The afternoon breeze picked up
Bringing in a winter storm,
The wind pushed steadily 
Terry says he gives Thanks often
For a cab on the tractor, with a heater, this time of year.
🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The work goes on.
And on.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
It was very windy Saturday afternoon, late
When on a wee walk-about I saw this delightful creature
He turned and looked at me with surprise in his eye.
I caught his face just before he flew away.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Caught on the game cam
As bold as you please
Right by the barn.
This is exactly why Mindy has to stay inside at night.
Although, she sometimes doesn’t want to.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Besides stars
My heart feels like the birds
Light up the sky
in a very bright and luminous way. 🙂
There are even those birds (Pheasants) that exploded from the earth into the sky like a thunderclap
These marvelous birds, the Sandhill Cranes, take to the heavens
With loud calls and heavy swooshing of their wings.
These silly girls, do try to lift their wings and fly
They are pretty much as earth-bound as you and I.
Although, when this (Tonto) comes running at you…I can guarantee you wish YOU could fly. 🙂
The hawks’ shadows glided silent and deadly over the earth, their wings as quiet as their shadows.
Flight, the pureness of nature’s glitter.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I love how the light throws bars of shadows on the Earth
Or the marvel of the trailer’s outline
Or, if you wait long enough, the thick shadows cooling the soil
Shadows, always changing, sometimes faint, some giving on the expectancy of growth
Shadows, brightening the land
Strengthening the vividness of earth and sky
Glittering, dazzling, helping your eye
see in diamond-bright patterns.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Now that the time has changed, we are back to getting up in the dark.
And, even though, winter still whispers in the cold and frozen air.
Daylight starts slipping into night, like a dream, or more like a memory of a dream.
Making one think the Platinum light has stolen away—- that golden glimmer of dawn.
But—not for long and the gentle promise of daylight fills the land.
Work has begun.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Thursday evening I had gone out to bring Terry in from the fields; I walked back Watching the cheerful and energetic flocks of the Sandhill Cranes
and the gleaming sun lowering behind the Uncompahgre Plateau
When I noticed a sudden ray of light; rainbow colors brightening the chill of the sky.
A cacophony of colors announcing a Sundog!
True to the Sundog’s prediction…Sunday we woke to a very wet skiff of snow and much, much colder weather. With a horrid cold wind.
But it didn’t last. Not this time of year.
And it brought moisture to the dry ground. Which is all very good.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
.
The quiet and peaceful way of our lives
A wee hush that gives a sense of calm and order.
Whispering all around.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
The wind is a tad messy right now. 🙂
But the earth is ready
And so is Terry.
Although, the wind is bringing in storm clouds
And it is rather cold.
Farming…no matter what. Once it starts, it continues on!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
