And Then I Saw ……………………..

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Dayphoto

Our corn is looking good

The wind rose up and brought in another batch of rain clouds and rain

Irigating in the rain is really not fun.

But before we were done it looked like the storms were leaving the area.

As the storms left I saw it…a little rainbow!

We woke up to beautiful blue skies this morning and a world smelling fresh and clean.

June 6th is rapidly coming. My assistant has been picked to be my replacement at the Paonia Campus, which is just wonderful. She and I have always worked well together. I wish her lots of luck.

All of my other administrative duties for the main campus have been added to two other administrators work load.

Since I have several days of vacation time left to take, after today, I will only have two more days of work. I wake up worrying at night that I’ve forgotten something that I do or have done in my seventeen years of work, something I need to tell people how to handle. Oh, well, I’ll give them my phone number and they can call me if they really get stuck.

So just like the storms leaving our area, my years of working are rapidly passing down to just days

It has been good.

I look forward to whatever the rest of my life holds.

Linda

$50 for a Wormy Apple

One Thing about Storms

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Dayphoto

They CAN produce beautiful sunsets!

It’s raining here, but the weather man says we are going to warm up this weekend. That will be very good. The farmers are all having trouble with the crops, too much rain (and wind), the ground is still cold, and the irrigation water has been cut back a month too early.

Oh, well…that’s how some years go.

Linda

Delta County Highlights During Year 1908

May 22, 2011

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Dayphoto

Mornings are still cold, so I get up before Terry, start the fire and by the time 5:30 rolls around the house is toasty warm.

Sure seems late in the year for a morning fire, June is hovering just around the corner.

By the evening it has warmed up enough we have shed our jackets and can work in shirt sleeves. Then those storms you see gathering in the background make it to us and we are cold and wet again.

Not much happening here.

Linda

First Edition Kept Under Glass

Hummm

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Dayphoto

Now that is one contented bull!

Linda

We are STILL Cold

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Dayphoto

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

The Corn is Up

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Dayphoto

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

The Delta County Independent May 1958

The End and a New Beginning

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Dayphoto

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

Another story on the first white child in Delta

Sunday Stills–Looking High and Low

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Dayphoto

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

Creasing the Rows

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Dayphoto

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

Rogers Mesa

Getting a Drink

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Dayphoto

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.