When opening my email I saw these wonderful photos—
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From Saudah— “I’m from South Africa, and am thirteen years old
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What a wonderful and very marvelous gift!
Friends from all around this amazing globe we call the world!
Thank you so much, Saudah!
I am very pleased to meet you!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
While the wars and manipulations of men
Fill the air with restless, convulsing fear and anger
Our quiet daily lives
(BIG GRASSHOPPER)
Keep steadily onward
The earth sends out old familiar energy
Even bringing forth flowers in the late Summer usually seen only in Spring
The Sun, the Rain, and the clouds sing overhead
The air is rich with the scents of earth, trees, flowers, and green weeds
All these things herded together soothe our souls.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Shannon’s hen hatched a tiny baby. The Mom takes it everywhere and then some. Even here way up on the perch in the hen house!
SO CUTE!!!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
It’s been raining all around us
Which is okay
The peaceful and beautiful showers gift us with Rainbows!
Of which, the Earth repays in hearts!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for your senses to grow sharper”–W.B. Yeats
For a sky filled with
The very bright promise from the Heavens
An invigorating nip of Hope in the air
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
“OH!”
“HELP!”
“MOM!”
“HELP!”
“BOO Berry Betty”, Mom yelled,
“Come help me put the chickens away,”
“OKAY, MOM!”
Teeee heee, chuckle, snort!
Boo Berry Betty
O! How fast it seems
This is a butterfly–their lives go ever so quickly—so who am I to complain?
Ah…true. Not complaining–
Just a tad sad at the quickness of the passing of my favorite time of year
(Although, I must admit the over-the-top heat has just about ‘dun me in)
The earth is so hot when you are on the ground
The heat hits you in the face!
Still, I would prefer Summer to stay
A little while longer.
(Just a tad bit cooler)
For late Summer to linger
Then late Autumn to linger until Thanksgiving.
Giving all of us more days of
That slow, easy feeling — Summer brings to our souls.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Yep! Second Cutting
Of the third field.
Sometimes in September, we will start all over for the third time, then the haying season will be done.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm
Linda
The full moon of hot summer nights
Breaking free of a gap in the clouds—
The world is made of silver!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
What a wonderful, beautiful world (we have) the internet connecting us to friends far and wide.
Sending you this gorgeous rainbow that came to our house after a thunderstorm yesterday.
Enjoy!
Lots of love,
Genevieve and Cupcake 
Oh! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, ever so much!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 