We worked all day Monday on loading up the dirt from the
settling pond
The pond is a mile from our farm
From 8-5, no stops in-between.
Thankfully there was no wind, or rain, only sun.
From morning (5 a.m.) until dark (9:30 p.m.) we were on the go; irrigation the first and last thing of the day.
We’ll have another ‘haul dirt day’ later this summer. 🙂
Now onto something else.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The world smells clean, fresh, intoxicating
The flowers seem polished; brighter
Although the ‘before’ wind was a tad hard of nests—Sigh.
Still, it feels like the world is whistling a jolly
And rather charming tune
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Our oldest daughter (and oldest child) was driving home from Grand Junction when the sun created an amazing arch.
That most ancient sign of hope
There was a perfect double rainbow, glittering among the cool raindrops, on the desert between Delta and Grand Junction.
A most welcoming, joyful sight!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
The wind and dirt arrived again
Making it hard to move around on the farm; littering the air and our mouths and noses and eyes
Along with the wind came RAIN Clouds
Lovely, soft, earth quenching, leaf cleaning, air freshening Exhilarating RAIN!
We’ve had a few days of off and on rain now!
It is indeed a beautiful, intoxicating, cheerful, enlivening THRILL!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Okay.
Since you are going to be outside with me—sigh.
You need to learn some things:
We, that means, you, me, Mom and Dad, live on a farm.
You live in the house…. where I wish you would stay 24-7.
But since YOU don’t WANT to stay inside, I guess I can say you live in the house and outside just like Mom, Dad, and Me.
We live and work on several acres of ground that belong to Mom and Dad and You and I.
Mostly you and I will hang around the Farm House and the Farm Yard. That means you and I take care of the house and yards, the chicken pen, and the two tractor sheds, plus the equipment building, and Dad’s shop.
I (I NOT YOU) will take care of the equipment parking area and the hay stackyard. (And go on walks with Mom and Dad, but I won’t let you know that.)
You need to stay at the house and take care of the lawn. I’ll handle the rest.
Oh, yes, you can go as far as the Butler Bins (grain bins) and the fuel tanks, but that’s far enough.
You can also go into the corrals but STAY OFF the canal banks. That water can get you.
Okay, you got all that?
Good. That’s how it’s going to be.
Lesson One. We live on a farm.
Mindy Lou-Sue, or as Mom calls me, Min-Min
The days move forward
Moving from late spring now into
Early Summer.
It’s a busy time (this little Quail is taking a dust bath 🙂
Our little fox is now grown and a busy
Momma fox. I haven’t seen the kits yet, but they are there I am sure.
While I have you here…what is this little bird? It’s bigger than a Finch, and is pretty much all red?
Early Summer,
A marvelous time of the year!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
While the heat baked and broiled outside
Terry and I finished making the rest of the MUCH NEEDED siphon tubes. This is the oven where we bake the tubes, turning them into soft plastic
Terry takes them out (while still warm) and forms them in the perfect shape
Done! We made around 50 or so, I lost count after a spell.
That evening we made several trips to the fields and added the new tubes in with the old ones, so we don’t have pack tubes from this area to the next!
YAY!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Saturday we had clouds come in—–and a smattering of delightful rain.
Smoke in the sky—-still.
Then last evening,
as we rode out to change the irrigation water, we rode in gigantic surging drifts
and volleying gusts
of a staggering force of the dirty wind.
At least it didn’t last long. This morning it is gone.
Although, the sky is still pretty smokey.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I enjoy seeing the rabbits
Out and about on the farm.
They aren’t the easiest things
To see
Let alone photograph
But they ARE fun!
I have no idea what breed they are
I just know that, for me, they are a nice bit of
pleasure. Pleasant, for sure.
Lightning Fast!
I have to be speedy for they truly scurry here, and then away, in the quickness of a heartbeat.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Connie from Minnesota sent me these homemade wasp nests. You stuff them with plastic bags then decoupage them. After they are dry you hang them where wasps like to nest.
I needed to hurry and get them hung up because TLC Cai-Cai thought they were made for him. 🙂
No more invasive bugs at our house!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 