Perched, just there, right there
Hidden in the branches of the Bridal Veil Bushes
A flock of tiny little birds
Hiding from the wind
Swaying on the little branches. Silent, yet there…waiting, waiting for the wind to stop.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Although, it’s still cold here and we still have a fire in the woodstove. It is getting warm enough now I can go in JUST FLIP FLOPS!!! YAY!
We are opening up another part of the farm
Clearing away all the dead tree stumps and other brush
We are expanding the land for more pasture and grazing (that is Terry on the four-wheeler checking fences in the Back Forty)
Lots of work, but it will be nice for the horses and for the cows’ next winter.
Three days we worked, finishing late in the evening.
(Terry ran the tractor and I the pick-up and trailer) Thank Heavens for chains and loaders or we couldn’t have moved those ancient old tree stumps.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Just like people
Cattle move on their stomachs
Easy peasy!
See ya’ in the winter!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
All the way from Kate Chiconia in Australia
There is was in the cloud hidden sky a beautiful halo of light.
Floating, just there, filling the sky with its delicate fluttering colors!
Thank you, Kate!
My first rainbow of 2020!
(I apologize for pushing the button for this to be published on Saturday. I got very excited about the rainbows and wanted to get them UP for early Sunday delivery and pushed send on Saturday.
I also have been confused with my days, since we went to the grandkids’ basketball game on Thursday, which made my weekend become messed up. Friday felt like Saturday, Saturday felt like Sunday…old age I suppose.
Anyway, I try to always keep my blog current and active with the days of the week and my life. Please accept my apologies for posting this on Saturday and again today.)
As always—
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Chapter Eleven
“Freddy!” I bayed. “Freddy come back!”
Mindy screamed and tried to hide under my tail…
under MY TAIL!
“Be calm, Mindy, it’s Freddy he will help us.”
“He is a FOX, BOOMER!!! FOX EAT CATS!!!!”
“Not Freddy, well, not this time anyway. Well, I don’t think he will. I just need his help, Mindy. Stay as close to me as you can, attach yourself. We have to have help to get from here to home. Freddy is our best bet.”
I looked around and saw Freddy trotting back to me.
“Hey, Boom! Man, it’s good to see you again.” Freddy high-fived my right front paw with his left front paw.
We started to chest bump when I realized I had Mindy attached to my hip.
“Hey, Freddy, I need your help.”
“Sure, Buddy. Whatever Can I do?” Freddy smiled his huge foxy smile.
“I need to get home. And I need to get Mindy…here Mindy, say Hi. Home. It’s getting onto Coyote prowling time and I need to get Mindy back to Mom and Dad before she becomes Coyote lunch.”
Freddy looked around my body, saw Mindy all scrunched up tight against my hip.
“Well, well, hum mm, soft yummy cat…drool, slobber, slurp, Home, you say. Okay. I can do that. But we have to be moving along fast I passed two coyotes heading toward this area a few minutes ago.
“Come on!” Freddy waved his paw and took off down the farm road. I’ll take the lead and you bring up the rear Boomer. Mindy you can run in the middle.”
“YEOWL! I’m not going anywhere but right next to you Boomer! You get right up there close to Freddy and I’m staying attached to your hip.”
Just then—
The first Coyote ran right in front of Freddy.
“Well,” Terry said, as he put on his coat and cap
“Off I go to play in the dirt!”
With those words, he was gone.
Back out-on-the-land!
So as you can [now] see, Terry is farming this year. The sitting idle watching someone else farm was agony for him last year.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm
Linda
The rancher started moving the cows yesterday and will finish today
They took the moms and the babies in very roomy trailers off to the nursery
Much closer to his house and barns
Sometime today they will arrive with large semi’s. Load the remaining girls up.
The end of watching the soothing peaceful beauty of the cows grazing on our farm
Until next winter…then. Good-bye Girls. See you in a few months.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Standing on the Rocky Point, Beaglie and I saw masses of Sandhill Cranes resting on our neighbor’s farm–when they saw us several lifted off, causing the air to swoosh with the flapping of their wings.
Back on our farm, we came across a giant flock resting, waiting, resting.
The sounds are majestic and powerful!
Big birds…they rather brighten the long winter days!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Beaglie and I go for a walk daily around the farm.
It’s nice to get out and about, to stretch one’s legs and to expand one’s lungs
Although, it is still chilly…coat wearing chilly
There is a feeling of March in the air. A decided shift toward warmer and nicer weather
There are about 14 baby cows (calves) out on the land; more to come.
It’s trying to snow right now, so I suppose we will see more calves born. They like to come out in nasty weather for some reason. 😦
Still, there is a smell to air which says March is coming!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Chapter Ten
“Well, as you can see, Mindy,” I said, pushing Mindy behind me a little, “dark on the farm is way different than dark in the farmyard.”
“MEOW!!!” Mindy sobbed. “Let’s go home, Boomer. I want to go inside and lay on Dad’s legs while he watches TV and gets lots of pets. It’s SCARY out here.”
Just then we heard HOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO. Mindy jumped three feet in the air and yeowel! “OWL! We have to RUN!”
Mindy started to fling herself out onto the farm road when I quickly put my front left paw down on her back. “NO! Stay right here!” I bayed.
“STAY!”
“I hear an owl, Boomer. I have to hide, I have to get to the house, I have to get OUT OF HERE! An Owl tried to get me once, but I got away. That is why I have my whole right side missing on my mouth. OWL!!!”
Mindy squirmed and wiggled under my paw. Thankfully I had her smashed flat so she couldn’t get those wicked claws up and get my leg.
“I Know, Mindy! I know. But you are safe right here with me. You start running crazy and the owl will chase you on very silent wings, swoop down and your gone—up into the sky, then over to their nest where the little owl chicks live.”
Mindy looked at me with terror in her eyes.
“Stay right here, right next to me, and I will get you home.”
Mindy stopped wiggling and sighed. “Okay, Boomer, my life is in your hands.
“Good. I can protect you from pretty much everything but a coyote. If we run into a coyote or three you run as fast as you can for home. I try to lead them away from you. But until, or if that time comes, you stick right by me.”
With that Mindy and I started walking. We have a long way to go, but I feel pretty sure I could get us home. We have the weeds along the ditch bank to hide in and if we are super lucky, we can crawl into some of the equipment (if we make it that far).
It was about that time, while we were walking next to the ditch, not on the road, but close to it:
Freddy Fox zoomed right in front of us!
Life on a Colorado Farm 