About Dayphoto

My name is Linda Brown. I live on a farm on the western slope of Colorado, in the high mountain desert. I’ve lived here all my life, hailing back four generations on my father’s side. Today I blog about our farm, the everyday activities that keep the farm going. I also write about my thoughts and dreams and goals. On Friday’s I always write about TLC Cai-Cai. Our sweet kitty who helps keep the farm safe. And Boo Berry Betty, a breeder dog learning to be a Farm Dog! The lovely thing about blogging it opens the world up for all of us to reach out and meet people from many different cultures and different ways of life. You can find me every day (but Saturday) at https://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com/ Your Friend on a Western Colorado Farm, Linda Brown

Spring is a Long Ways Off Yet — Monday, January 9, 2022

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Dayphoto

We have a cold front coming our way. That is what our sky says.

A beautiful western Colorado Sundog.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

From Northern Illinois at Christmas Time —- Sunday, January 8, 2022

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Dayphoto

Sent to me at Christmas time!!! 🙂

This was taken at a park/forest preserve property where I will go to relax and watch trains go by.

Below is a rail car that went by this morning, which was rather interesting:

WOW! Thank you so much!

That is an amazing Sundog. We don’t get beauties like that here.

The train car is fun—so many talented people out there!

May 2023 be a wonderful year for you and your family!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-My Birth Month, Friday, January 6, 2023

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Dayphoto

This is my birth month.

Mom doesn’t know the exact day

And neither do I.

We just know that the vet said I was probably born

Around the first of the month of January,

Give or take.

So Mom always says HAPPY BIRTHDAY on the First Friday of the Month of January.

That works for me!

And for Mom.

So here I am TWO YEARS OLD

And King of the family!

(Don’t I look like a king? 😊 )

Beautiful, wonderful, Darling, Mom always says to me!

TLC Cai-Cai

Today—-Is all You Really Have —Thursday, January 5, 2022

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Dayphoto

There really isn’t anything else

You can’t do anything about yesterday,

Or tomorrow! Just Today!

The best thing to do [then] is ENJOY today!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Do As Well as Possible, Then Leave the Rest to the God (the Universe) —Wednesday, January 4, 2022

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Dayphoto

At the end of the year, it is natural to look back

To search out those things we did well,

or those things we wish we could do over

Then we start to look forward—

As it is only natural to do.

For you in 2023— I wish for you:

The immensity of love from the Heavens

And the amplified love, from those of us who love you,

Will wash over you this coming year

So that each one of you is doubly blessed!

That is my hope, my prayer, and my wishes for you!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The Invisible Visible World All Around Us —- Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Dayphoto

They are there

Visibly Invisible

The Natural world, that is

Beautifully there! Right THERE!

An immensity of charming, awe-inspiring, astonishing, joy everywhere.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

How Quickly the Years Swept By — Monday, January 2, 2023

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Dayphoto

Yesterday was my Daddy’s birthday. He was born on January 1, 2026

The January he was ten, his father passed away from pneumonia.

It was a horrible– bitter– melancholy time.

His mother, Francis, re-married Charles Holder. I always knew her as Grandma Holder, although, our last name was Doyle.

By the time Daddy turned 16, the world was in a huge conflict, called WWII.

Just as Daddy turned seventeen Grandma signed so Daddy could ‘go to the Navy’

Of course, there are lots of pieces of Daddy’s story I am skipping. You do understand.

Here I am on my second Christmas —Momma, Me, and Daddy

Then by the time I was three along came Danny.

Daddy! Sometimes it feels like your shadow is close to me. Soaking into the earth and stones…touching my shoulders, putting your arm around me, filling the sky like a torch of light.

Yesterday you would have turned 97 if you were still in earthly form.

Instead, we lost you in 1999.

But still— sometimes, when I turn quickly or feel something brush my hair, I sense you are there.