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Friday night was Delta High Schools Homecoming Game
(they won).
And, most delightfully for us, Terry was asked to bring the corvette down for the parading of the royalty during half-time of the game.
Another special thing, was a very good friend of ours’ son, was the Homecoming King.
What an honor for us, to be asked to drive around the 2019-2010 King and Queen —what a privilege to be there.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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Harvest is here. The corn choppers are moving through all the silage fields now, filling silos and laying the once growing corn fields bare.
The pinto beans on our farm are all harvested, and the renters moving on to their other farms with the big combines, trucks, and tractors
Terry and I took a ride to see if the hemp is being harvested
Not yet.
I hope to see the fields harvested, but not yet.
Pinto beans, the last cutting of hay, ensilage/silage; the onions are starting to be readied for harvest.
But not the hemp.
Or the picking corn. (The picking corn will be in October early November, depending on the moisture in the corn.)
Harvest! What all the farmers have been waiting for.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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Hello! It’s Me, Mindy-Lou, Min-Min, Kit-Cat Brown. Today is MY day to visit with you!
First off…we have a BIG GIANT BUCK DEER hanging out in the yard. HE IS HUGE!
I make sure I’m not close to him and those very sharp looking hooves.
I also stay away from the hens. They have sharp beaks and like to stab them at me if I get too close.
I do lots of checking things out around the farm; mostly to find and eat mice.
When I get one, I always take it to Mom and show her. I get lots of pettings when I do.
I sleep with Mom at night. I curl up right by Mom and get really warm. Sure, feels good. Mom pets me off and on during the night. I like that so I purr for Mom.
But whenever I can I try to stay with Dad…
OH!
WAIT!
GOTTA GO!
There goes, Dad!
AHHHHHHH!
Just right! Sitting in the sun with Dad.
Mindy
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It was in this month I lost my maternal Grandfather, years and years ago… September 23, 1974, to be exact
Then my father died on September 24, 1999
Odd how these two giants in my life (and in my Mother’s life) passed away in September.
For some reason, maybe this fact, of the two deaths, of men who shaped me, September is a tad bit of a sad month.
I’ve been missing those who have gone before. All of them. There seems to be so many, taking their peaceful loving selves to other places unknown.
I miss my best friend, the sister of my heart, we were babies in blankets together. Friends until she also left for places beyond the veil.
Sometimes, like right now, I wonder.
It feels like I can still hear these souls I’ve loved. I feel them touch me, I hear their voices in the wind, their song singing loudly in the stunningly bright skies.
Watch them walk past me; the leaves catching their silhouettes
Loving me still; as I love them.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
The air warmed up causing Terry and me to crave a little magic in our day
Everything was done, or at least to points whereby we were tired of doing them
So we loaded up and took off
(game camera photo by the game camera I have up to take photos of raccoons 🙂 )
Nice!
A Special little God-given adventure!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
In the Fall the Crows and Ravens arrive
They are amazing creatures…never holding their tongue. Talk, talk, talk, there among the tired and worn leaves.
For, if they know it! They tell it!
CAW!!! CAW! CAW!
Gossipy birds! 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We have a beautiful young buck roaming our yard at night
The game camera I set up to capture photos of the raccoon’s; captured this wondrous creature
Moving through the flower beds, his coat shimmering in the camera light
The gracefulness of his delicate and slender strong legs, the chiseled planes of his face, the long tufted ever-moving ears are delightful to behold.
Unbeknownst to me, Boomer followed the bucks tracks. (I didn’t know until I checked the camera.)
Thankfully I can enjoy this creature and not be upset with him…I have planted all things deer don’t like to eat.
Now raccoons, let me tell you they enjoy lots of things in the yard…the apricots, the pears, the cherries, the prunes, the wild plums, the apples, and my tomatoes!
Just say’n. 🙂 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
“After reading a good book I have a hard time coping with reality.” Unknown
Early in the morning, Stephan, one of the kids renting the farm, stopped and came in for a visit
He wanted to let us know that the alfalfa fields were ours once more. Their contract for three cuttings had finished.
So, as the sun warmed the day, and before the winds generously swept across the farm
Terry and I went out to start the irrigation water in the fields. It is not good to have the alfalfa go into winter dry. Nor, does Terry try to get a fourth cutting.
This allows fields to put on nice growth. After which the cows will have grazing and the plants will be healthy come Spring. Not stressed.
We were pleasantly surprised that Stephan picked up all the siphon tubes in the pinto bean field, readying those fields for harvest, protecting the tubes, and helping us get the farm ready for winter.
Stephan also picked up his tubes so Terry and I had to jocky some around to begin the water in the alfalfa fields.
It was a lovely surprise those gathered siphon tubes. They returned the land as they found it.
Terry and I commented to each other; that it felt really nice to be back out on the land.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Mom and I have taken to long walks. Well, longer than normal.
We have to be careful because Mindy cat wants to walk with us and Mom doesn’t want Mindy to get side-tracked; stay out on the farm, and become COYOTE FOOD!
So, Mom puts Mindy in the house then we go out!
And about.
Looking for BIRDS!
(And other things.)
Sometimes Mom,
Mindy, and I go out at night.
That’s when Mom likes to take photos of the Moon…in every stage of the Moon’s growth.
Sometimes Mom will even get a photo of a wild creature…
like the Raccoons, who live in the hollow of the Willow tree and like to eat Mom’s tomatoes!
Although Mom personally has never gotten a photo of the Raccoons, she did put up a game camera so the game camera could get a photo of the raccoons.
The wild geese are plentiful now. Three large skeins have flown over our heads, even while I write to you.
Soon the Sandhill Cranes will be here. Mom says the big birds are back early…she thinks we will have an early winter.
But until then, there is still stuff to do in warm Autumn days!
Boomer Beaglie Brown (a.k.a. Sherlock)
Yes, I feed the little wild creatures
It’s my lure.
A wee win for me
A delicious and marvelous treat
Dazzling eyes and tummies!
Creating a bright winter stash
During the long dark winter days.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 