There in the pale sky, just right there two stars —slowly drifting toward the Uncompahgre Plateau horizon
A thumbprint made its sudden appearance one day…
Last night’s evening clouds thick and dark and threatening
Snow on Grand Mesa with clouds hanging full and damp
Walking back from the equipment area I saw another sundog
The sunlight casting a prism in the sky!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
The wind has enjoyed tossing the corn leaves high, high into the air
The horses have enjoyed the clear, sharp wind
Running, running, tossing their heads, manes flying
The air so sharp it seems to glitter
Racing up, and back, then over and down. Their hard hooves picking up wee clods of dirt flinging the bits of earth in all directions
Lifting their tails, shaking their heads they race —onward then back.
While watching, T’Ata and Glory Bee, I saw another Sundog in the sky.
If these amazing omens are correct…we are heading toward major cold.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I love feeding the birds
And watching the Canada Geese and the Sandhill Cranes creating their own gusting wind in the great blue of the sky!
If Boomer and I sit quietly then great flocks of birds come calling
Trying to rush us away so they also may peck and scratch at the tummy-warming black sunflower seeds
While out on the (now empty land) the other day, I saw a Sundog hanging silently in the sky.
It was still there, as the huge clouds built promising ‘weather’ when I came back from feeding the birds over by the equipment area.
Cold weather coming, the Sundogs say. I like to think of them as wee little rainbows before the bitter cold.
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!
MY HEAVENS!!! What a week this has been!
Bella
And Zookie
Came to live with us for several days.
Bella is the same size as ME!
And Zookie is smaller than I AM!!!
Then Loki showed up
And Houston! They stayed with my sister, but they came over here lots!
Mom had to take lots of walks WITH the dogs, because the little, tiny dogs need fresh air and to ‘do their business’.
And the really BAD thing is THEY SLEPT on MY BED!!!
But I got along with everyone just fine. They are gone home now…and I am back on MY bed!
Mindy
Our days, of each and every year;
Proceed as an amazing gift
The gratefulness of continued good health
The joy of truly getting to live our own personal dream
With the untold blessing of having very few wants
And the skills and ability to fix or create, if needed.
I have so much to be grateful for
My heart runs over!
Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you, my friends!
You are very much a blessing within my every day!
And, if you do not celebrate, this United States Holiday…I wish for you a wonder-filled day in your daily life!
From My Heart to Your World,
Linda
We had snow Tuesday
Waking up in a raw world
Still, nature is beautiful
A wild heartbeat of birds in the sky
The misty thinning snowy sky
The haunting beauty of the geese’s call sounds like loneliness in the sky
Yet even though the snow has arrived, along with the bitterly cold wind
The big winter birds warm my heart and lift my spirit—
helping me sing songs to the God(s).
From my world to your heart,
Linda
In a small
silver shaft of silvered moonlight
There in the deepening dark
The night camera captured
The wandering souls
Who live in the emptiness
of the pearl-edged clouds
and the blackness of the farm.
The Wandering souls,
As the world nears the solstice,
who walk in the soft and lovely deepening night.
From my heart to your world,
Linda
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?
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