Softly, softly
Shimmered above the Uncompahphare Plateau
Softly, slowly, dropping into the Plateau’s embrace
Dazzling the lovely morning light
The shimmering radiance rippling throughout the sky.
A wondrous dance of jubilation gracing the earth and my eyes.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
The cold snow was just beautiful, I thought
The shadows brightening
The earth with the weak sunlight
Tangling in the tree branches.
Speaking of tangles tree branches…LOOK a Great Horned Owl.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Terry is creating a new portion to one of our fields
Extending the field so it becomes a rectangle—taking away point rows
Point rows are hard to work with. A point row is a short row that starts at a slant going from long to shorter.
Having all the rows the same length makes for all tractor/combine and human work ever so much better.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Since time is limited and precious, once the prep starts on the farm ground
Terry and I started work on cleaning up some poles
And other piles of things we never seem to have time to do come March
Then Terry drug all the piles and piles of manure from the ‘cow beds’ into the corn field
It felt good to get these little things done
Creating a huge success!
We are melting here. Which is nice. Warmer days are predicted to arrive, which also means mud, but warm and wind bring dry.
March is coming!
YAY!
To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.—Mary Oliver
Because it snowed; without wind
It’s time to finish the ‘soon to be new pasture’
We’ve been pushing and shoving and hauling all the old and dead trees into a giant pile for years and years.
At least 12, possibly 13 years.
We started at daybreak and got into bed at 2:30 a.m.
But we are done.
Ready to work up the ground and then plant.
Conditions were perfect with all the snow and the frozen ground.
Yay!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I am HOME!
YAY!
I didn’t know this was home for a little while, because, after all…. I had a home with MOMMY first.
But something terrible happened.
I didn’t even get to have all the proper time with Mommy when someone picked me up and threw me out-the-door.
I used to live with Mommy, we had food, and I had Mommy, and we played, and I learned to use the potty box…everything was nice.
Then suddenly someone with big boots (I hate big boots; I scream and yell and try to kill big boots when I see them) booted me out the door.
I wandered around for a long time.
Then a special thing happened.
My new OLDEST sister found me wandering in the parking lot where she parks to go to work…I meowed LOUD so she would see me.
She saw me!
YAY!
I spent the rest of the very long day with my new BIG sister at her beauty salon getting held and petted by all sorts of nice people.
Then on the way to my NEW MOM AND DAD, I screamed and yelled and cried because my tummy was terribly empty and I wanted some food.
As soon as my new Mom saw me, she opened up a can of YUMMY soft cat food.
I ATE IT ALL GONE!
(It took me a little while because I had to eat a small amount then go play, come back eat some more until I got full.)
Once I got my tummy full, and I had a big play with my new felt bunny, I fell asleep and slept a long, long time.
When I woke up I knew I was SAFE!
Mom and Dad call me TLC, (Terry and Linda’s Cat) TLC CAI-CAI (sounds like Kay-Kay).
I am a boy! A big tough strong BOY!
I like to do STUFF—I run through the house, I hide and try to get Mindy to play with me,
I hang out on Dad’s lap; watch his IPad with him,
and take a nap on his lap in the evening.
I make sure I am with Mom everywhere she goes. And if she doesn’t get me breakfast first thing in the morning, I TELL HER!
We have a very special understanding of things, Mom and me.
I have a small problem of needing to suck on something just before I go to sleep, Mom and my oldest new Sister think I was weaned too soon. They think I was around 6-7 weeks old when I was tossed out to fend for myself.
Anyway.
Mindy doesn’t really like me. But I’m working on it. I run at her and try to play, I sit and watch her sleep, and I try to get as close to her as I can when she is eating. I think she will start to like me if I do those things.
At least I hope so. Mom says I need to tone things down a little bit. I don’t know about that. I only tone down if Mindy tells me!
I live inside…I don’t even want to go outside. But Mom says not for a long time can I go outside. It’s too wet and too cold and too nasty. And Mindy might take me off somewhere and dump me.
I’m not interested in that ‘dump me’ situation again.
Life is WONDERFUL—
I have box
Paper
Elephant
A whole slew of mice
Girrrafe (I growl when I play with him)
And my most favorite of all things
LION!
I’m so glad to have Dad, and Mom, and Mindy!
TLC Cai-Cai
All-day Tuesday the grey sky hung dark and threatening.
Splatters of snow and sleet–then melt — then repeat.
But, if you are Min-Min—you know how to stay warm and dry.
HUGE SMILE here when I found her in the project car!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Baby, it’s cold outside
A flash of silver
Feather fluffed for warmth
On a freezing day in the afternoon.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
When I went out to the hens, I saw a flock of geese landing by the Grain Bins
SHHHHHHHHHHH. Careful— does it. They are extremely afraid of people. There might be guns you know.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The tiny bits of rain hardened over-night Saturday
A gale blew in early Sunday morning with persistent bits of snow within it
The sky gray; the temperatures dropping to ‘feels like minus degrees.
Pelting, vicious…just plain nasty.
The gusting winds blew on and on…
Winter….it’s still here. (See the fox in the photo…what brave creature to be out in this mess)
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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