No babies yet! We drive out once a day. I’m sure it won’t be long now before at Least One cow has a calf!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Cow Check — Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Category Archives: Life on a Colorado Farm
There is Something so Magical about Shadows — Wednesday, February 7, 2024
I love how everything has a shadow!!
Shadows are a testament to each and all things upon the earth (and a gift from the sun)
They bring quiet and feelings of stillness
In scorching summer they offer a retreat from the heat
They also add to the song of each and every day
Shadows!
They make my heart sing with joy, gladness, and delight!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Crows—I Have a Love/Hate Sorta Thing With Them, Tuesday, February 6, 2024
I have to use photos from my archives—please forgive me. They have been hard to photograph lately
There is something you can’t help but love about Crows
They are so incredibly bright—studies have shown they are as bright as a nine-year old child.
They do have some very scavenger habits–
That I really don’t care for: like trying to peck out the eyes of newborn calves, poaching baby birds from other nests to feed their own, and devouring exhausted songbirds on their way home.
Still, there are other marvelous things about them—they talk to each other, and to you (if you talk to them) and clean up those ‘dead’ things so the earth stays fresh and clean.
Besides, I think they are just darn right “purdy”!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I’m Struggling with Winter—-Monday, February 5, 2024
I am having a hard time getting through winter—it’s been raining here (WHICH IS WONDERFUL)
But–it makes me long for Spring—for the world to start to wake up!
I’m ready,
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Winter Week 7, Sunday, February 4, 2024
I am trying hard! Really I am!
I just need something different to look at something—not winterish—something —- OH!!!
THEY ARE BACK!!!
THE REDWINGED BLACKBIRDS HAVE RETURNED!!!
YAY!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-Justa Sitting and Wait’n, Friday, February 2, 2024
Purrrfect!
TLC
Sometimes, Well, Lots of Times —- Thursday, February 1, 2023
I look at the sky- wherever I am, my HEART sings!
The joy/the beauty/of the world just lifts me up body and soul!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm
Linda
When the Air Becomes Stale or the Work Becomes Boring — Wednesday, January 31, 2024
We always seem to have something to do. Something that seems to require both of us in very intense ways. But…sometimes there is really nothing hard going on…and we have grown weary of the house (and work) so off we go—to walk briskly through a few acres, then come back to feeling fresh and ready to proceed with the rest of the day!
Yes, farmers go for walks (hikes) they just do it on their farm! 🙂
Your friends on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The Result of Courtship in the World of Cattle — Tuesday, January 30, 2024
We like to ride out into the midst of the cows—checking the pastures
Checking the fences
And checking on how the Moms-to-be are doing!
I love cows! Don’t you?
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
What is Unique and Necessary About Winter, Monday, January 29, 2025
Winter is a tad fragile—-even though it doesn’t seem so.
Spring, Summer, and Autumn all depend on Winter and winter’s gift of snow/water and terribly cold and freezing temperatures.
Water—Winter’s Gift to all of us.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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