Our cow pasture and the canal banks are full of fall colors

All our dairy and ranching neighbors are chopping corn

and the Maximilian sunflower “Prairie Sunflower” has bloomed.  Once it blooms a heavy frost is on its way.

I looked on the Delta, CO weather site and it looks like our night time temperatures are dropping into the late 40’s and early 30’s next week.

I love fall with the warm days and the cool nights.  I like that the really hard work is starting to come to an end, and the really good feeling that the cellar is full, the grain bins are full and the hay stacks fat and tall.  I like the idea of the holiday’s coming.  I vow to not think about the long winter following.  But after that dark and dreary time is SPRING.  I can hardly wait!