HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Bladen Fox McCormick!

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Dayphoto

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7 Years Old! And he got a really neat beanbag with his name on it from Momma and Dad! His very favorite present!

What a Difference a Day Makes

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Dayphoto

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Please take a little trip with me; it is only about 7 miles, all along country roads, until just before my work.

Usually I enjoy every bit of the way, but not driving on these roads TODAY.

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Part of the beautiful farm ground has given way to a clump of houses called a subdivision. It is smack dab in the middle of farms, but I guess that is cool, ………………… I guess.

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I get to go by a swamp, a lovely little creek and a stretch of cattails,

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Until I hit the main highway. U.S. Highway 50.

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I am usually early enough to work I don’t have much ‘rush-hour’ traffic. I am glad about that on days like today.

LOOK! We have MUD!

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Dayphoto

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But it is still cold, drops close to zero nightly (that will help the noon thaw), and warms up to around 32 for about an hour daily!

I still have to put the heat lamp on the chickens, but I don’t have it turn on until it hits 21 degrees.

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Still we HAVE Mud! YEAH!

Garage

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Dayphoto

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Although our son-in-law is a history teacher and coach at Delta High School he also has a carpentry business on the side.

This is a workspace and garage he is building about 8 miles from our house. He was contracted to frame it in, then someone else will take over.

Pretty Cool Garage!

I’M. Sick. Of. This. Cold. Heck! I’m sick of winter!

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Dayphoto

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Okay, I’m ready for spring! It can come ANY TIME NOW!

Oh! I guess it won’t happen for ten or twelve more weeks but still…..

The days are warming up to a real 28 degrees and falling down to 7 or below. The ice hangs heavy on the trees until around noon or so then we have a little ice storm.

Happy New Year to One and All

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Dayphoto

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You are looking at a ranch just out of Ridgeway, Colorado, with a snowstorm in the San Juan Mountains.

See you Monday, January 5, 2009!

Linda and Terry

At Least it isn’t Denver

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Dayphoto

Shannon’s truck broke just as she got to work in Grand Junction yesterday. Since she would get off around 6:30 that evening we left around 4:00 p.m. to go get her.

Thank Heavens! it was in the Target parking lot. Shannon works at Cost Cutters in the busiest mall in Grand Junction.

Why Thank Heavens! she was able to park the truck close to her work — where she pushed the truck into place wasn’t hard for Terry and I to pull her out of — AND the parking lot had lights! Lots and Lots of Lights!

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Terry had to winch by hand, because we do not have an electric winch and I had to steer not hard but scary for me the truck onto the trailer. By the time Shannon got off work the only thing left was to do was chain the truck down and come home.

We ate supper at 8:00 that evening. Long day, but not as long as if she still lived in Denver.

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