It’s been raining for a week, I so miss the sun! And we still are having to light a fire early in the morning to take the chill off.
I’m waiting for the snow to leave Grand Mesa….not until then will be free of chilling weather.
Linda
Always a big worry…so once we see the little leaves poking out of the ground it is time for celebration!
Irrigation is something that happens at dawn, at noon and a dusk. It just doesn’t stop.
We are watering the pinto bean ground right now, getting the ground wet before Terry plants.
He always waters first, lets the ground dry out to the right moisture point and then plants.
That way the weeds are not as much of a problem as when the seed is watered up.
Yesterday I made my very last trip to the Paonia Campus. Time is running down fast now.
I must say I’m very excited!
Linda
After 16 years of work, I am finally ready to retire
The last day at work will be June 6th.
Life is extremly busy at this point. Training the new person to take over what I was doing in Paonia, and splitting apart the rest of my work (I’m not being replaced at the main office) for the other two people at my level of employment.
Add in home life…well, it sure has been b.u.s.y.! To say the very least.
So even though this is a ending…in many ways it is also a beginning. My grandson says I’m graduating. Maybe a ten-year-old is on to something.
Anyway, thought you might like to know…retirement is finally here and I’m really excited about it.
Linda
The Sunday Stills challenge this week is Looking High and Low.
So I chose my lilacs. They are just wonderful this year
I only have three bushes. I was afraid they were going to not bloom because of all the freezes and the very cold weather
I’m so very glad they made it through!
My yard smells just wonderful!
Linda
The corn is starting to shoot tiny little roots so it was time to knock down the rows and Mormon Crease the field.
We’ve been really busy the last of last week and this weekend. It seemed like the irrigation water, the crops and my yard all needed attention all at once.
Well, the irrigation water is a three times a day requirement, but when everything comes together all at one time, sure does make a person scramble.
The cold wind blew in blowing 30 miles an hour, then it starting dumping rain. Terry was able to get the last field done just before the worst of the weather started
I’ve been working on turning this spot, where the tree was, into a garden. Freeze warning were out so I had to cover up some of my plants.
So far th alfalfa is looking good. First cutting should be sometime the first part of June.
Linda
We have gone from cold to miserable hot, with the forever wind, to today full of cold nasty wind and spitting rain. But Saturday, while I was planting, a delightful little butterfly sat on the hose and got a drink of water.
I felt really special.
Linda
Huffington Resides Here 77 years; Brother of First Child Born in County
Terry’s been working on this for some time. The next step is to take it down and give it a bath, but to have it out and running is really cool.
Since our oldest daughter stopped by, she got to have a spin before she went on to work.
Linda
P.S. This is what he does in his spare time….works on cars!
Skinner Family Arrives in Delta in 1894 By Emigrant Car; Kids Ride Caboose
We have been having freeze warning now for the last four-five days
With a nasty cold wind straight off the polar cap
Terry still set up to plant, changing out the bean planter plates to the corn planter plates
Ground, seeds and moisture of the soil doesn’t care if you think it is just too cold, when everything comes together you have to be ready
The weather forecaste for the rest of this week is very warm weather…
We are going to go from the high 40’s to 80*
Which is bound to make for flooding for those that live in the mountains and floods along the rivers.
We keep seeing on the news how much flooding is occuring and our hearts go out to you. Sure has been a long winter and a cold wet spring.
Linda
Only Living Eye-witness Give Account of Killing of Womack on Grand Mesa (1901)
The challenge is to look outside the box and find something other folks may not have thought of.
In looking around the farm all I seemed to see
Was rust and more rust!
We still use the corn grinder, but we don’t milk anymore. This old cans was here from when Terry’s Grandparents had the only dairy in the area.
The can got a hole in it and was left outside. I could never part with it as I thought it was really a cool item.
For more Sunday Stills head over here.
Linda
It seems like everything should just go as smooth as clock-work. But it really never does.
Terry and Misty dug up the old culvert (which Terry tried to fix by shoving another pipe into it). Then they had to remove the still usable pipe from the 1930 wore out culvert.
Farm work is more than tractor work, or irrigating…it has lots of maintence involved also.
Linda
Chronological History of Consolidation of Delta County Schools Since 1920
Life on a Colorado Farm 