Our sunrise Saturday morning was stunning! I just had to share it with you.
And for something a little fun….can you find the cat! That’s me in the shadow on the corn!
If you can please leave a comment!
Hugs and Love
Linda
Mom says she will be back with Sherlock Boomer Next week, Mom says she is way behind.
Mom is really behind.
We had to go clean up all the syphon tubes and get the farm put to bed so the combine can get to the ends of the fields.
There are lots of ditches
And lots of syphon tubes, and dams and ditch cleaners to be picked up.
It took mom and I two full days, but we made it!
So now the combine can make it through without any problems!
Mom says she will be back on track with the story soon!
Boomer
Although this would have happened, with or without the internet, one of the things Terry and I worked on, was the removal of the last old barn on our place.
First things first was to clean out the old barn, then to start breaking up the and removing the cement. We both used a sledgehammer to break up the cement, then we loaded the chunks into the loader whereby it was hauled to a landfill.
Then it was time to remove the roof and the rest of the walls
Terry used the tractor and loader to push the whole thing over
Almost down
After which we had to clean up the mess. I’m trying to save all the old barn wood, since there seems to be people out there who like to create with it. This barn was built in 1920.
Terry and I have had a great time finding ‘artifacts’ to admire and [possibly keep or give away or sell or….] ..like the tin and the nails for the tin…..I know we are easily entertained.
Just one wall left to remove, when this photo was taken. Now we working on rebuilding a the wall and roof, for the other building…straighten up the inside of the building, before we lay the footers, for the foundation of the new shed.
It was a huge process, but one we rather enjoyed.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Yesterday, Monday, we started the 2016 Corn Harvest!
It’s early this year! Wonderfully so!
Before Halloween even! With blue skies and nice weather! Sure is a nice feeling.
Last year, we were not able to harvest in 2015.
Nope, it was in January before we could even begin!
So far we are way, way, way ahead of last year’s harvest!
2016 is an amazing year…we harvested corn in January and now again in October!
Not many years can boast two corn harvests in one year!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
After twelve very long days I finally have internet again! I am so thankful I wanted to cry. I know that is silly, but it’s true!
I’ve miss all of you. Near and far. It was like being flung out into Siberia, or the North Pole!
Anyway, the internet is back! Tomorrow I will bring you up to speed on what we have been doing for twelve days and I will be catching up with each of you!
Love,
Linda
Our weather has been stunningly lovely the last few days!
The days have been warm enough I have all the windows open, with the slight breeze blowing through the rooms
It’s been so nice Terry has decided it’s time to tear down the rest of our old barn, in preparation of building a new shed which will house his wood working equipment and his snow machines.
So I guess you know how we are filling our time (now) until corn harvest. I hope to have photos for you on Monday!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Our internet isn’t working today. I am hoping this gets posted, but one never knows.
The water in our canal is clear as the Blue Mesa Reservoir, of which it comes from. Very few farmers are irrigating now—although there are some…new seedings of alfalfa and winter wheat.
By November 1st the water will be stopped and stored in the Blue Mesa Reservoir until next spring. The canal will dry up…if our grandchildren were here, it would make a great play ground.
Today I’m taking advantage of our warm summer-like days and painting the chicken house. We got the pump winterized and the hose put away yesterday, and all the lines blown out. Today I finish getting my last gallon of paint on the hen house and the picket fences.
Terry is working on the corn combine…with the thought corn harvest will start in a month!
I hope this makes it to you! I’m rather addicted to the internet. 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
This morning the sunlight washed over the world in rays of yellow and gold. (I didn’t get a photo this morning, but it looked like this from last summer)
The clouds from yesterday scattered and gone. Although, the rising of the sun yesterday was amazing, with it’s rays of orange and apricot and purple breaking forth from the heavy clouds.
Today promises to be a fine day! The trees and bushes and even the weeds are all starting to go to gold and rust with splashes of red.
Today I will water up my yard and gardens. Making sure they do NOT go into winter dry and thirsty. The flight of the sun and the falling leaves my constant companions.
Before the day ends Terry and I will (also) go down and put the water pump and all the sprinkler lines to bed for the winter, at our other house. After, which, we will do the same for our yard.
A farm, any farm, has a life of it’s own. Although, after all the harvest is done the heartbeat slows, pacing itself. (Photo taken last year 2015)
We are not there yet. We are in the process of waiting for the corn to dry enough to harvest. Until corn harvest is over, we spend our time putting things to bed, closing down the summer things, getting ready—for winter.
Still much to do!
From my world to your heart!
Linda
The wind blew strong and the wind blew hard
Picking up leaves, weeds and stripping corn
Racing along in the night-time gloaming
Two little girls to Grammie’s homing
Quickly, quickly the wind lays waste
The warm summer days are now displaced!
Two little Girls come visiting!
(We had a wonderful surprise visit from our grandchildren Sunday! YAY!)
From our world to your heart!
Linda
A autumn storm played along the plateau yesterday. Although the air was still warm enough to go without jackets.
The clouds covered the San Juan Mountain Range…the rugged peaks poking through the clouds show heavy snow in the tendrils of mist
Although our mornings comes later every day; the red sky is a beautiful promise of moisture yet to come.
And just for a spell, just before the clouds gathered and shoved their way toward us…the sky was just down right beautiful.
The nights come earlier and earlier now.
Still it isn’t January…of which I give great Thanks!
Your friend,
Linda
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