Gifts of Love — Sunday, June 17, 2020

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Dayphoto

What a whirlwind of worry, I have just been through. Things are better (not completely over yet) but better.

I can see an improvement with the little beagle nose…the swelling is down

He is able to sniff with both nostrils now, and the snot is lessening.

Your prayers/the medicine–and Boomer’s desire to get well are all helping. He is still not well, but he IS better! Thank you ever so much!

Then on that golden world we call the earth I found a rock heart

Walking along the next day on the ditch bank…I found another one!

Vadarae sent me a rainbow—a double rainbow filling the sky and her very large farm in Texas.

Just the perfect answers to my sadness and despair—Hope!

Hope— in all of these wonderful and buoyant messages!

You are the very best…each one of you for you do care, and have sent healing prayers to heaven for me and my wonderful little beagle!

From my heart to each of your hearts,

Linda

In the Quiet of the Early Morning —- Thursday, May 14, 2020

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Dayphoto

The wind, ah, the wind, days of hard blowing wind

Ever so necessary to melt all the snow on the Uncompahgre Plateau

And dry up all the mud

Still in the early morning air

The blooms stand straight and tall

Instead of whipped about and leaning.

The sun is bright overhead,

the air warm,

and in the early morning air

you can smell the grass

and earth and

the irrigation water soaking the land;

all the while birds are filling our ears with song.

From my world to your heart,

Linda

The God(s) Answered — Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Dayphoto

The dust has been building for a long-time

The wind picking it up and flinging the tiny bits of soil here and there

In all directions

But Monday

The rains came

Big dark clouds, with light misting of rain on our farm (heavy rains in other parts of our area)

Beautiful phenomenon blessing the land, settling the dust

Creating a warm mist in the air

Freshening the earth, all over again.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

I Love Shadows —- Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Dayphoto

I love shadows, they brighten up the sunlight

Cooling down

Even ‘colding’ the earth

They lighten and play across the land

Telling time, if we take (THE TIME) to read them

All through the day, (and even on moonlit nights)

The shadows whisper time

The early morning light (called Dawn) accents the shadows as the sky brightens

Then again, when the sun sets in the west, the shadows emerge growing up from the land instead of retreating, like they do in the morning.

Shadows, never random,

Always present,

Telling time…always

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

When Gray Light Separates the Black Land from the Sky — Monday, May 11, 2020

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Dayphoto

When Gray Light Separates the Black Land from the Sky, and the moon is still making its way toward the western edge of the earth

There is a rush to hurry, hurry home.

Hurry, before the farmers/irrigators see you. HURRY!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

I Wish You a Happy Mother’s Day —- Sunday, May 10, 2020

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Dayphoto

Happy Mother’s Day to each and every one of you

To those who are mothers of humans

Fur and Wool babies

And every single female who makes a nest, which protects and warms hearts near and far.

Love you, ALL!

From my heart to your world,

Linda

Moving Along in a Orderly Fashion—Thursday, May 7, 2020

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Dayphoto

In the early morning light —first thing first is the changing of the irrigation water

The last field of corn Terry finished Mormon creasing….(knocking down the dirt over the tops of the little seeds trying to push their way through the soil)

Since the first field has popped up it won’t be long before this field is covered with little green baby corn

In just two or three days’ time! Isn’t nature amazing?

Everything planted now but one field. Just one. And that one will be after the first cutting of hay

Step-by-step the hours’ pass

Moving out of late winter, (when nothing seems to happen and life can be a tedious routine) on we go into early spring; one task leading into another task, now we are in the middle of Spring

With irrigation the constant motion of farm, crops and for the farmer(s) 🙂

Forward into each day–all steps ordered, giving a lightness and freedom to each of us

Perhaps, God—yours and mine and all of ours—whispering loudly for all to hear

Life is Good, Sing Loudly to the Heavens so all can hear!

From my heart to your world,

Linda

Joy Building on Joy and on Joy Again — Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Dayphoto

Yesterday afternoon,

after a long-long time of pushing and shoving and straining and struggling

The little corn seeds popped out of the ground

All new-born

Filling the land with a strong sense of purpose and the kindly spirit of the corn.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Coyotes Fishing — Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Dayphoto

When we were invited to Grand Mesa to see the magical and eternal shift from winter into spring

We also got to see—Coyotes fishing on Baron Lake

Their spirit was high, joy running through their actions, rolling, tumbling, flipping their food in the air

What a huge delight for us to see! Just huge!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

That Musical Sound of Water —- Monday, May 4, 2020

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Dayphoto

Some of our fields are irrigated by gated pipe

We have two different types of pipe, both are gated.

This means there are little gates cut into the pipe which are opened and closed as needed

The gated pipe sounds like a really nice way to go. No dipping into the water, no setting up of dams..just open or close the gate.

But, even things that seem like a gift in reducing the workload; has its drawbacks.

In this case TRASH!

Trash is a problem in all the ditches, (we have trash cleaners, but sometimes the wind blows in the trash after the trash cleaner has done its work.

Sooooo….here you are looking at a gate all plugged up with trash..stopping the water.

We come along and clean out the trash. Sometimes the trash is a stick or corn cob–those things get really, really, stuck. They are very hard to get out. Gradually, working and working our fingers into the little gate we can break up the item and force it out through the hole.

It takes time, but it can be done.