The whiteness of the snow presses on our eys
And lights up our hearts!
The silence is profound
Our land is alive again
Filled with hope and promise
Snow!
YAY! The most we have had in a long time!
I walked all around in it this morning
6″ is a huge amount for us! Six WET inches of WATER!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Summer is all about one thing:
Water!
Water for the crops
(which I will tell you about in another series)
and Mom keeping her flowers and stuff wet.
And Dad keeping the farm crops growing.
Water!
The Life Blood for the Farm!
This water stuff doesn’t come to end until late August or early September.
It all depends on how fast the corn matures
and when the last cutting of alfalfa occurs.
For Mom, the watering of her yard comes to a hault
when the farmer next door stops watering his fields.
Water…there is more to it than meets the eye.
TLC Cai-Cai
And there, right there, the blowing wind picked up a leaf; as if to say, this is a precious note in the song of Winter.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
They are BACK!
The joy of song fills the air!
Spring is coming. I just have to be patient.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
OH! WOW! POPCORN!
This is COOL!
Running here and there is FUN!
WAIT! I HEAR SOMETHING!
ROOSTER! MOM! ROOSTER!
RUN!
No, sweet hens. No rooster! You are safe. Very safe!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm life,
Linda
Or the lack-there-of RAIN! Usually, the weather people say scattered thunderstorms or rain showers are expected.
Which means, in the mountains, not right here on the farm.
Each and every day Mom goes about with a huge smile on her face…’ it’s Summer, TLC My Cai-Cai…the very best time of the year’! She says to me.
She has GOT to be kidding!
Sometimes the temperatures run right up and over 100*f. Even the shade melts.
I know. I’ve tried sitting in it.
Dad, says ‘it’s so hot it is hard to DO ANYTHING.’
Boy, do I ever agree!!!
Mom is crazy…
she goes about SINGING!
Mom is crazy.
Yes, she is.
Pant, pant, puff, puff
TLC Cai-Cai
Some paths are hard to walk
Some paths easy
All you can do is walk down the path until you come to the end.
Then at that point, you understand the path and your feet upon it.
From my heart to your world,
Linda
Summer is the season HOT! HOTTER! HOTTEST!
Pant! Pant!
Spring is pretty—I guess. It does have wind, but still, it is cool enough I don’t pant.
Summer starts sometime in May or June. Depends on what the weather wants to do.
Another sure fact is Mom gets out the lawnmower and
SCARES THE HECK out of me.
I hide in the trees so that big machine won’t get me.
Anyway, for this tiny series, I will talk to you about SUMMER!
Hang on! I’m sure you are going to be just like me and be HOT!
(Oh, by the way, Mom LOVES Summer.
Mom IS crazy like I said earlier.)
TLC Cai-Cai
These are two (saved from a rooster) hens
Fuffy thinks it’s cold outside 🙂
I’ve had them for over a year now and just last week they decided it was safe to go outside.
The tall one with the long flowing comb was in the worst shape. He rode her to completely featherless with a bloody comb, and deep scratches on her back.
I have just the two of them. Their feathers are back now and they feel safe enough to go outside. For months I would leave the door open so they could go wander around; they preferred the hen house and the chicken run.
I think they were terrified there was a rooster outside waiting for them.
Then suddenly, Skitter (the tall one) went outside.
She still gets frightened easily so I only open the door for three hours in the late afternoon.
Still, we are making progress.
They feel safe, I get two eggs a day (most days) and they have the run of the hen house, the chicken run, and now wee, small adventures outdoors.
No farm is complete without a hen or two. 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Help arrived!
Cliff and Kimber (our son-in-law and daughter)
Came to help Terry and I start the other side of the roof.
It’s always very nice to have help!
One part of the re-roofing done!
YAY!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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