(Smoke is back. Sigh)
As you all know, I dread winter! The snow, the flurries, being trapped inside—the whole cold thing.
But, as much as I dread winter, it is coming.
With winter and the need for heat in mind; off we went to the Uncompahgre Plateau to start cutting firewood.
Even with that huge load–we don’t have enough to make it through winter. 
On the way to the ‘special wood cutting place,’ we saw a Pronghorn
Stopping the pickup and sitting still we watched
Thoroughly entranced.
What a treat!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Be careful of the smoke, Boomer. UGH. Looking at all that firewood makes me feel warm.
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And we still need more
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Wow! That’s a LOT of firewood! I think we have a few more weeks of summer, despite the cold snap a week or two ago.
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It’s a lot, but not enough. Come Saturday or Sunday we will be where we need to be.
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Good luck!
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Thank you
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Wow. That is a lot of wood. Is that your truck? You have no other method of heating? No central Heating/Air?
How often do you see Pronghorns?
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We have back up Propane, but that is all it is for. Not very often. That is why I was so pleased to see one.
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How cold does it get up there on the plateau?
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On the Plateau…down to the minus 20 or so with lots of snow.
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WOW.
How cold does it get where you are? I’m still surprised at hot you get to be at that elevation.
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We can get down to -14*
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That is stunning, to have that kind of range. I don’t recall in my lifetime this area being minus anything and being over 100 is extremely rare. I guess being coastal keeps us temperate.
I guess I should have typed “how hot”, above. Fingers getting ahead of my brain…
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Me thinks me would love costal steadyness of temperatures.
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Methinks you are right. LOL!
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You always make me SMILE!!!
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Ditto! Back @ ya’!
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🙂
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❤
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It was nice of that pronghorn to stop and pose so nicely for you. I hope you are able to get all the wood you’ll need before winter actually gets here.
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Me too. We should be done Sunday!
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Fun to see wildlife! Making firewood is hard work! 🙂
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Hard work, but I love the heat!
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Wow…..that’s alot of wood….how many more truckloads will you need to get through the winter? I love pronghorns too. We usually see them when we drive out to Wyoming. Love the west!
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We will get the rest Sunday, then we will be set!
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We have about eight cords stacked and ready now for our New England winter. Every year is less predictable than the last. I do not cut log length anymore. thankfully I live in an area where I can by it cut. Our dog and cat would not put up with us if we depended on oil or propane. At two in the morning they can be found stretched out in front of the wood stove.
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You so understand! We are getting to the place where ‘getting’ the wood is starting to be BIG work. But that heat….oh, my…it is the best!
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Best of luck with the wood cutting Linda! Big job
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We are DONE for the year! YAY!
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