Sunday Stills — In the Air

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Dayphoto

I just had to share these wonderful photo from blog friends…they really are in the air, just not taken by me!

The first is from John and Cindy North….I do not think I have ever seen

Four rainbows at ONCE!

How amazingly cool is that!

A cool rainbow spanning one whole side of her farm!

Then Tom sent me over a photo a friend of his took here in Colorado. They live in Steamboat Springs, and are great friends of Tom. Tom as since moved to the lower part of our state. Tom’s friend Erin is took this with her cell phone.

A double rainbow spanning the complete mountain town of Steamboat Springs.

Thank you everyone for these wonderful and amazing rainbows!

No one can have enough rainbows in their lives!

For more Sunday Stills go here!

Linda

In My Spare Time

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Dayphoto

In my spare time I go help our oldest daughter with her volunteer job. We walk the dogs at the City Pound/CAWS.

We go Tuesday and Friday, it takes some time. That’s okay. We enjoy the dogs and they enjoy us. We walk them to the dog park and then let them run and run and run!

So much fun!

If you would like a wonderful dog…these dogs are perfect. They are all house broke, past the puppy stage and socialized.

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Of course there are other dogs there than just these three — I just wanted to give you an idea of great dogs for a small price.

Linda

A Sign of Hope

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Dayphoto

This has been a year of lots of ‘stuff ‘…

Stuff we have had to deal with…the fire, the fences, lack of rain, way too hot, not enough irrigation water, loved ones passing on over to the other side…you know all those things that make up every day living, but also sort of wear you down.

But last evening…across the pinto bean field and the corn field right over our house

This rainbow appeared.

We were not home at the time, but our son-in-law happened to see this sign from the Heavens

And emailed it over to us!

I am delighted!

It spans our farm from the middle to the end—-an amazing gift of

HOPE!

Linda

Sunday Stills — Pick Two Previous Challenges

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Dayphoto

My first challenge pick was trucks…

I was really lucky. While we were having Fuzzy’s birthday party at the lake this came by

Delta has never had an ice cream truck until this year.

And for my second challenge, this one

I love the reflection on the water!

Have a nice Sunday, everyone!

Linda

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Dayphoto

We are having 20% chance of rain right now…which is rather nice actually. It isn’t raining here (right here on the farm), but it is raining around us in the mountains. We get to watch the clouds play across the sky then settle down on one of the hillsides and let down a little thirst quenching shower. What it brings to us is the cooling of the day…we’ve been hitting anywhere from 90* to 100*.

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I have been looking for rainbows, but there aren’t many yet. I keep looking; they are bound to appear since there IS rain around.

Linda

California Poppies in Colorado

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Dayphoto

I have a wonderful blog friend from California. She is a farmer, lives on the family farm that’s been in the family for years and years, just retired from the field of education, shows birds—chickens, pigeons, and is just plain delightful.

She has been reading me and I have been reading her for some time now. So when the day from H@## arrived and then the very next day we had a repeat of day one…she decided that Terry and I needed some hope.

A few days later a large bundle of asparagus (straight from her farm) and a huge bag of California Poppy seeds arrived in the mail.

I immediately took the seeds out to the burn area and sprinkled them around, patting them into the soil, and prayed for rain. Sadly those seeds didn’t make it.

But… fearing that those little seeds might not make it…I planted some of the seeds in my yard.

They are beautiful!

And I love them!

I hope they reseed themselves for years and years and more years to come.

A little bit of California right here in Colorado.

I Thank You so much, Jan!

Linda

After the Rain

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Dayphoto

The weatherman is saying that our rain is leaving…which is okay. It’s time to cut the second cutting of alfalfa. Actually, Terry is out there right now cutting the alfalfa so we really don’t need rain for about a week or so.

Still the rain we had was lovely, delightful, and ever so refreshing

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Hope our rain makes it to those of you who need it!

Linda

Sunday Stills — Winter Pictures

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Dayphoto

Just in time to cool all of us down, Ed’s assignment this week for Sunday Stills is to remember winter.

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Click on the link to see more refreshing winter photos!

Linda

Knee-High by the Fourth of July

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Dayphoto

So far so good!

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It’s cooler today! Which is wonderful, by the way. Yesterday we went from 100* weather down to 62* in 6 hours. Lovely!

No fireworks for anywhere in the state of Colorado!

I think that is the first time in either Terry’s or my memory that, that has ever happened!

But better safe than sorry!

The cloud cover over the hot, scorching, drying sun is fireworks enough.

Today is cloudy and nice 69* as I write this. Terry is out cultivating the pinto beans while I sit here playing on the computer 🙂

Oh well, when I get done I must go water my plants and clean out the hen house, so this little break is okay.

Linda

Buena Vista and the Cottonwood Inn and Spa

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Dayphoto

Right after the Zip line tour we headed up to Buena Vista, Colorado. The kids had given us two night stay at the Cottonwood Inn and Spa. Because of the farm we thought we would do one stay in the summer and one this coming winter.

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We went from extreme thrill to a haven of rejuvenation.

We had great food in Buena Vista, (the Inn doesn’t serve food) soaked and thought of nothing stressful, slept, got up soaked again. Then headed home.

Linda