The little hummers are still filtering through
They don’t stay long…just spend time to fill up then they are GONE
Oh, gosh! I say to them….Hurry, Hurry a big freeze will soon be coming and you don’t want to be here when it happens.
Fingers crossed I don’t have any more come through. Which means they have finally made it through our part of the world to someplace else much warmer.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We have cornfields all around us
Since the moon rises in the East and there is a cornfield, I went out to watch September’s Full Moon
Rise through, and then above the corn tassels
It seemed that I blinked and there the moon was, rising through the flickering corn leaves.
What a joy to see.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
It’s turned decidedly cool now
In the early mornings
Jacket wearing cool.
Terry is saying:
we are about to come to the end
Of the irrigation season.
Soon.
So until that moment, I will enjoy the sun on the water as the last fields are irrigated.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Our son let us know that yesterday,
Our little fur grandchild,
that Sweet Darling Bouncy, Bright and Sunny little Bella-Boo passed over the Rainbow Bridge to be with
her brother Zookie 
Bella and Zookie would stay with us (Boomer really) off and on all their lives.
Oh, sweet Bella-Boo. Grammy loves you. Now you can be with Zookie and with my darling little beagle, a wonderful friend of yours.
Although we know you are pain-free now and joyfully running and playing, our hearts are sad.
Love you, Bella—run and play,
Grammy
The Barn Swallows gathered, filling the shimmering electric lines
They stayed there a good length of time.
Then lifted up as one
Then they were gone.
COME BACK NEXT YEAR, I called! THANK YOU FOR THIS YEAR!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The corn is drying now…past all its growing time getting ready for harvest
Each field (we have three) shows the maturity of the corn –the shucks drying down,
The tops turning gold, then gradually turning brown.
The kernels are dented
and hard enough you can’t poke a hole in them.
The last set of water has been accomplished and then turned off of all the cornfields.
Although, we are still irrigating the three alfalfa fields.
But, for the corn, the growing season has finished. Now we wait for it to dry down to the correct dryness, at which time we start corn harvest.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
On a lovely Monday
Our granddaughters showed up
Spending the day with the horses!
A perfect day for everyone!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I was sitting in the car, parked behind the scoreboard when a small group of Middle School boys passed me by:
One of the young men separated himself from the others and stood in front of our car; crossing his arms in front of his chest he said to me: “A Corvette! I LOVE CORVETTES!”
Then they were off.
A few minutes later the group returned and I thought: Why not make their day and mine. So I got out of the car, asked one of the young men if he was the one who made the comment that he LOVES corvettes. He replied no. And I explained to him I was going to ask that young person if he would like to have a sit in the car.
“WOW! I’ll go get him!” He was off. Running a high speed to the grandstands, in seconds (YES SECONDS) he was back with his Corvette-loving friend.
I asked my question again, receiving an emphatic nod of the head and a dash to the rider’s side of the car.
“No, Wait!” I said. “Get in on the driver’s side.”
The young man stopped for just a second and wildly ran around the back of the car to get in the door I had open.
His smile said it all.
Then more friends showed up
The atmosphere of excitement was HUGE!
Their joy filled my, heart!
More friends showed up; the Jeepster owners gave permission for a young man and his friend to sit in their classic car.
The young man explained while he asked for permission, that his grandpa had found a Jeepster not long ago and was starting to restore it. If he could just sit in this one he would know what it was going to be like to ride with his grandpa. Gary and Connie graciously understood.
Now the small crowd of “Car Guys” had GROWN.
And another young man (in the Driver’s Seat) asked if he could sit behind the wheel, just once in his life.
Putting on his glasses he (along with everyone else) flashed a HUGE smile at me!
Then a parent came over and got a photo.
Delightful smiles from everyone all around!
Car Guys!
These young men just made my day, my week, my month!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Friday night, five classic cars lined up by the scoreboard
Then they were off—the first set of Senior attendants
The second set of Seniors
The Junior Class of attendants
Followed by the Sophomores
And the Freshmen.
The beginning of an exciting Senior Year for the class of 2022!
Delta High School’s 2021 Homecoming.
I just love all those huge smiles, don’t you?
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
This is what we have been doing
It took some time
But we finished!
The third cutting of the third fields DONE!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
