I don’t know WHY Mom had to put this dumb thing on me…I can say Merry Christmas just fine without it!
(Bah! Hum-Bug!!! This dumb hat has to go!)
May joy and happiness snow on you, may the bells jingle for you and may Santa be extra good to each and every one of you!
Merry Christmas!
Terry and Linda
(Fuzzy and Honey Hen)
Tina Marie sent, to the grandchildren, all the makings for a gingerbread house. One for each grandchild!
Bladen Fox McCormick
Complete with a tree in the yard!
Linkin Mahre McCormick
And fun candy hearts! (These should be reversed, but oh! well!)
Tallen Rose McCormick
“I thought you were suppose to eat it!”
Thank you, Tina Marie!!!!
Of course there is snow
And the wind howls
The roads become impassible
(Grand Mesa, Colorado December 2009)
But there is music
Something that really can’t be explained, but if you live, or work, or walk on the land you will understand.
For you will have experienced it.
Every environment, has its own music-its rhythms
Its flow, grace notes, and harmonies
It comes, I think, from your soul and a reaching out to the spirit of the land.
Linda
When you heat with wood
You have to clean the chimney.
Which means you let the fire go out, the coals turn to ash and then it’s
Terry’s job.
I am terrified of heights. As you can tell by the need to paint the trim on the house.
And no, the brick is not loose in the chimney, nor is it full of holes; the light just makes it look that way.
So someday soon, I’ll have to have one of my kids come visit and help me paint.
Linda
I was struck by the beauty of the desert on my drive back to the Delta Office.
The sky was an amazing blue.
The jet streams adding a hint of adventure in the skies.
The large blue flat top mountain is Grand Mesa.
And a semi and I are the only ones on the road.
Now THAT was cool.
(This is a well-traveled two-lane highway all the coal miners call ” The Death Highway”.)
Last night we had a cold water (Thank Heaven!) pipe break and run for an hour or so in the house.
We are still cleaning up the mess….the kitchen; bathroom, back porch and the basement were all flooded. Ankle high!
So I am not able to post much today, but hope to be back in full-swing tomorrow.
Just for your enjoyment…. Monkey (Terry’s cat) got so upset with all the water she jumped into the cabinet and the door shut on her. There is nothing in this cabinet but cans so ‘no fur in food’ occurred.
It was so funny I had to take a photo of it. There had to be some sort of a bright spot in the rather long, long evening.
Linda
(Yes, I needed to clean off the cabinet)
We went from this
(driving home Friday night)
and this
to more snow on Saturday
to a Chinook Wind on Sunday.
With really nice temperatures.
And it’s warmer today. Welcome to Western Colorado weather!
Linda
The sunrise over the fields made me realize…. life really is good.
Tallen came to visit us.
Tallen is Grandpa’s Girl! Don’t get me wrong, she loves Grammy,
but she only has eyes for Grandpa!
And…
She brought Odie to visit with her!
(Odie got tired of Monkey trying to chase him so he headed to the top of the towel cupboard in the bathroom.)
So enough of the negative — it really is a wonderful world!
The Frozen World by Emilie Simon
The sun kissed the ice
It glistens for me
And we are one again
We belong to the frozen world
-12* this morning with a wind chill to -24*. I think Canada’s weather slipped into Colorado! 🙂
Snow is predicted for this weekend.
Which is okay by me because It Has To Warm Up To Snow!
YEAH!
But as Leenie posted about one day:
Oh, how I love The Rockies when the snow’s up to your butt.
You take a breath of winter and your nose is frozen shut.
Yes, the winter here is wonderous so I guess I’ll hang around.
I could never leave The Rockies–I’m frozen to the ground.
Author Unknown
Before you leave blog reading, please head over to Leenie’s blog she took photos of fogbows.
Rainbows in the fog!
They are as beautiful as a summer rainbow!
You just have to go see them!
And a very special THANKS to Deb for my hand-made driving gloves!
The wool raised, spun, dyed and knitted by Deb just for me! (And in my favorite color, also!)
They sure are nice on these cold winter morning!
Linda
-7* as I headed to work today!
Brrrr. Its 16* right now and its 1:30 in the afternoon so you know the temperature is heading down.
Of course, this is nothing compared to Canada.
Plus the snow cover is really good for protecting the plants.
The cows, goats, sheep, and deer don’t like eating snowballs, either.
The new ‘lack of snowplowing’ (unless at certain times of the day) leads to some Very interesting driving to and from work.
Out our way, the plows come around noon.
Part of my job requires me to report to our satellite campus, one hour’s drive-time from the main campus.
At least three days a week.
Having to be there by 7:00 in the morning means I really do miss having a snow plow come down our country roads.
Still noon is better than not at all.
Work has me stretched way beyond what I can seem to get done.
But, HEY! I have a job!
Maybe it just seems hard because I have to drive on frozen roads.
Stay Warm out there!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
