Yesterday morning was brisk and cold
So we worked on the log pile cutting and sorting firewood (not having to work in mud–the ground was frozen, you see)
I am NOT a fan of cottonwood…it stinks when it burns and leaves lots of chunks
Gradually our wood is getting cleaned up and sorted and hauled to the house for warmth
There is still lots of winter left, soon we will be hauling from our other wood piles behind the barn and up at the Back Forty
But the stack yard is starting to look rather nice
Then in the late afternoon, as the sun’s heartbeat poised for a wee second on the western horizon, just before the dark rose up
Our sky turned golden
Filling our world with long shadows
And stunning light!
From my heart to your world,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Linda, as usual, your photos are awesome and it amazes me that you can wear shorts and capris year round!! Hugs to Boomer!
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Only me…everyone else bundles up. I run hot all the time. But I still LOVE SUMMER BEST!
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Shorts! I am impressed!! Two warm layers for me. Or three. lol
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Only on some days. I like to pretend it’s spring.
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Your photos of skies are gorgeous! Firewood is lots of work, every which way. We stacked ours right out the garage door, which if we don’t burn it all I get to more back tot the wood piles in spring. So I vote… burn that wood!!!
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We stack close, then stack green in a couple of other places…then we have to move the green…sigh.
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Wonderful colours in today’s post. And good to see your firewood is warming you twice 🙂
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And three times 🙂
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I am so sick of winter, although the sunsets and icy skies are best then. Good news: THE GEESE ARE BACK!!! Huge flock flew over this afternoon with their joyous calling and honking. We’re back, we’re back. Soon we will see snow geese and swans…and lastly the cranes. We went outside and waved them a Hello.
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OH! JOY! JOY! JOY! Spring is coming soon!
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Hope you have enough to get through the cold snaps.
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Me too!
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Any baby calves yet?
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Nope and the rancher is making noises to move them so they can calve out at home. 😦
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Poplar is actually what I grew for firewood in town, not because it was a good firewood, but because it was so fast and reliable. There were six Lombardy poplars, which are the same genus as cottonwood. I could cut one down annually, and by the time I got back to it six years later, it had grown back enough to make firewood for the year. It did not provide all the wood, but combined with what I dragged home from work, it was sufficient.
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🙂
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Those last two pics are super Linda! And your bare legs … aren’t you cold?
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Sometimes. But I wear long pants and socks and shoes on those days. 🙂
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Charlee: “We enjoy the sun no matter what it’s doing.”
Chaplin: “As long as there are puddles of it for us to lie in, it’s all good.”
Charlee: “But we have to say, we do like that golden light at sunset!”
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Laying in the warm sun is something I like to do. I want to come back as a house cat with a warm window to enjoy sunlight in.
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