In between rainstorms and hissing wind
The second cutting of the second alfalfa field
Is stacked and heading to other homes
It can rain all it wants to now. And the rain will be greatly appreciated.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Chapter Six
While Mom and Dad were out in the second hayfield
trying to beat the
rainstorm heading our way—
I decided
to let myself out of the house
When out of nowhere
LOKI showed up!
“Hey, Boomer! Let’s go do something!”
Oh, my goodness, I thought to myself, Loki-Ta-Moki—Mindy Cat better hide
“HIDE MINDY!” I bayed
As soon as I bayed Loki decided to go FIND Mindy….
Ears up, tail wagging…
paws in FAST MOTION…Loki took off right to Mindy’s favorite spot to hang out.
Whew…No Mindy.
“Hey, Lok! Slow down. Let’s check for news and see what has been happening around here.”
I put my nose to the ground and started sniffing—
“Squirrel, Loki, Mom’s squirrel she has been feeding, came through.”
‘O! Lok—SKUNK!!! We’ve got to be careful. Either one of us gets sprayed it’s sleeping in the shed tonight.”
Loki just bounced around, running here there and everywhere.
“Just give me the good stuff, Boomer, something that runs fast and will get away from me. Ya know. I don’t want to catch anything…I just want to CHASE! Like RUN FAST!
Humm, I muttered –“Oh, Loki!–-FOX!”
“FOX!?” Loki stopped his prancing and dancing around. “WHERE? WHERE!” Tell me, Boomer…POINT THE WAY!”
“Huh, I think he headed to the Upper End, Loki.”
“UPPER END! SEE YA, BOOMER!”
Loki yelled as he sped around the junk pile
Geez, I wonder if I got that dog lost. Man, will the little kids be upset!
Sigh.
Oh, well…time for a nap.
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Later that day…
just around evening I heard lots of chatter and the patter of feet.
Out the door, I went.
There was Kya, Black Dog, and LOKI!
Loki said he had a blast at the Upper End. He didn’t see the fox or anything really…he just ran and ran and ran.
I led the way to the Back Door,
Where we all milled around until Mom came out with treats for ALL OF US!!
YAY!
Then Mom and I walked with my sister, all the dogs, and my little human niece, Tally, half-way back to the other side of the farm, where they were staying for the summer.
I sometimes get to thinking this blog is rather repetitious
I seem to only write about the sky, the plants on the farm
My yard
Irrigating…morning, noon, night
Animals which move around in the night
And the day
The worker bee of the farm...the whole farm runs on this one person, you do understand
Sometimes I liven things up a tad
OR a daytime sighting of a typically nocturn fox
Oh, Yes, I forgot we do have the returning deer
And the joyful visit of grandchildren and granddogs
And that sweet little beagle
And that very independent cat.
Not only the work of spring, summer, and fall, the work of winter
I suppose it may be repetitious
It is our life…
Shared with you on this wee little space in time
a miracle on our tiny spot of Earth and Sky
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Because
of this
Terry had to go out yesterday morning
And rake the hay…..
Please, Please, no more rain….not until we get this field baled and stacked!
PLEASE!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Just for fun, I put up two, game cameras
These two seem to be hanging out in our yard at night
With two there might be three
This little fox passes by the Butler Bins on a regular bases
Around the corner, he/she runs
That same corner shows another predator ‘come a visiting’
And into our yard, her/she comes
Yes!!!
Even Oreo walks freely around the Butler Bins
And in our yard
Morning…they all vanish.
Making those who move about in the daylight….rather glad they don’t move about in the night.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Spring is delightful,
It full of growth, new smells, the emerging from the long winter’s sleep
But Summer! Oh! My! Summer!
The songbirds start their day
And mine long before the grey light in the sky turns bright
The Fragrance in the air is spiked with all sorts of scents
Sometimes with a hot wind to carry things before it
The days are long
The Twilight longer
Life is good.
Which reminds me, does anyone know what bird this is?
Or this bird? Are they one in the same?
From my heart to your world,
Linda
“I held a moment in my hand,
Brilliant as a star, Fragile as a flower, a tiny slice of one hour.
I dropped it carelessly, Ah! I didn’t know, I held Opportunity.”—Hazel Lee
I have so wanted to see the Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
Where I need to “see” it
The clouds are thick (although, very beautiful)
So I settled for this…the moon with a planet—I think is maybe Venus —there was a little red planet next to Venus but it didn’t show up in my shot.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Chapter Six
Here is a series of things Mom doesn’t know about—Only Mom’s camera knows—I don’t know where Mom’s face goes when the camera is out, but it does leave.
Her face I mean
Whenever I see the camera on Mom’s face, I turn my head. Just Say’n.
“I turn my whole back to Mom,” Mindy stated
As she left the scene.
Sometimes I just leave.
Anyway
So here we go:
What Mom doesn’t know,
but her camera does—
And, of course,
Mindy and I know
I’ve tripped on these crazy things…they look like snakes
If I could tell Mom…this coyote has a den next to the equipment area…we have GOT to be careful when up there!
The Upper End is home to the family of deer…I like to bay at them
Sometimes they come into my yard at night—I always Hollar when they come in the yard
Mom’s camera seems to always be pointing at birds
Well, that’s it! The First Alfalfa field and the Back Forty are looking good.
Mom and I (and sometimes Mindy) just hanging out (oh, yes and camera face)
After early morning irrigation
Before the day started to grow into heat
Terry started the process of
Of swathing the second field of alfalfa
We leave the windows open all the time so now our house smells like ‘fresh mown hay’
YAY!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
If I could choose one single moment to live inside for all eternity, it would be that. Fredrik Backman, Things My Son Needs to Know about the World
Monday we had storms, off and on all-day
Off and on the rain would blow in, falling in heavy coin-sized drops, then moving on; the ground staying mostly dry.
Our busy days of work continued
Completing one chore
After another
Then the skies would clear and I would think…”I guess that is the end of the storms.”
Back again they would blow in.
But the ending…OH MY, THE ENDING of the DAY!
Was STUNNING!
Complete with the most unusual and delightful Rainbow!
Which grew darker and more red as the night crept onto the land!
WOW! I kept saying to myself. WOW! This is an amazing gift from the Heavens!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 