Mount Saint Helens-Sunday, September 27, 2015

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Dayphoto

Suz, another fun blog follower, sent me a series of photos from her area. She lives in the shadow of Mount Saint Helens, in Oregon.

Last week she and a friend of hers took a trip to the up the Mountain of Mount St. Helen’s. Her friend, is Dana Hunter, who is writing a book about Mount St. Helens.

Anyway…just look at this series of photos! She said there were taken on the road up to the

Johnson Ridge Observatory, located at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

What a stunning and amazing mountain/volcano!

Thank you, to Suz! I hope everyone enjoys these photo like I did!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm

Linda

Getting Close–Thursday, September 25, 2015

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Dayphoto

We are getting close (now), to being done, with the pinto bean harvest. Tomorrow should see the end!

Prices are low. They are low on the corn and the hay also. But storing something doesn’t always produce a higher price later on.

I always find this so odd…the farmer get a small amount, but the retail in the grocery store is extremely high…too many middle people along the way, I guess.

We are still irrigating the alfalfa field. It’s a big field and takes a long time to get across, but we should finish with the irrigation by Saturday.

After that we wait.

Corn harvest will start the last of October, or in November sometime, it all depends on the moisture content of the corn.

Winding down to gear up again…it called harvest!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Another Photo from Merri—Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Dayphoto

I’m late today…we just got back from delivering another load of pinto beans. 🙂

Merri's-Lights Merri sent me another photo (to share will all of you), of the stunning northern lights right out her door.

How incredibly beautiful her world is!

Your friend,

Linda

Pinto Bean Harvest for 2015—Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Dayphoto

Our pinto bean harvest has begun in earnest now. (Fingers crossed we don’t have rain…rain would NOT be a good thing right now!)

We took the truck over and then Terry came with the combine. It was an all day thing, with more all day sort of things until at least Friday or Saturday of this week. (We are small farmers)
We sell our bean to the Beanery.

If you see sack of Red Donkey pinto beans you will know [possibly] there are pinto beans from our farm in them.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

OH! MY! Look at This!—Monday, September 21, 2015

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Dayphoto

Merri, from Virginia, Mn, was sitting outside on her back porch a couple of evenings ago and thought I would enjoy seeing her stunningly beautiful sunset!

I did! I asked her is I could share it with you and she said yes!

Aren’t we all lucky to see what she gets to see every day!

WOW!

Your friend,

Linda

The Walk Toward Winter—Sunday, September 20, 2015

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Dayphoto

Autumn leaves,

Turning to gold, flying silently to the ground,

Leaving behind memories of hot wings of sunbeams

The evening light echoing the beat of my heart.

Your friend, as always,

Linda

The Start of the Pinto Bean Harvest, Thursday, September, 17, 2015

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Dayphoto

Right after breakfast and the next set of irrigation water on the alfalfa field, Terry, Boomer, and I header over to hook-up the bean puller and bar.

This is the bean puller

And hook up the bar on the back of the 730. You understand that Terry does most the work. Boomer is off somewhere checking out the news and I’m pretty much there to give him a tool, or the handyman jack, or move something out the way. 🙂

That’s the blade…the puller pulls the beans out the ground and the blade cuts off any stems the puller misses.

The pinto beans are ready. The plant is dry, with only the weeds staying green and growing.

Up and down, careful, careful…you don’t want to run over the plants and loose your crop.

Slowly, ever so slowly,

The beans are put into rows. Once the day warms up, Terry stops— warmer air will dry the dew off the pods causing the pods to split and spill the beans.

Tomorrow (if all goes well) he will put on a different blade and go out and lift all the rows UP so they are fluffy and can have air circulate among the plants.

Then we wait. Terry says (if the warm weather holds and NO rain), in about a week the green weeds should be dry and he can start combining.

Harvest! A huge process with nice results.

Your friend on a Western Colorado farm,

Linda

Sometimes….Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Dayphoto

Around ten o’clock yesterday, Terry exclaimed…”I’m tired of doing work! I’m tired. I want to do something different.”

“Okay,” I replied. “What do you have in mind?”

“Let’s take a little drive, nothing far, or hard to get too, nothing full of dirt and concern over hunters. Someplace we can see that is different from the farm.”

“Hummm”…..we pondered together.

“Let’s go to Ouray,[ Colorado]!” he announced. “We can get a bite to eat on the way up, stop and get my part for the pick-up on the way back, and be home by supper.”

So we did! 🙂

Your friend,

Linda

The Last Cut of the Year—Wednesday, September 14, 2015

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Dayphoto

They weather held. What a good thing to have happen.

Although the mornings were a tad chilly, and it took awhile for the dew to dry to just the right point.

The hay crew and Terry got ever last bale in the field stacked and covered.

Monday it started to sprinkle around 9 in the morning, with a weatherperson’s promise of more to come.

Monday morning the irrigation water was started for the last time on the hay field. Helping it go into the winter in a good way.

Joy on the farm and in farm yard!

Your friend,

Linda

My Love of Light–Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Dayphoto

I love the light…first light of the daybreak…when things of the dark go to sleep and those of the day start their rustle and bustle

This time of year the air is sharp and chill,

but warms through the day, until a nice and toasty heat is radiating off the land

By nightfall, the things of the farm pause and draw breath, slowing for the long rest.

Brilliant evening light filters through every crack and crevice

The plants pause first, then the animals and birds slow, stopping their frantic search for food; if you are still and just listen you can hear the earth itself draw a slow and peaceful breath.

There are many, many names for God. The reason being; one small word is not enough to describe love.

As always your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda