After a great and frozen world,
We were all gifted with Life for ever more
Love and beauty is ours —if we just ‘see’.
Happy Easter, My Friends
Linda
Easter Sunday—Sunday, April 20, 2025
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Category Archives: Life on a Colorado Farm
The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-HUGE!!! BIG!! WOW!!!—-Friday, April 18, 205
MOM! MOM!!! MOM!!!! LOOK!
WOW! HUGE BIG BIRD!!! (Three army helicopters flew very close over us—it was loud, amazing and heart thumping)
Rastrophiliopustrocity (n.) A spontaneous combustion of creative spark that is followed by action in order to manifest and bring into existence.
Boo Berry
“LET ME IN, DAD!!! IT’S SCARY OUT HERE!!”
TLC
Sigh! A Flood—Not of Our Making —- Thursday, April 17, 2025
Someone up above us—turned down a whole bunch of water—it washed us out — and the field above us — and the field where the canal turned onto our farms.
Too much water all at once, full of weeds and trash makes for a really mess situation.
What a mess we had and are still dealing with.
Sigh!
Oh, well. With the sun and the wind, we will gradually dry up.
Alamort (adj.) Half-dead of exhaustion.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Setting up the Last—- Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Over winter the gated pipe always walks apart. Creating a crack we must take care of, come spring
There! Pulled together.
We need to set the uptake pipe, and we are good to go. Water should start flowing in this field very soon.
Fika (n.) {fee-ka} Swedish. A moment to slow down and appreciate the good things in life.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
One Step Forward, Always —- Tuesday, April 15, 2025
How do we do it—we often ask each other. How do we get up and make it through the day.
One foot in front of the other—softly, steadly, always forward
Then gradually, gradually
All the work is accomplished
And the day has finished.
From our world to your heart,
Linda
Human Flourishing—and Farm Flourishing—- Monday, April 14, 2025
We got the ditches pretty cleaned out—-ready to start the water
Then we turned on the water
Cleaning the ditches as the water flows onward
Finally —- first set of the season! The light shining through the water shimmers onto the first alfalfa field.
WHEW!
Eudaimonia (n.) Human flourishing; a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
A Gossamer Like Day—Sunday, April 13, 2025
The evening was just perfect last night. A slight breeze (enough for a jacket), the sun like gossamer on the earth; tangling upon Boo Berrys’ fur, new alfalfa leaves and in my hair.
Everything is so simple and beautiful! A magical moment that slides by too fast as good things seem to do.
Back home TLC greeted us—he (also) ready to go in from his perfect day. 🙂
Uitwaaien (v.) — To take a break to clear one’s head: To walk in the wind.
Pronunciation—aut-vwl-en (out-vwy-ehn)—Dutch
From my world to our heart,
Linda
The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-Getting Closer and Closer, Friday, April 11, 2025
Mom said we are getting closer and closer to starting the water on the farm
There are just a few things left to do—
Mark out all the fields—the alfalfa fields
The corn fields
and fix the gated pipe
Gated pipe always, always, always walks apart over the winter.
And make the ditches (and clean the ditches) Gosh, there’s lots left to do. But much closer.
Once those things are done—
Then, we go out to check/change the furrows twice daily (maybe more often).
Until it’s harvest time in the fall.
Boo Berry, Mom’s helper all the way
Good, you do that—-I’ll protect the farm!!!
Cynefin—Welsh (m.) A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming
TLC
Today is Absolutely Gorgeous—Thursday, April 10, 2025
The sun lingers longer and longer
The two alfalfa fields are brimming with the color green
The air is heavy with the scent of warmth, the sound of birds, and
Terry and I are brimming with enthusiastic energy.
Supposed to be 80* today— I AM READY!
Sophrosyne (n.) A healthy state of mind, characterized by self-control, moderation, and a deep awareness of one’s true self, and resulting in true happiness
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
God(s) Huge—Wednesday, April 9, 2025
I believe God speaks to us—through soft whisperings of the earth. Here is a Rock Flower in the canal—ready for us to see—just before the water comes.
A gift!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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