You can see it in the sky, on the land, and with the deer!
The deer always arrive when the corn is in the silk. Not good, but a fact. They are very hard on the corn—eating only the silks, therefore, killing the cob.
They will stay on the farm now until early March.
(Along with them come the coyotes—nasty things. We will have them until the deer leave)
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Later—caught by the game camera—over the fence into the corn and a whole herd of them.
I went out later to see if the corn was knocked over—nope, you would never know if the camera didn’t show us!
As silent as a whisper—these fellow creatures!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The skittering clouds traveled willingly away from us
Bringing beautiful clear skies the next day
During the silence of the night
(Caught on the game camera)
The deer arrived to enjoy snacks and safety with the cows
The farm has a loud and marvelous heartbeat—-if one just listens.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I put out a camera by the canal
Alongside the road,
To see if we still have deer on the place
Yep. I think so. 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Shhhhh
In the silence
When the morning shadows are long, and the plants still in dew
While Terry and I and change and re-set the irrigation water
The early morning light
highlights the return of the deer
And so does the corn.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Sometimes sleeping at night is hard
Not only not being able to sleep
But sleeping and dreaming with ‘bad’ dreams
Other times, it’s like I am walking with those who have passed before me
Those marvelous people of my past life
My parents and grandparents
My beautiful and marvelous sister-of-my-heart, Dixie
Haunting dreams
Causing me to wake; to feel fragile and uncertain
Most often I wake and can’t remember my dreams
I just know I dreamed,
Not all dreams are scary, threatening, or nostalgic
They are comforting and familiar
Warm and protective
Those are hard to recall, also.
So, I have decided those dreams,
Those glowing, comforting misty dreams
Which [the feeling] tends to stay with me all through the day
Are sent to me [us] from our dead family and friends
To protect us
And those still with us on the earth
Connecting with us through our dreams.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Just for fun, I put up two, game cameras
These two seem to be hanging out in our yard at night
With two there might be three
This little fox passes by the Butler Bins on a regular bases
Around the corner, he/she runs
That same corner shows another predator ‘come a visiting’
And into our yard, her/she comes
Yes!!!
Even Oreo walks freely around the Butler Bins
And in our yard
Morning…they all vanish.
Making those who move about in the daylight….rather glad they don’t move about in the night.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Now that the corn is in the silk, the deer migrate back to the farm.
So I sat up a couple of game cameras to see if, and when, they had arrived
Deer are notorious for eating the silk off the little corn ears.
Corn has lots of predators—
Bugs, humans, skunks, raccoons, and DEER!
Yep…Here they are. 🙂 We love seeing them. Terry worries about the corn loss, but we don’t do anything about it. Some for them, some for us, is our thought.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Here we are on a wee tour of the farm and how things are now
The moon is dazzling peeking here and there through the corn
We have deer hanging out in the corn
We have new ‘saved’ goats on the farm. They are not young, very old, complete with arthritis. They are so sweet.
The mornings are dazzling
The Quails are so much fun to watch, and we have lots and lots of them.
The sunrises have been lovely
We have a family of raccoons
And coyotes (Sigh)
The leaves are falling, but they didn’t turn colors this year
We still have water in the canal. It will leave on the first of November. I still enjoy hearing the rush of the water passing through our place.
AND I got a photo of a wasp in flight! How cool that is! 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
(From Pinterest)
Hello! It’s Me, Mindy-Lou, Min-Min, Kit-Cat Brown. Today is MY day to visit with you!
First off…we have a BIG GIANT BUCK DEER hanging out in the yard. HE IS HUGE!
I make sure I’m not close to him and those very sharp looking hooves.
I also stay away from the hens. They have sharp beaks and like to stab them at me if I get too close.
I do lots of checking things out around the farm; mostly to find and eat mice.
When I get one, I always take it to Mom and show her. I get lots of pettings when I do.
I sleep with Mom at night. I curl up right by Mom and get really warm. Sure, feels good. Mom pets me off and on during the night. I like that so I purr for Mom.
But whenever I can I try to stay with Dad…
OH!
WAIT!
GOTTA GO!
There goes, Dad!
AHHHHHHH!
Just right! Sitting in the sun with Dad.
Mindy
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