Wishing you joy and love from now and forever!
Your friend,
Linda
Happy Easter Everyone!!! April 20, 2014
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Category Archives: Life on a Colorado Farm
The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday—Blessings
Mom says everything has been a roller coaster ride…the last three weeks! Boomer and I talked about a roller coaster and decided we don’t know what a roller coaster was. Since we couldn’t figure it out we decided it wasn’t important.
As for riding…heck! We haven’t really ridden on anything that was really bad…we’ve gone to do water several times, rode to town several times, laid under the pick-up lots, but as far as anything else…I guess we just don’t understand.
GUESS WHAT!!!
The water is now in the canal!
We’ve started the water on the alfalfa fields…I LOVE IRRIGATING! Most of the time I like to stay home and guard the house and the buildings and the yard [now]. But Mom makes me go with her (and Boomer and Dad) sometimes. Boy, am I ever glad I go!
You see—IT’S IRRIGATION TIME!
Hank even comes over from his house and helps out.
We had to stop…irrigating, I mean. Dad’s main ditch…the one that leaves the head gate and enters onto the farm washed out. A huge hole washed into the bend, the side caved away with Dad standing on it, and everything went splash!
The splash part was sorta neat, I rushed right over to see if something cool was in the water…nope, no water rats, or mice, or snakes…but there was DAD! I skedaddled out the way when I saw it was Dad. 😦
Mom and Dad put 300 pounds of cement into the ditch, worked on the sides, and created a whole new bend.
Just as soon as the cement cures the water will be back on and we will be IRRIGATING!!! YIPPEE!!!
We have had rain and the snow and sleet and ice. We went from a HOT day to several days of very, very cold.
Boomer and I are still sleeping inside. I’m not sure if I’m going to move us outside at all this year. Old bones really don’t like cold, you know.
Dad and Mom have the water back on and in the alfalfa that didn’t get watered yet.
You know something, I just thought of this, our lives(Dad, Mom, Boomer and I) are all governed by the irrigation water! Now THAT is cool!
Here I am just a swing’n. I like to sit in this swing and feel the breezes on my fur. Now days I have to have Mom put me up here. I get really close to the swing and look beseechingly at Mom until she comes over and picks me up and sits me on the swing.
AHHHHHHHHH!
Life is good!
Fuzzy
Good Fences—April 17, 2014
A blog friend from Texas… Run*A*Round Ranch Report … has started a Thursday “Good Fences” series. Everyone is asked to participate, if they would like. I decided ‘I would like’… so here is my fence for Thursday 
We had a very cold, nasty, rain and sleet filled storm one day last week. While Terry and I were out on the canal bank we both happened to look up and see this really cool site! So for Thursday’s Good Fences I give you a typical fence on our property and the first rainbow of the season! Life is good, isn’t it?
For stunning fences and gates head on over to The Good Fences feature of The Run *A* Round Ranch Report.
You friend,
Linda
A Long Slog —April 16, 2014
Finally, I’m back! I hope! Fingers and toes crossed!!!
They had to take my computer back to a completely clean slate…reload everything…I do mean everything—then Carbonite had to down load the rest. (I am so thankful I have Carbonite…THANKFUL!!! That download took THREE DAYS!
Okay, lesson learned from the Carbonite experience…I must get an external hard drive and put all my photos on it. The forever download was because of the pictures. More than once I almost panicked and its fore sure I cried (just a little bit).
Anyway, I’m back. Lots happened in those 2 and half weeks—the water came, we had a nasty freeze, we got all the way in, and we started the water on the farm only to have to turn it off again.
I’ll get you all caught up soon. I will also be able to get caught up with all of you again. 
Since the apricots are now all frozen I’ll still leave you with a lovely evening photo of the memory of their blooms!
It’s good to be back! See you on your site soon!
Your friend,
Linda
Starting Over April 12, 2014
A blank computer…that is where things are now. Back to square one. What a sadness!
My computer lady reloaded all my operating software, accept my printer and my camera…I will have to do so myself.
I have Carbonite (THANK HEAVENS!!!) With the help of Christopher (who works for Carbonite) the download of all my documents—farm stuff…everything you can imagine I am getting closer to getting back online.
At this point the Carbonite download site says everything will be back an in place in three more days. (Yes, I have lots of ‘life’ on the computer).
So by Tuesday…I hope… everything will be a go ahead.
Thank you for still dropping by and checking in on me. It’s been a huge long stressful time.
Linda
Computer Problems Continue– April 8, 2014
I am so upset I could just cry. I am still having trouble with my computer. The computer lady assures me it wasn’t a virus…just so you know. It was a download from Microsoft….everything has been corrupted. The only thing I have (right now) is the internet…of course.
Please stay with me. I hope this gets resolved soon!
Linda
Crashed
My computer refused to load yesterday. So I had to take it to the computer hospital. The computer doctor said she is seeing lots of this sort of problem. Something to do with a download from Windows into the profile.
Typing on an IPad is rather tedious —one finger at a time. I will be back with regular blog posts as soon as I can get my computer home!
Linda
The Start of April is a Cold Start–April 2, 2014
So far our start into April is a tad chilly. Very cold bully winds, with rain, sleet, snow showers; if I have to guess the apricots are pretty much gone for another year. We may get a few, only time will tell.
The sun had a hard time shining through the cloud cover this morning. This looks more like a Halloween photo than an early morning photo in April. 🙂
The water has not made it to us yet. That does not mean that it isn’t on it’s way, just that it isn’t here yet. Since our irrigation water comes from Blue Mesa Reservoir in Gunnison (two hours away by car) or out of the Ridgeway Dam (1 1/2 hours away by car) it takes a long time for it to get to us. We are close to the end, just a few more farms below us then our irrigation water flows into the Gunnison River.
We are very close to being ready to start irrigation. If you want to see a post about starting the water here is an old post.
I leave you now, with a lovely photo of the apricot blooms as the sun was setting last night.
Linda
April Fool’s Day—-Winter is still here — April 1, 2014
Today the wind is blowing and the rain is trying to fall and it’s cold again!
But it can’t last…it just can’t last! The earth is shifting the day is growing longer (our day length is 12 hours and 37 minutes long) and the skies are getting blues. But for today the weather is playing a rather cold nasty joke on us.
Terry has been making ditches, finishing up the rolling. Even though the wind is nasty and cold he will start leveling the fields. The fields don’t wait…well actually the soil doesn’t wait.
I’ve been cleaning the yard, I only have two big areas left. And then I need to rewash all the windows again. I’m also spring cleaning the house. Lots to do right now.
We got word that the irrigation water will be here by the end of the week or Monday of next week. We are almost ready. After they turn the water down it takes our canal a full week before it fills. Any day now.
Off to get some stuff done!
Your friend on a very windy farm,
Linda
No One Likes a Bully —March 31, 2014
We had a huge bully wind yesterday….55 m.p.h. gusts that picked up everything and flung it here and there and everywhere.
All of Utah came with it!
No, not really, but the sky was brown.
Along with the dirt and wind came ‘almost’ rain. Just enough to coat my very clean and sparkling windows.
I haven’t really gone to check the apricot trees, I guess I know what I will find.
This morning the sky is Spring time blue, the sun is shining, the air calm, with a few puffy clouds around Paonia. It will stay that way until this evening when another wind will blow in. The weather people say we will be like this for a week. Then more settled weather will arrive with 70* temps. YIPPEE!!
Off now to rewash the windows to let the sunshine into the house!
Your farm friend
Linda
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