Just last week, Terry and I took to the woods on the Uncompahgre Plateau gathering firewood
The day was bright, warm, and full of dust from passing vehicles
It was beautiful.
But very, very dry.
Back we went yesterday, the chill air
Sparkling on the frozen crystals on the ground
growing deeper and more lovely, as we drove.
It didn’t take long before we had another load of firewood. This time in rich moisture; the first of the season!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I finally finished up the wee little heart quilt given to me by my neighbor and a very generous friend.
I went over to her house to ask her some questions about quilting. When I left for home, I had in my possession a top, batting, and delightful back. All I had to do was quilt it and put on the edge.
What a fun new project to do!
Thank you, Myrna!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Mom, Dad, and I saw RAINBOWS!
Lots of Rainbows.
Sometimes Dad would say: “Look there is a Rainbow”!
Mom would get all excited, whip out her camera and snap.
When she would snap, I always tried to see what she was snapping AT!
RAINBOWS!
Not only Rainbows,
but we saw raindrops!
And there in the mountains….SNOW!
Lots of Snow.
Mom and I think all that is good, but more than anything I think
CHECKING OUT THE NEWS in the farmyard, EVEN better than Rainbows.
(Just say’n)
Beaglie Boomer Brown, or is it Boomer Beaglie Brown?
While out-and-about, looking at the sky through the tiny lens on my camera
The two hens and Beaglie following me
Mindy choosing to NOT get in the way of two hens (they like to chase her–making her a wee bit unnerved.)
I happened upon a lovely gift of heart…waiting there in the shadows of other rocks
A marvelous gift all dressed in gray!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
A few weeks ago, I was bitten ON THE LIP, by a
Jumping Spider
I know it was a Jumping spider because I caught and killed it…gross thing.
It took me forever to over-come it.
First, my bottom lip looked like I had a Cold Sore…A HUGE Cold Sore! Like HUGE!
The pain was like spear thrusts on my lip, in my gums, my tongue swelled…
Then the venom traveled into my nasal passages and my throat and my ear canal
It was like I had a cold, but not like a cold…it was horrible
After two weeks I had to go to the Doctor and get a shot. I just could not fight it anymore. Terry started to get worried, and to tell the truth, so did I.
Even after the shot, the left side of my face swelled up so much I looked like I had collagen shots on the left side of my face ONLY
The right side was as wrinkled as before, BUT with the big fat left side, it looked even more wrinkled 🙂
Then the headaches started, and the earache, plus the continued running nose.
But, actually, by that point (two weeks ago) I was feeling better and
knew I wouldn’t be whirling away with the spirits of the dead.
So…………..today I can say only my ear pain is left…and it is diminishing.
What a long process! But I made it!
(And I didn’t let it get me — I still went for walks, took photos, had company, bought groceries and continued the best I could with long, long naps in-between—it’s been a haul, but I’m here now. YAY! )
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Before the huge storm blows in tonight or tomorrow, or whenever it happens to hit
(The weather people are clanging the warning bell, even as I write this)
(The alfalfa is frozen, but still showing color)
I thought I would show you the last flickering lights of our Indian Summer paradise—a wee piece of afternoon warmth before the temperatures plunging into December levels and pale wintery sunlight
We are very dry again. Although the shadows on the road are lovely.
The unharvested corn has gone from golden to pale yellow
I saw a possible Sundog, as Mindy and Boomer and I were taking a wee walkabout.
Storm coming in they say….maybe so, only time will tell. (As my Momma used to say)
Until then it is a beautiful Indian Summer.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
After a predictably BORING morning,
There is nothing better than to shatter the calm
With a little bit of WILD horseplay!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
(And T’Ata plus Glory)
It wasn’t a long visit,
But was a very nice visit…then noon came today
And they were gone.
Sigh!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Hello! It’s Me, Mindy-Lou, Min-Min, Kit-Cat Brown. Today is MY day to visit with you!
I had a very busy night, last night.
I checked out this and that and all things
around Mom’s yard.
Then I came in and took a very long nap right on my bed on the BIG Bed.
Then I got up and ate lunch headed outside; I had lots of stuff to do before it got dark.
There is lots of work for a busy kitty on the farm.
BUT the best part of the whole day yesterday WAS a walk with Mom, Dad, and Boomer
in the Golden light.
You see when the sun started sitting the whole world turn GOLD!
It was beautiful!
So Beautiful
I had to run and jump and skittered here and there and everywhere.
Mom said the Golden Light made her feel the same way.
(Dad and Boomer said they don’t get it…it just felt cold to them and time to head back inside.)
But Mom and I got it…so I guess it must be a girl thing…loving that Golden Light.
Mindy
These little kids, (teenagers, really)
Are Mom (Gambol Quail)
and Dad’s last of the summer’s bevy, (or flock). And they look like they are all boys!
They LOVE to see me head over with my sack of black oil sunflower seeds, waiting patiently for me to appear, ride up…then fluttering off to sit in the old tree while I spread out all the seeds.
I love feeding them, our farm is full of wildlife, for I believe a farm without wildlife is empty land.
While there I looked down, where I had walked many, many times and saw
Shining there in the tracks on the road was a HEART!
What a dazzling find!
Moving on, from feeding my wild creatures, I went down to see Shannon’s goats, horses Black Beauty
I found another Heart!
Wonderful, gentle gifts to warm my soul!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 