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

June 25, 2013

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Dayphoto

Years ago I was a florist …I enjoyed working with the flowers and providing a bright spot in someone’s day.

This winter I started making fabric flowers — what a fun little hobby it has turned out to be.

Then on Friday I got a request to make a hat for a cancer patient…something fun, elegant, but not over the top and could be worn everyday, if necessary.

Here is the finale result.

The lovely lady called yesterday delighted and so surprised with the hat. She even cried.

My heart goes out to her, losing your hair is so hard, going through the treatments even harder, and staying positive, so you can heal, extremely difficult.

I am so glad this brought a tiny bit of happiness in her life.

Linda

June 6, 2013

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Dayphoto

Just for a little fun (and to answer some of your questions) I’ll post these few photos of the Corvette Stingray

We’ve had the car for a long time (I never drive it–but I do ride in it)

He used to drive it in the winter

Since it has a rag top and a hard top.

But the icy roads and blizzard conditions made him stop that nonsense and just use it in the summer time….with the top down.

He gets offers all the time to buy it…but, well, you know the answer to that question 🙂 It’s Terry’s baby.

Linda

June 23, 2013

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Dayphoto

We are still having hot windy days. No rain in site here…it’s gathering forces and waiting for the second cutting of hay…. 🙂 …just saying.

Some days smoke fills the air coming from some horrid forest fire somewhere, then the wind starts and moves it out.

We have wind gusts up to 30 m.ph. hour in the afternoons and early evenings.

But if you get in this little convertible

and take a little ride…the sun feels good on your head and the wind feels lovely in your hair.

Summer….who could ask for more?

Linda

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — The Lazy Days of Summer

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Dayphoto

Summer (well technically we aren’t there yet, but its hot enough a Dog can call it summer) is the bestest of times.

Sure beats winter…freezing cold, so cold your nose freezes shut, wind that takes your nose right off your face and then laughs at you because you can’t breathe anymore and no rides in the back of the pick-up because it is just WAY TOO COLD!

Just like in winter we go everywhere with Mom and sometimes Dad. But in summer they go lots more places we get to go with them too—

Like town—Fuzzy and I wait with Mom while Dad goes into the parts store or the hardware store…Mom always waits with us because there are people around that will kidnap dogs.

We always go irrigating and sometimes just for walks with Mom. There we see things like rabbits…

I NEVER CHASE RABBITS. Mom says I’m a funny beagle because that is what my breed was bred for…to CHASE RABBITS.

But I don’t.

They are my friends.

I’m more interested in just smelling the smells and seeing what news is out there. Maybe I was a news reporter in my former life. Tee hee, hahaha…snort, churckle!

Fuzzy likes to bark at the birds…he never bothers the Robins, but he sure does like to bark at the Barn Swallows! 🙂

We help with hay, the irrigation, (morning, noon and night) and we work with Mom in her yard.

Lately the heat has been ‘over-the-top’ not just the heat but lots and lots of high winds. But Fuzzy and I have it figured out how to stay cool.

Nothing beats underneath Dad’s pick-up!

Nothing!

We lay under there and we stay cool and unruffled!

On top of all of those really cool things to do we get to chase

SQUIRRELS!!!

Gotta go! HURRY FUZZY HE IS HERE!

Boomer

Nodding Thistle or also known as Musk Thistle

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Dayphoto

We have many, many weed here…some are just a pain, but others are really horrid. The invasive species are the worst….nothing likes to eat them, they sterilize the soil so only ‘they’ can grow, and (usually) they are ugly –Russian Knapp Weed, Canada Thistle are examples.

Randomly there is a weed that is just downright beautiful-but still a weed and still an invasive weed. I chop them down the second I see them start to form. Sometimes I miss one or so, before you know it…there they are.

The Nodding Thistle or also known as the Musk Thistle is one of those horrid weeds which is incredibly beautiful.

This one got by my shovel, so I took photos of it for you.

A beautiful weed

Now chopped off.

But I can assure you there are more out there! Invasive species have incredible survival skills.

Linda

June 19, 2013

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Dayphoto

Since it has been so hot we drove up to Lee’s Reservoir for a morning of relaxation.

The dogs loved the swim and everyone loved the break.

Sometimes you just have to get away for a couple of hours. In this case we took three hours out of the day. When we got back the wind was blowing with gusts up to 30 m.p.h.

The weather people are saying we can expect the same again today. The wind should help in clearing out all the smoke which came in over-night from the fire in Utah.

Fire is such a sad part of summer.

Linda

June 17, 2013

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Dayphoto

I have some ‘new’ to me birds feeding at my Hummingbird feeders. I really don’t know what they are so if someone out there does, please let me know.

It is possible these are the Lesser Goldfinch, but I’m not sure.

I am surprised that these big birds like to drink the sugar water…they chase the hummers off and have a go at it; draining the feeder in a very short while.

At first the hummers tried to dive bomb these big birds but they have given up now. If the big birds show up the hummers just move down to another feeder or fly up into the tree branches.