We are still having rain and thunderstorms, but oh, my! The double rainbow experience is just amazing! This one showed up at our daughter’s house. I had my trusty camera ready (again) so now you can enjoy it with me.
Fabulous Friday
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Category Archives: Life on a Colorado Farm
The Corn is Tally High
The corn is doing well; too tall now to cultivate. And the rain has stopped. Well, it has moved to the mountains surrounding us, we are only experiencing heavy afternoon winds. Lots of sun!
Life is good.
Wonderful Wednesday
This double rainbow appeared IN OUR YARD then quickly moved to the church just across the field from us.
You can see the end in the cherry trees. This is a first! I have never had one so close.
The WOW Factor was just amazing.
Lucky for me I had my camera with me!
Sara’s Sheep
I was in need of something fun, warm, that tells a story, for a gift! And I found it!
http://myfavoritesheep.blogspot.com/
The little sheep family says it all.
(There is another lamb on the other side of the Momma snuggled close by, that I failed to get in the photo.)
My present was THE hit of the party.
While Changing Water
While changing water we met the goats and their new keepers out for a walk.
They have become Linkin’s goats, she loves them and they love her. She has named one Gazelle and the other Zebra for very long and complicated reasons. Every evening and often times throughout the day Linki and the goats go out and play.
So leaving Grandpa to continue changing water and checking on the cows I went with Mom-Mom and Linkin on their nightly walk.
We looked at all the weeds the goats really like to eat, and the ones they don’t like to eat.
We stopped and ran across the ditches and played follow the leader, Linki is always the leader (I was informed).
We looked at a ground bird nest.
And best of all we went to the ‘special place’ where Linki and goats go to play.
We meet Evan and Zooker out for a ride.
Saw the chickens in the yard. Which the goats thought were really cool things to play with.
Just a really nice walk on a windy evening!
In Spite of the Weather the Work Still Goes On
The last field of alfalfa has been cut, and we are waiting for it to dry. You can see the showers playing around in Olathe in this photo.
(Come on sun, come on out and play!)
We are still irrigating. We will never NOT be irrigating, right up until harvest.
A little sun is peaking through!
Here is what the beans look like right now. I forgot to get a photo of the corn, but it is about calf high.
Watering the pasture
The new seeding of oats and alfalfa is looking good, but needs irrigating. You can see the big cracks in the ground. The water will rotate to this spot next.
Every thing looks lush and wonderful because of the showers, sprinkles and downpours.
I shouldn’t complain—it is just hard to get the alfalfa to dry. Otherwise, I guess I just miss the sun.
Wordless Wednesday (Sort of)
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head! And the weatherman says more is heading our way. At least it isn’t snow. 🙂
Let’s Go Irrigate (Part 2 Same Dog)
Fuzzy with his summer haircut, (he is in the middle of a run, that is why the weird pose) goodness!
He is so funny with his haircut, he doesn’t even look like the same dog. Still he really does enjoy the freedom of not having burrs and mud in his fur. (And us removing those objects and being brushed.)
I didn’t realize he had put on so much weight. (Shame on me)!
It looks like I will have to let him run more often, instead of getting him to hop up on the back of the four-wheeler and giving him a ride.
Let’s Go Irrigate
Rain, Rain Go Away
Come again some other day! Sigh.
The hay can’t dry with all this rain!
Please Sun come on out and shine all day!
( I hope I didn’t just jinks us with a drought! Goodness farming is such a gamble!)
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