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

I Finally Did It!!!

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Dayphoto

I got a several photos of the cranes! They are so very hard to sneak up on…I had to walk very, very carefully….taking only a few steps at a time and then waiting and waiting and waiting…no dogs, cats, children or husband along. Just me and my camera.

It is a fact they are Sandhill Cranes…very lovely birds.

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In the hundreds that are wintering here, I see no Canada Geese with them. Usually we have hundreds of geese and no Sandhill Cranes.

They enjoy the corn and they like to be with the cows. The corn they seem to like the best is the hard-dent corn (corn you feed to animals and make corn bread from), the sweet corn fields they seem to shun.

The only other fields they like are the winter wheat fields, everything else is scorned.

Well, anyway, I made it! Now we all know…

Sandhill Cranes!

Linda

Macro Monday

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Dayphoto

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It’s sort of melting here. I can’t decide if that is good or bad. I guess it is what it is. I am thankful for the warmer days, it’s been really rather (too) cold. A little warm up is always nice. It breaks up the days. I’m sure we will be seeing bitter cold again soon, it is just January.

Happy 2012…we have arrived!

Linda

Sunday Stills—2012

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Dayphoto

The challenge for Sunday Stills is to post your favorite photo from 2011 and your photographic hopes for 2012.

I actually liked this one that I took this morning…I love the colors and the crisp feeling it provokes.

I hope to be able to continue to ‘see’ what I’m photographing—looking for lines, lights, and colors. And apply it to people.

I’m still learning how to photograph people…it’s a skill I would love to have.

Have a wonderful 2012…It doesn’t seem possible we are here. When I was in the first grade this year seemed ages and ages away.

Linda

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday —2011 Onward

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Dayphoto

It’s been cold here! Very cold! We got down to -7* one night. It’s been so cold that when you go outside, well, heck…your nostrils sticks together. Now that’s a hard thing to do when you have a DOG Nose!!! 🙂

Freddy Fox has been seen out in the corn field hunting mice, Mom says he sure is beautiful, but he had better stay out there and not come inside the yard. Then she looks Fuzzy and I straight in the eye and says: “You boys had better guard the chickens well!”

We wag our tails really hard and look sincerely back into her eyes and try with everything in us to tell her ‘WE WILL!”

The snow is still pretty deep, but we walk with Mom every day checking out things, yesterday I went by myself over the hill and the dale clear to the coyote area, sniffed around a lot. Sure were lots to learn….two of the coyotes are going to have pups, coyotes are pretty interesting. When Mom found out I was out there she called me to come home. I sort of got in trouble for bothering my neighbors. She said now the coyotes have MY sent and she hopes they don’t come looking for ME!

Who would have thought such a thing?

Then last night Dad came inside saying the coyotes sure where whopping and hollering over in the coyote dell. Mom gave me a very stern look.

Shish!

Some people just don’t understand that I won’t get hurt. I’m just interested in learning things.

Shish! Huff! Stomp, Stomp! Huff!

Every evening the fog rolls in, and then in the morning we have hoar frost everywhere. Pretty but COLD!

Then yesterday we had a change, it warmed up to 34* and we got MELT! Melt! Whoo hoo!!!

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Since it’s the end of the year Fuzzy and I thought we would give you our Goals for 2012

If the going gets rough…hang with your people—they will need you
If you see your people upset, roll over and let them pet your tummy. They will forget whatever it is that is making them frown
Always be ready for a walk. Be sure to take your people, they forget to go outside and smell the smells and see the footprints on the earth
Every time you see your loved ones put on a happy face, wag your tail, wag your whole body…everyone loves to be loved
Don’t worry about the little stuff….heck; don’t even worry about the big stuff. Be happy right where you are.
Sleep as close to your people as you can get, it always produces sweet dreams
If you are tired, take a nap. Works wonders every time

Happy New Year Everyone….2012 is sure to be a great year!

Boomer and Fuzzy

Birds

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Dayphoto

I finally got close enough to get a ————–far——————-shot of those cranes. I’m still not sure what type of crane they are…they do not look like they have a red on their heads, but maybe they do.

