The Hot Air Balloon Festival did a wonderful light show just before it started getting dark.
Let Freedom Ring!!!
Word of the day: Oubaitori (n): The Japanese idea that people, like flowers, bloom in their own time and in their individual ways.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
And No hay down! YAY!
This is from my archives —- but, still—-it happened and looked the same
WE GOT RAIN!!! Thursday late afternoon, we got rain! Lovely, delightful, rain!
Only one day. But no hay was down, so it was just perfect!
Word of the day: Petrichor (n) pet/re/chor: The wonderful smell in the air after it’s been raining.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Busy. Humming while she works. Singing to me, the flower, and herself.
I sat quietly watching her work. Listening to her song.
Contented. She and I. And the hollyhock.
A feel-good sort of moment.
Word of the day: Omnism: the belief that no religion is truth but that truth is found within them all.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
I love getting emails that open up with a wonderful surprise—
“Thought of you from our farm in western Nebraska…” The email said.
How absolutely marvelous! This rainbow. The wide expanse of Nebraska farmland, who could ever ask for more?
Word for the day: Pluviophile (n): a lover of rain; someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We hope your day is full of Joy! Excitement!
Delicious food and great friends!
God Bless America!
Word of the day— Ceraunophilia (n): Loving thunder and lightning and finding them intensely beautiful.
From our world to your heart,
Linda
It really isn’t easy!
Not like photographing the hawk
Or a bird landing in the grass
Or a cute little chipmunk
Or a very handsome buck
But it IS a tad fun to see if I can capture one on my camera.
Word of the day—Desiderium (n): an ardent desire or longing; a feeling of loss or grief for something lost
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Since all work and no play make Terry and me EXHAUSTED!!! We decided to go somewhere close (a day-trip, if you will) once a week. This time we headed to Collbran, Colorado, by the route of Grand Mesa. (Click on the blue links to learn more)
The ski resort on Grand Mesa
Still snow up there on the rims
From Collburn, we turned toward Vega State Park. Then we turned onto a side road heading the back way to Silt, Colorado
Yep, we went by this
Back roads all the way—gravel part of the way
Then on to Silt, and after that
To Rifle, Colorado, where we stopped for a late lunch at Dickey’s Barbecue. YUM!
Then home again, home again…ready to take on the work.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
A neighbor stopped by. A rancher whose ranch connects to our farm
( photo from the archives)
“You folks be open to me buying that hay? I’ll rake it, and bale it, and haul it. So much a ton.”
Heck YEAH!
35 bales—1,500 pounds apiece! A win-win for all!
(the word of the day: Nefelbata (N): ‘cloud walker’; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams; one who does not obey the conventions of society, literature, or art.)
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
And I wonder—don’t you too?
Vespertine (adj): occurring or flourishing in the evening
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Sometimes birds feel like my night-time dreams
Ethereal—will-o-wisps
Very delicate
Actually exquisite, seems to fit them.
They are so dainty and elegant
Very graceful
beautiful
fragile
Joyful
Even though life can be tenuous
The word really is JOY!
Live each and every moment to the fullest
Live High
Live wide
Live Large!
Lifequake (n): A significant, sudden, and unexpected shift in the trajectory of your life that initially feels devastating but has the beneficial outcome of catalyzing personal growth, transformation, and rebirth.
From my heart to your world,
Linda
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