The Hard Winter Has Come — Monday, December 15, 2025

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Dayphoto

Hard winter is now upon us

Although the snow is mostly gone

The ground is frozen solid [therefore, no mud :)}

Still, joys are abounding —COWS!!! Cows are neither silent or still, they talk to each other, move about trying out this field or that. Eating weeds, and grasses and breaking up and stomping on hard big weeds.

Looking for big clumps of cheat grass. (Cheat grass is green and lush and yummy, year round!)

Cows!

Moving, eating (even at night)

Rippling pretty past us bringing happiness to them, us, and the rancher!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

There is ALWAYS ONE!!!! Sunday, December 15, 2024

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Dayphoto

She’s a jumper!!! GRRRR!

After we got her back in and strung another hot wire (with a piece of alfalfa tied onto it), she seems to behaving herself!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on Friday—-MOM SAID TO TELL YOU, Friday, December 15, 2023

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Dayphoto

Mom said to tell you that Mom and Dad are in the end game of the corn harvest right now!

YAY! The Harvest of 2023 is almost in the bag!

TLC and Boo Berry

(And the big trucks and the big green machine won’t be coming through our yard anymore! YAY!)

Sharp and Sure in the Cloudy Skies —- Thursday, December 15, 2022

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Dayphoto

There! Just There

Waiting for human eyes to see

The signal we are heading into more and chillier, and ever colder winter weather.

A Sun Dog!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Now to Start the Winter’s Work — Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Dayphoto

The memory of green is all we have now

Terry and I have been fixing the fence;

putting up the electric fence, strengthening the five-strand, making sure everything will be ready for when the cows come.

And fixing the road

The start of all the ‘little’ stuff.

Which catches up last seasons work, and gets the farm ready for March, when Spring work begins.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Joy Shining in Her Email to Me—-Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Dayphoto

The email this morning from Kate was a blessing in the form of an amazing wondrous gift, in dark clouds boiling in a dark sky, where heavy rains fell.

Pa has sent me a message of comfort and joy – it looks as if Boomer has some excellent company!

Another one for your collection 🙂

Kate

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I am so sorry for the loss of your father, Kate. My heart goes out to you with complete understanding.

A rainbow for Kate, for me, and for each of you!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Each Hour of the Day and Night—-Sunday, December 15, 2019

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Dayphoto

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”– Henry David Thoreau, Walden Pond

Every day, we are so extremely blessed; besides a million or so heartbeats we enjoy

There are trillions of other wee gifts— such as the silence of the land

tiny little presents, of everyday joys;

gusting like small soft breezes,

as we move throughout the day

(and in some cases, the night, or almost night)

Sometimes I think I would like to ‘know the future. To be able to turn the page, like we do in books’, then I tell myself–

Perhaps, I really don’t want that knowledge

I would miss the changes throughout the time I am living in

Therefore, I remind myself—until the cords of my soul are cut from my body; I will wear out each hour of the day, with contentment and peace.

From my world to your heart,

Linda

A Gathering Chill—-Thursday, December 15, 2016

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Dayphoto

I had that one time shot of the perfect rising of the Full December Moon and the setting sun drenched mountains, then it was back to clouds.

But last evening the the clouds thinned just a smidge

With the air restless, edgy, and even agitated.

The sun a very blurry pale burst which blessed somewhere ‘over there’ with it’s pleasant glow.

The clouds had thinned enough to show the disk of the sun, a pale blurry spot in the sky, but sinking lower.

Then the last rays of the sun burst upon the clouds in a luxuriously pleasant intense color of light

There is a feel of rain in the air today. Although, the clouds are thick, they are high. It’s not as cold as we’ve been having; I can smell moisture. If it cools down we will have snow otherwise there is a strong possibility of rain.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda