Needless to say this is good business for the tourism industry and the
cafes etc etc but on a weekend traffic comes to practically a standstill.
Highrise building does bring a curse when nobody considers the traffic impact,
that means bloody developers!!!!
Had to finish this on a positive report – well on the whales enjoying themselves!!!
Cheers and Huey -DO YOUR JOB!!!
Colin
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Oh! I am so sad reading this! I hope you get rain soon!!!
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Linda, I am so sorry about the dryness. I have only experienced dust like that once, a long, long time ago. Horrible! Take care of yourself. Praying for rain!! We need it here too, but not as badly as you need it there.
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I pray for rain for you also!
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I sure wish we could send you some rain!
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Boy, I wish you could too! We get what California is having and they aren’t getting anything but heat. 😦
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The smoke looks like the clouds above. I have not been watching the news about fires, but heard there was one in Idylwild in Riverside County.
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Gosh your photos are amazing Linda. Sorry to hear about the fires … to think that is how it was started ! And that dust .. keep those windows closed. Hugs
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Ugh is so right!
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