While we slept, the dreams of summer vanished along with all the summer stars
The weeds had been warning us…turning their summer green to colors suited only for Fall
Then in the pink and purple blaze of morning sunrise
The sunlight striking on the ground revealed Jack Frost arrived last night!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The weather has turned…the long days of wonderful warm (even hot) weather is now gone. Fled to other parts unknown.
The brilliant days of summer blurred through wind and rain into
True days of Fall. The light is different now…
The colors more diffused, although sometimes shinning brilliant
As though the heavens are breathing…taking in summer letting out Autumn
Fall is not an empty time…it the accumulation of the spring and summer…some of the corn is being turned into silage, the onions are being pulled waiting for drying weather then sacked and sold,
And of course all the pinto beans are pulled and waiting for drying weather, so they, too, can be combined and sold.
The sky itself moves constantly sending us rainbows through the mists…
Sending me gifts of rainbows from others—our son-in-law captured one on his way to work
So far no frost! But cold days and even colder nights
Fall has arrived in all it’s amazing splendor!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
The days are warm and lovely with a small wind from off the Uncompahgre Plateau
I just make sure not to be on the side the trash drifts! 🙂
We blazed though one field the first afternoon,
Finished the second field yesterday
Then as the light brighten the sky, throwing shadows deep and blue across the earth we took the last load to the Beanery.
Two fields done! YIPPEE!!
Now we wait…one more field to go. But that won’t be until around the first of October. Fingers Crossed for sunny, drying weather!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
When the smoke was terrible here, (although not as terrible as other places) I took some photos of the sun and the moon.
The strange color
A testament to the disaster happening in prairies and forests in the west
The orange moon and the red-hot molten sun roaring like soft thunder in the sky!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Together we went out to check the last field of pinto beans…are they ready to be pulled, is the dew just right, is it time?
We decided it was time.
Finished! All the pinto beans are pulled!
If the weather holds we will be combining the first two fields come Thursday!
This last field must have two weeks to dry.
Hopefully the rains stay away! Just for spell…just until the last load of pinto beans is at the Beanery! Hopefully!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
In the Glittering sunlight
High in the air
On a crisp, bright, warm September morning
The little Barn Swallows gathered in dense clusters in the sky, then
they filled the electric lines above the canal.
All early morning they came, swooping in, resting until they rose all as one, shimmering and glittering, into the autumn sky; dipping and rising in a choreographed dance taking them away from us.
Leaving the air around our yard empty of sound.
From my world to your heart.
Linda
We’ve had rain…the days damp and the mornings with a chill
The days warm up nicely.
The pinto bean harvest came to a screeching halt—the bean puller broke…
Then as it got fixed…
The rains came. Which means Terry will have to go out and lift all the plants up out of the soil, (rains smashes plants) before he can combine the two fields—there is still one to pull and let dry and then combine.
I’ve been canning…pineapple candy peppers and
Salsa
Plus we’ve turned off water to the place. Irrigation is done for the year. The only thing left now will be picking up the syphon tubes and flushing out the ditches.
Fall galloped in…complete with wild geese flying over us in the wind!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Our daughter and son-in-law, Cliff and Kimi, had a beautiful double rainbow light up their sky as the westering sun broke through a very loud and flashy gathering of clouds!
They so graciously sent to me giving me permission to share it with you!
From my world to your heart!
Linda
After much checking and checking and more checking Terry has decided that the corn is now made
All the signs are there
The husks are turning golden
The silks no longer bright and shiny
When the animals try to bite into them the kernels are hard
We made it!
The growing season is done.
Although, we are NOT over yet….
The pinto beans are drying…big fluffy plants
The new fall field is soaking up the water..
The alfalfa is really growing, but it won’t be cut again. Four cuttings deplete the plant going into winter. (For us anyway)
Slowly, slowly, the summer is dwindling down…sinking into that hugely busy time called harvest!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
These bright Autumn days are full
We had an overnight visit from our Grandson…he is getting TALL—5’11”
Tally came for two days and two nights
Then the last load of hay
Left…1,500 bales all cut, stacked, sold and gone! YAY!
Terry’s sister and brother-in-law came for a couple of days
The hydraulic pump broke, went through the fan and pushed the fan into the radiator..sigh!
Of course, there is always the water to change
Life is busy, but still good.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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