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

Remember God(s) is Here—Sunday, January 19, 2025

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Dayphoto

Before I get ‘hate’ comments (by the way I will just spam them) let me explain:

If I were standing there facing you, I could/would place my hand on your heart and say to you, “God Lives Here!”

God(s) live in our hearts, filling our minds and souls with wonder. Your God, My God,

We all can love and feel God- we just (each of us) see and understand things differently.

And That, my friends, is a very good thing.

“Every day, I ask God to show me how I can do things that will uplift people and glory him. I always pray that I’ll have enough to share and enough to spare. God, please direct and lead me.” Dolly Parton

From my world to your heart,

Linda

Sometimes, Sometimes, — Thursday, January 16, 2025

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Dayphoto

As we age we realize how important it is to talk very carefully— for feelings can be hurt and destroyed by our careless acts and words.

We also understand that it’s time to forgive ourselves and set our lives free—of those painful things we wish we had done better/differently in the past. Time to stop being a prisoner of memory, fear, even disappointment—those things can’t be changed.

We can now open the window and let the sad pour out and the wonderful beautiful world pour in.

No more self-sabotaging thoughts!

Not for you.

Not for me.

Not for any of us.

2025 is a gift we get to enjoy—- each moment, each step of the way.

“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.'”–Alfred Lord Tennyson

From my heart to your world,

Linda

Spilling Thoughts, — Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Dayphoto

In case — just a thought spilling out from my mind to you

As we travel through each and every day—

We always leave bits of ourselves wherever we go—I try to remind myself of this all the time

Reminding myself to leave hopeful feelings, if at all possible.

Just like the little birds do for us as they sing their daily songs.

Just as your beautiful comments leave me feeling uplifted and grateful!

“In all my work, I try to say, “You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?”— Maya Angelou

From my heart to your heart,

Linda

Around the Corner We Go— Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Dayphoto

Thankfully I am making excellent progress in the twenty days of pain and sickness. I can carry a few logs, walk carefully, and actually see results when I look at my ankle, foot, and leg. YAY!

Today is a masterpiece! Today I turn 76 and the illness didn’t crush me!

“There is nothing in this world more prized than true friendship.”–Thomas Aquinas–13th Century Saint

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Ideas for 2025—Monday, January 13, 2025

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Dayphoto

Ideas have flickered in and out of my thoughts for 2025

What would I like to get done this year? Are there any projects waiting for me to finally finish up? Do we (Terry and I) want to take a wee trip here and there to see something new and/or different?

Then I go outside and sit on the bench watching the stars and planets spinning quietly in the sky.

And I think—maybe just enjoying the fragrance of each and every night is enough. The beauty of the day is perfect as it is. No matter what has been accomplished or what has been left undone.

Maybe the rest of my life is more like a bouquet of flowers instead of a list of chores.

“May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.” — Mary Anne Radmacher

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

My Mother Used to Say: When It Rains It Pours, — Sunday, January 12, 2025

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Dayphoto

“The New Year Stands Before Us, like a Chapter in a Book, waiting to be written.”—Melody Beattie

December and January have been a tad —-well, a time of sickness.

First I got COVID, then Terry got COVID.

We got over all that in time for CHRISTMAS!!! (See blessings do abound)

Then I came down with a sudden, horrific, leg infection, rising from my ankle to my knee–swelling, turning red, full of horrendous pain— and requiring me to walk with a cane. (When I had to walk)

But thanks to a specialist, medication, and a strong will to be pain-free —those hours of laying awake in the deep of the night counting my heartbeats to see if I have enough heartbeats in my heart to keep going.

I made it.

I can walk now without a cane. My leg is starting to heal. (I’m almost pain-free right now)

The blessings have been heaped on me like rain on parched land. I am so grateful.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—- There is HOPE!!!!—-Friday, 10, 2024

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Dayphoto

Yes, I know they are up in the sky!!! But! If I get on the wood hauler, maybe I could jump as high as the house. Then I could be tall, and WHaM, get a bird!

“TLC! You are too little and too precious to be thinking of flying. Come in. It’s cold outside.” Mom told me as she picked me up to go into the house.