A Gift from Mountain Woman

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Dayphoto

When I got home last night I had a surprise package waiting for me; a delightful little book on Yankee Weather Proverbs!

I immediately sat down and started reading.

Gift-from-Mountain Woman

For people who live by the land, or for those who scan the skies, this book is a wonder. Here is one, we in the west also tout: “When robins leave early, expect an early winter” here is another, “Purple or very dark blue clouds indicate snow as do long flat banks of dark-colored clouds” —or “The first frost in autumn will be exactly six months after the first thunderstorm of the spring”

There are many more, but this gives you an idea.

Thank you so much, Mountain Woman, I am very surprised and grateful!

This One’s for You

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Dayphoto

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There is something just absolutely amazing about the sky lately. And I have seen on other people’s blogs you are seeing it too. Maybe it is because we are leaving summer and moving into fall, or maybe it is something else. But the sky is really a wonder to behold.

A Gift of a Rainbow

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Dayphoto

Fall-Rainbow

Just before the freeze a rainbow filled the evening sky. I always feel such joy when I see these amazing gifts.

Yard-Rainbow

As the sun moved west the rainbow looked like I could find a pot of gold right in our yard.

This is second time this year something so wonderful happened! A rainbow right in our yard!

Freezing-Rainbow

It was so close I wanted to touch it, but we all know that is impossible!

We Woke to a Killing Frost This Morning

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Dayphoto

A month early!

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I hated to say good-bye to this! Gosh it was beautiful! I took lots and lots cuttings so I can start over.

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I covered everything up, and waited.

(That is a poor sad Colorado Blue Spruce which needs to be cut down this winter.)

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And woke to this, this morning. The poor Angel Trumpets looked so sad I couldn’t photograph them. Just know that fall has offically arrived on our farm.

More Sure Signs of Fall

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Dayphoto

Fall

Our cow pasture and the canal banks are full of fall colors

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All our dairy and ranching neighbors are chopping corn

Maximilian-sunflower

and the Maximilian sunflower “Prairie Sunflower” has bloomed. Once it blooms a heavy frost is on its way.

I looked on the Delta, CO weather site and it looks like our night time temperatures are dropping into the late 40’s and early 30’s next week.

I love fall with the warm days and the cool nights. I like that the really hard work is starting to come to an end, and the really good feeling that the cellar is full, the grain bins are full and the hay stacks fat and tall. I like the idea of the holiday’s coming. I vow to not think about the long winter following. But after that dark and dreary time is SPRING. I can hardly wait!

Good Morning Sunshine by Aqua

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Dayphoto

On my way into work the sun was amazingly beautiful!

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I couldn’t help but feel joy clear down into my soul.

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Good Morning World!

Fall is in the Air

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Dayphoto

Any day now…we are expecting a killing frost. (The nights are dropping into the 40s Our average frost date is October 21st.)

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The signs are there, or am I just mis-reading them? Time will tell.

Last Irrigation of the Year

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Dayphoto

I-Can-Beat-You

Fuzzy Doddle McDoodle Dude Brown loves to change water.

Up-the-Ditch

And it isn’t just running with the four-wheeler, and it isn’t just running in the ditches, it’s the water.

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He just loves the water!

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But when you run very, very fast over acres and acres, and You Are Old, like your people…..it just plain wears you out!

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Plus a sticker in the paw is a good excuse to rest!

The Next Set of Ducks

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Dayphoto

The next set of ducks have now grown up enough to merge with the big ducks. Some of these won’t stay with us, in fact six of these cuties have already been rehomed. The duck area is really only big enough for about fifteen to twenty ducks.

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