The school bus goes by our place long before the sun is really up.
Watching time move throughout the day is truly a glory. The first tinge of sunlight appears long after the world has woken and headed to work, or school, or shopping, or….
Quickly, ever so rapidly the daylight brightens,
then with high speed starts
the swift descent into night
Not long now before the shortest day of the year. Gratefully we will move forward into flourishing daylight and raw, impressive cold temperatures, which will billow into
Whispering, creaking ice…but at least the days will grow longer.
And THAT will be a very good thing.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
If I had had to start to school before the sun came up I would be illiterate today.
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Tee Hee. I feel for those kids.
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Thanks for the beautiful pictures to go along with your poetic words.
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🙂 Merry Christmas, George.
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Meanwhile, we await the longest day and will be thankful for fewer hours of this heat once the days tick over on the 21st. We’re having the hottest year on record…
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WHEW! Heat like that is never good.
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No…. it’s tiring, it makes people irritable, it’s very hard on people working outside, and of course, it’s terrible for the garden.
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Yes, heat is so wearing.
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It seems like it’s been a long winter already with snows since early October that aren’t melting. Shorter days and warmer temps would be very welcome!
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I’m ready
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Beautiful photos and thoughtd Linda! / Asta
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That you Asta
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Lovely sequence of photos Linda…. with your eye and camera, every hour is beautiful. Three or four days now until the daylight hours begin to lengthen … I agree that is a very good thing. Christmas lights help brighten my mood some this month. I like light!
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They do me too. I think they need to be up all through November, December, January, February and maybe March 🙂
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I cannot wait for the days to start growing longer!!!! You are so right, Linda!
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Soon, ever so soon I am so ready!
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Wonderful pictures and words dear Linda 🙂
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You are always so supportive. Thank you so much, Julie
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