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

An Avenue of Escape—-Thursday, November 8, 2018

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Dayphoto

I am really not good at sitting watching TV…my hands need to be doing something so my ears can listen. Otherwise, I’m up and down; restless.

I am also not very good at complicated things. So I look for kits to work.

I have one daughter who loves Halloween…I just finished this cute little pillow top and am now working on another one. I will post it when I finish.

Then I have another daughter who loves Christmas. This is also a kit, but I changed it up some….creating two pockets to reflect their dogs

Gypsy who is an Old English Bulldog

This is not a very good photo, but it gives you an idea of what she looks like…she is gray and white.

And Scout who is an Australian Kelpie

This morning I saw a rainbow…on my kitchen floor…I’ll take any type of rainbow wherever I can!

You folks have a good day!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The Gentle Art of Being a Hero—Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Dayphoto

Mindy was an older feral cat when she decided at her mature age of 5 to come live on the farm with us

We allow her to come and go in the house as she wishes

To sleep wherever she wants in the house

Although, she loves me and the food I magically appear before her

But where Boomer is always with me

Her most favorite person in the whole wide world

Is Terry.

I think the feeling is mutual 🙂

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

spoke the words slowly, in an ancient tongue come down from the days of the Norsemen. “Say it in English,” I said, seeing from Roger’s face that while he spoke the words, he did not recognize them all. “O Lord, bless the blood and the flesh of this the creature that You gave me,” Jamie said softly. He scooped a pinch of the herbs himself, and rubbed them between thumb and forefinger, in a rain of fragrant dust. “Created by Your hand as You created man, Life given for life. That me and mine may eat with thanks for the gift, That me and mine may give thanks for Your own sacrifice of blood and flesh,

The Earth Surrounded in Wrapping —- Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Dayphoto

Yesterday morning we woke to fog

The sun peaking through more like candlelight that sunshine

It was beautiful! The earth so much warmer than the air, decorating everything in rich drops of moisture

A wee cloud filling each and every crevis on our farm. Interlacing each building and piece of farm equipment together creating a secret, but trusted spot.

From my world to your heart,

Linda

So We Wait—-Monday, November 5, 2018

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Dayphoto

A storm blew in yesterday…bringing snow to the mountains

and rain to the fields

The setting sun echoed color throughout the clouds

The rain filled the sky—

Then charged over the land slowing down harvest!

We will begin again when everything is dry enough.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

CORN HARVEST!!! YA! We Have Begun—-Sunday, November 4, 2018

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Dayphoto

We have begun! The last of our crops are now being harvested. Sometime in the next two weeks, with fingers crossed and the creek doesn’t rise,

Our fields of corn will be at the elevator

Then it will be time to put the whole farm to bed and work on fences until the cows come in.

But all that is down the road a spell…for right now we will enjoy

Getting the corn off the shucks and into the truck!

And down to the Elevator. This is an old photo from January 2016….the year the corn would NOT dry down until January. It shows you where we go to deliver our harvest.

Anyway…we are up and running now!

And THAT is a very good thing!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

GUESS! WHAT!?!?!?!—-Thursday, November 1, 2018

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Dayphoto

Yesterday was my annual visit to the vet!

And my birthday is NOT 13, that Mom thought it was it’s my 12th birthday!!!

MOM WAS WRONG!!!! I am much younger a whole YEAR younger!!!

YAY!
Boomer

The Sky is Full of Fey Beauty—-Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Dayphoto

The rains left last night and today

The sky is swimming with leaves upon the very cool breeze

The earth’s beating heart is slowing down, heading into the deep sleep called winter

Every day the sound of the beating heart of the earth is growing softer and softer

As the time of deep sleep nears.

From my world to your heart,

Linda

The Sky is a Dull Silver Gray—Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Dayphoto

A storm has blown in streaming moisture and clouds across the heavens

It’s supposed to be a one day visit. Leaving our area this afternoon sometime on a stiff brisk wind.

Corn harvest waits a tad bit longer.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Where We are on the Farm Now—-Monday, October 29, 2018

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Dayphoto

We still have not started the corn harvest. Although, Terry is checking the dryness of the corn weekly now. The last moisture count was 15.3%. It must be 15 or below to begin.

So we wait.

The days are sharply cooling down…the ground is more leaf-littered each and every day

Last Friday we had the bliss and excitement of a thick marvelous fog

Of which, I had to go walking in.

After all, it’s rare (in our part of the world) to be able to actually walk in a cloud sitting down on the eath. 🙂

It was breathtaking.

The steady flow of water in the canal is turned off today. It will take a week before it is gone at our farm—for you see the water travels all the way from the Blue Mesa Reservoir, Gunnison, Colorado, to the Gunnison River at Delta, Colorado…irrigating farms all along the way.

There is a definite snap in the air, causing us to enjoy the evenings with the heat of the wood stove.

Autumn is moving rapidly toward winter now.

BUT—-

O! The excitement —-while out on the farm a flock of bluebirds flew by Boomer and me on their way through (they don’t seem to nest here on our farm) to who knows where–