Wind Driven Snow—-Thursday, January 5, 2017

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Dayphoto

Around four this morning the dark and cloudy skies filled with wind full of snow.

The air was roiling with tiny flakes of frozen water. As the night lightened into day the wind has continued to blast the trees and pelt the buildings.

Min-Min cat met me at the back door telling me she wasn’t going to spend the day in the barn, the shop or the shed–Thank you very much! Today she is an inside cat!

The whole sky is shades of gray and white. I can hear the whistle of wind around the eves of the house and rustling the fire in the wood stove.

The ground is all white now…chilly and soft all at once. The air is sharp and full of shards, but the ground is starting to look like a Christmas card.

From my world to your heart,

Linda

Farm Sale Purchase—-Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Dayphoto

The season for farm sales has started. Sometimes this is not a good thing…farmer’s losing their farm, because of foreclosure, but other times it’s due to a farmer and his wife selling out and moving.

Yesterday’s farm sale was just that…the farmer and his wife were selling out to move to California — where all their kids live now. No one in the family wanted to move back and take over the farm, so the parents were going to move out to the Land of Milk and Honey and live with them.

The day was a good day for a sale….bright and sunny with intermittent clouds.

It was also a good day to haul the trash to county dump.

(These are old photos I forgot to take my camera with me)

Once in awhile there was a sharp, piercing little wind. Not bad, but enough to chill you if you didn’t wear proper clothes. (I had on socks and close-toed shoes 🙂 )

Late in the afternoon Terry came home with his new treasure

It didn’t take us long to get the diesel fuel tank out of the truck and sat up…to wait patiently for the new season of farming.

(It looks like we are farming one more year. 🙂 🙂 )

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The Glancing Touch of a Feathered Wing—-Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Dayphoto

For some reason sleep seems to elude me.

Night can be so long. Sigh.

Sometimes I fancy I can feel the touch, of that feathered wing, of the Dark Angel flitting around searching for those ‘whose time has come.’

When that happens I get up and read or Boomer and I take a midnight walk.

Sometimes I think it would be nice to be a little child again…you know that time when you would feel all fretful and fussy inside, unable to relax. Then along would come Momma–holding our little child’s body against the warmth of her body. My Momma would hum as she held me; until rest came.

Terry and I have decided we need to move more…get outside…Do Something.

At different points in the day I put put on my large, large coat…it’s so big it swallows me whole, but I like it for hauling wood–it allows me to move around easily. I, also, don’t care it it gets torn.

Terry, Boomer and I take a walk.

We walk to different parts of the farm, make mental lists of the things we want to get done “come Spring” and then head back home. Feeling refreshed and glad of the momentum in the fresh air.

Then maybe…..just maybe…my mind will GO TO SLEEP at night!!!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The End of the Old and the Slight Beginning of the New —- Monday, January 2, 2016

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Dayphoto

“You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream”–Unknown

Last night my exhausted body could NOT find rest, because of my determined mind wanting to stay up all night carousing around and around and around.

The house was silent, save for the pops and snaps of the wood burning in the woodstove. And my restless thoughts. I’m sure they were visible they were so loud in my brain!

Today I’m tired and can’t get my ‘self’ to move.

Sigh!

Oh well, hopefully I can sleep tonight and be a much more energetic blogger tomorrow.

Love,

Linda

HAPPY 2017 My Friends—Sunday, January 1, 2016

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From “The Land Down Under”— Thursday, December 29, 2016

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Dayphoto

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park partially closed due to heavy rain. Picture: James Holding/TwitterSource:Twitter

A very long-time blog reader, Colin, sent this to me from his home country, Australia: This may have been on your news………. something that happens rarely.

The “heavens” opened up over Central Australia— Colin wrote.

He thought you might like to read and see the photos also.

I so agree!

Waterfalls at Uluru as heavy rain across the Northern Territory has forced the closure of the National Park. Picture: Instagram / Paul ManningSource:Supplied

What a beautiful area! And what an huge amount of rain!

Thank you,

Linda

In the Midst of Work—-Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Dayphoto

In the midst of work

There is a little spot

Of Happiness!

Then it’s back to work! All refreshed and ready to keep going.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

In the Midst of Babel—Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Dayphoto

(Some of the photos below are not current, but they spoke to me, as I wrote this post — I have chosen to share them with you.)

I love summer, there isn’t anything about Spring, Summer or Fall that I don’t like—nothing.

Absolutely nothing!

Now, when it comes to winter, I struggle. Still there are things that bring me peace–the babel of the winter birds; the air alive with their voices, the setting and rising sun

A walk on the farm, even in the face of a full force gale—

walking in the light of a winter moon, or even when the sky is only full of frozen pinpoints of starlight.

(This is an old photo—we have no snow here yet)

Even the heavy snow upon the land has a way of lifting the soul.

In winter I enjoy those things that lighten my soul…just like in spring, summer and fall—those things that come alive within me and lighten the long, long days.

Those things that say I am home.

From my world to your heart!

Linda

Storms Around Us—-Monday, December 26, 2016

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Dayphoto

Elaine and Bob sent us a photo of their beautiful trees all laden with snow, at their home in the Black Forest of Colorado.

And up on Grand Mesa, at the Grand Mesa Lodge, there is plenty of that white stuff to make anyone happy.

But here we have only experienced clouds, lots and lots of clouds…days and even weeks of clouds. The moisture shrouded mountains and the foothills surround us.

Still we experienced freezing rain and intermittent sleet with terrible cold and sideways winds.

Then this morning, after a night of a slamming wind…

.…the clouds broke apart and we experienced a brilliant splash of golden sunlight!

When I went to gather firewood, for the morning I breathed in the scent of chilled air and frost on the ground; I stood sill and watched the sunrise brightening the sky and the land.

From my world to your heart!

Linda