Only from the Heart—Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Dayphoto

“Only from the heart can you touch the sky”–Rumi

This is a song to summer, that time when music is all around us, bird songs, the growing of green things, butterfly wings, and hummingbirds humming in the crystal air

The deep excited feeling of lightness of walking on the earth with bare feet (and on the phone with a best friend 🙂 )

Gradually, over-time, the slow trickle of fall breaks into the movement of summer

Daily I give thanks for being able to follow this amazing dream

Of living, walking, working on the land, where the old gods still watch and wait.

From my world to your heart,

Linda

Now There is Ease of Sleep—Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Dayphoto

No longer does the repair of this tractor torment his mind and therefore his body

Finally the last necessary bolt was in place, the last hose hooked, the last screen cleaned….everything back to running order!

Worry, for this tractor, wisped away like a ghost on a windy day!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The Dreams of Summer Now Vanished—Monday, September 25, 2017

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Dayphoto

While we slept, the dreams of summer vanished along with all the summer stars

The weeds had been warning us…turning their summer green to colors suited only for Fall

Then in the pink and purple blaze of morning sunrise

The sunlight striking on the ground revealed Jack Frost arrived last night!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Rain and Cold Wind the Weather Has Turned—-Sunday, September 24, 2017

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Dayphoto

The weather has turned…the long days of wonderful warm (even hot) weather is now gone. Fled to other parts unknown.

The brilliant days of summer blurred through wind and rain into

True days of Fall. The light is different now…

The colors more diffused, although sometimes shinning brilliant

As though the heavens are breathing…taking in summer letting out Autumn

Fall is not an empty time…it the accumulation of the spring and summer…some of the corn is being turned into silage, the onions are being pulled waiting for drying weather then sacked and sold,

And of course all the pinto beans are pulled and waiting for drying weather, so they, too, can be combined and sold.

The sky itself moves constantly sending us rainbows through the mists…

Sending me gifts of rainbows from others—our son-in-law captured one on his way to work

So far no frost! But cold days and even colder nights

Fall has arrived in all it’s amazing splendor!

From my world to your heart,

Linda

On a Few Bright, Crisp September Days—Thursday, September 21, 2017

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Dayphoto

The days are warm and lovely with a small wind from off the Uncompahgre Plateau

I just make sure not to be on the side the trash drifts! 🙂

We blazed though one field the first afternoon,

Finished the second field yesterday

Then as the light brighten the sky, throwing shadows deep and blue across the earth we took the last load to the Beanery.

Two fields done! YIPPEE!!

Now we wait…one more field to go. But that won’t be until around the first of October. Fingers Crossed for sunny, drying weather!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Reflecting Through the Haze in the Sky—-Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Dayphoto

When the smoke was terrible here, (although not as terrible as other places) I took some photos of the sun and the moon.

The strange color

A testament to the disaster happening in prairies and forests in the west

The orange moon and the red-hot molten sun roaring like soft thunder in the sky!

From my world to your heart,

Linda

The Sky Diffusing in Pale Light—Tuesday, September 18, 2017

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Dayphoto

Together we went out to check the last field of pinto beans…are they ready to be pulled, is the dew just right, is it time?

We decided it was time.

Finished! All the pinto beans are pulled!

If the weather holds we will be combining the first two fields come Thursday!

This last field must have two weeks to dry.

Hopefully the rains stay away! Just for spell…just until the last load of pinto beans is at the Beanery! Hopefully!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

A Time of Magic—Monday, September 18, 2017

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Dayphoto

In the Glittering sunlight

High in the air

On a crisp, bright, warm September morning

The little Barn Swallows gathered in dense clusters in the sky, then

they filled the electric lines above the canal.

All early morning they came, swooping in, resting until they rose all as one, shimmering and glittering, into the autumn sky; dipping and rising in a choreographed dance taking them away from us.

Leaving the air around our yard empty of sound.

From my world to your heart.

Linda

Autumn a Type of Contentment—-Sunday, September 17, 2017

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Dayphoto

We’ve had rain…the days damp and the mornings with a chill

The days warm up nicely.

The pinto bean harvest came to a screeching halt—the bean puller broke…

Then as it got fixed…

The rains came. Which means Terry will have to go out and lift all the plants up out of the soil, (rains smashes plants) before he can combine the two fields—there is still one to pull and let dry and then combine.

I’ve been canning…pineapple candy peppers and

Salsa

Plus we’ve turned off water to the place. Irrigation is done for the year. The only thing left now will be picking up the syphon tubes and flushing out the ditches.

Fall galloped in…complete with wild geese flying over us in the wind!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The Sky Sent a Gift—-Thursday, September 14, 2017

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Dayphoto

Our daughter and son-in-law, Cliff and Kimi, had a beautiful double rainbow light up their sky as the westering sun broke through a very loud and flashy gathering of clouds!

They so graciously sent to me giving me permission to share it with you!

From my world to your heart!

Linda