The wind came in. (What am I talking about…we have had strong wind now for most of the year. Shish!)
Anyway, another strong wind arrived
Lifting all the lose corn leaves and flinging them
Here
There
And everywhere.
The storm seems to be moving on, so by this weekend maybe I can get this stuff all raked up.
Or…maybe another storm will come in and blow everything far, far, away.
(I think I’m just wasting my time wishing that! 🙂 )
Linda
A winter storm is blowing in even as I write this. The wind wrecked a little damage so Terry and I had to go back out and this time tie up the gated pipe. The cows leave the pipes alone but the wind seems to think they are play things.
Look at all that sand in the ditch…it will be easy to take care of once we start irrigating. The grandkids like it also so sometimes their parents come up and clean out the ditch for the sand pile.
The Red-Winged Blackbirds as coming back in droves! I LOVE hearing their pretty songs. I also saw two Robins while we were up there and four delightful flitting Bluebirds. The Bluebirds don’t stay here, once we get too hot for them they move on further North. I rejoice the minute I see them as I know it won’t be long now for more flowers-starting to pop-up weather.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
Rainbows!!!
In the east we had a rainbow, then in the west we had
A sun dog!
I just love seeing these colored lights in the sky!
So far we are starting to have more and more spring like days.
I’ll take it!
Linda
I love Graveyards. I like spending time in the peace and silence of cemeteries
There is just so much history there. So many lives that have made up this wild and wonderful world we live in
I also love family research
History, Genealogy, cemeteries all rolled up in one place. Pretty Nice.
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Linda
If you have some of these
And some more of this
You will never fail to get THIS!
Have a nice weekend everyone!
Linda
Our old head gate was made of wood and many, many years old. A couple of times last year when I went to open the gate the wood broke off in my hand.
But this was the magic year…our canal was on the ditch companies to do list for maintenance!
We now have a new METAL headgate.
Terry fixed the carrier ditch so we are now good to go as soon as farming starts.
Pretty cool! Another sure sign spring is getting closer.
Linda
But it’s beautiful right now, and that is what really matters!
Not all of the snow has gone, but with this warm weather it should be out of here by the time the next storm hits.
Our next door farming neighbor is still trying to get his corn in. The moisture is running around 15%. Boy do we feel for him!
The sun has been just delightful…this falcon thinks so also. Bitter weather is hard on everything.
Babies are due any day now. I suppose they will wait until the storms hit.
Our cows still stay pretty close together, but not far from the visiting herd.
Until the next storm…
Life is Good!
Linda
It warmed up to 48* for two days in a row
And it’s acting like we might hit 49 or 50* today.
I’ll take the mud…
One of the nice things about this melt is we are NOT having wind. Although, the wind does make pretty patterns in the left over snow.
It also shows just how much wind we have been getting.
Of course now I won’t have as clear a picture of what goes on out there (rabbit and bird tracks)
Another storm is suppose to come in Wednesday (with wind)
Bunny rabbit hopping over the bird tracks.
For now I’ll take this break and enjoy it. February has been just way too long.
Linda
The rancher who rents our farm for winter pasture called this morning and said he was ready to bring his cows in, he wondered if we were ready for him. He said he had about 80 cows left to calve out —
Terry told him to come on up.
Once Davis’s cows hit the bean field they didn’t stop until they got to the hay field.
But what was funny were our cows….they were up in the corn field when they noticed all of the commotion down at the gate…suddenly it dawned on them ….their friends were back! Our cows reached the others just about the time Davis’s cows hit the hayfield.
Ahhhhh!
Linda
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