The ravens and crows are flocking in the fields also. I even saw one of them on a light pole at Wally World

The Canada Geese have left the fields for the cranes, but are very happy in the lakes and ponds around the area

If I can ever get closer to the cranes I hope to get a better photo…I would love to know what kind they are.

Linda

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer —Merry Christmas One and All

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Dayphoto

Mom, Dad, Fuzzy, Boomer, Sam the Cat, Monkey the Cat, all the chickens and cows wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas!

(Mom made us do this…Fuzzy hid until Mom said “Stay!” and I tried to roll my head thing off—I don’t know why she wanted us to wear this…..)

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Anyway, Merry Christmas, we have enjoyed telling you our stories.

Mom, says “See you on Sunday”,

Linda, Fuzzy and Boomer

Computer Repair

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Dayphoto

I just had a computer crash…what a mess! When you realize what has happened you get a huge sinking feeling in your stomach, then you want to cry.

I did cry.

But I’m back with it fixed and up-graded and all sorts of good stuff. My computer guy moved me over to Google Chrome where I am having a learning curve, but I think I’m going to make it.

Having my computer back is just wonderful! One good thing I had done earlier is get Carbonite. What a life saver! I highly recommend it! HIGHLY!

I’m off for a walk…it’s really beautiful outside and I need to wind down and thank God, the Universe and any and all Powers that be for the fixing and return on my computer in a very short time. (I was afraid I was going to have to go without until after the first of the year…HORRORS).

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Linda

A Partridge in a Pear Tree or in Our Case— Doves in an Apricot Tree

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Dayphoto

Well, not really. These ring-necked doves did not migrate this year, but decided to stay.

Most of them flew away as I got near, but these three stayed…keeping a close eye on the dogs.

Another snow storm is coming in, clouds are building as I write this. We are supposed to get snow Tuesday night of Wednesday morning. Looks like we will have a winter Christmas.

We were going to anyway, but the new snow will freshen up the trompled and walked in snow so we will look nice and clean for the big day.

Terry has gone to a farm sale, that also ’tis the season. I plan on getting all of my holiday baking done and finish up a few things still left to do.

Hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful time of the year.

Linda

Sunday Stills

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Dayphoto

What represents Christmas to you is this weeks Sunday Stills.

For me it is the tree, always the tree. I don’t care what kind of tree, real, artifical, snow coverd…(well, maybe not those wild pink and red and blue trees)…some with lots of lights, some with not so many lights, some outside, some inside…it doesn’t matter. I love Christmas trees.

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I also like lights on all sorts of trees and bushes outside.

There isn’t a Sunday Still challenge next week, because it is Christmas. But there will be one for New Year’s Day.

Sunday Stills is a really good way to develop your photographic skills and to meet other people interested in photography. Maybe for 2012 you would like to join us. If you do, just leave a message in the Sunday Stills comment area that you will be up and when, then post your photo for the blog challenge, link the two blogs together, and visit those who also participate.

Have Fun!

Merry Christmas, one and all!

Linda

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday —It Snowed

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dayphoto

It snowed! I love the snow! I really, really do! I run as fast as I can and then I stop and slide, snow is ever so much better than that really, really, really cold we’ve been having.

I smelled Robbie the Raccoon clear out buy the diversion gate; I followed him every which way and clear up to the waste water transmission pipe. Boy was he ever busy last night!

Fuzzy stayed pretty close to Mom. He likes to play in the snow also, but his left front leg doesn’t always work the best so he wanted hang close if he should fall. I looked back a couple of times and he was even running! So I ran back to see if he wanted to go with me and smell Robbie the Raccoon’s tracks.

He said he would think about it, so I told him while he was thinking I would race ahead. He thought that would work.

While Mom and Dad finished putting up the panels, so the cows can go onto the farm, Fuzzy and I searched for Mice in the old corn field.

Nope, didn’t find any.

But we will…they will come out and we will find them.

A big bird was sitting over at the equipment yard watching us—he hollered at us to let him know if we see any mice. He said he was having trouble finding some.

I bayed back that we would, if we do.

Just before we came in, the lady who was to get her last load of hay showed up. That finished up all the hay. So Mom and Fuzzy and I went up to the upper end and brought the cows down, while Dad finished the fence.

Then we moved the cows onto the farm.

They love eating all the old corn stalks and the old alfalfa stems.