Smoke still fills the sky, day and night, night and day…and the heat wears on and on and on…Wednesday we hit 104*f ( 40c)
But, in spite of all that
Fall is in the air. Yes, I know it’s still August, but the signs are still there
The Rabbit Brush is blooming…three weeks early
The trees are starting to lighten up, with bits of yellow poking through here and there
The pinto beans are turning yellow. Once all the plants are yellow the pinto bean harvest will begin.
The daylight is shrinking (sob)
The corn is starting to dent
Although we are still irrigating. Once the corn is totally dented the water for the corn will stop. There will not be a reason to keep the water on the corn; the plant stops taking in the water, the seeds are now made.
The only thing we will keep irrigating will be the three alfalfa fields. Those we keep irrigating until sometime in October.
For you never want alfalfa to go into the winter thirsty if you do…you won’t have a field next spring.
Yes, Fall is in the air, (although this reluctant to break heat, would have a person think differently), 
even the light has changed.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I hope you soon have some cooler temperatures to go with the other signs of Autumn on the way.
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We need that and break with rain! Good Morning, George.
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WOW! 104°! Temps are cooler here now and evening temps have been dropping down into the mid 60’s by morning. Daylength is getting shorter, as you say, making us come inside earlier. I hope your harvests are great! Thanks for sharing how things are going on your farm.
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It’s always fun to see how everyone is so different, yet we are all the same. Good Morning!
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Very true.
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Hot here, too. Isn’t it amazing how suddenly it is dark at 8:30 pm? Happens every August but always takes me by surprise. The only good thing about winter, in my opinion, is that the horrible wildfires will be out.
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That IS the only good thing. We sure need rain. COME ON RAIN!
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104?! E-GADS. I am puzzled by your high heat and high elevation. I always thought, the higher the elevation, the lower the temperature.
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No, we are high desert in the Rocky Mountains…High Heat, More Sun, less humidity
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OY. *pant* *pant* 😓😰
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