I just finished reading this book—and loved it. Maybe you would too. 🙂
“What you give in this world will be given back to you. And what you take will be taken from you. Them’s the oldest words I know. I was just a lil’un when that got told to me, but I always remember to pass it on.”— The Night Came with Many Stars, Simon Van Booy
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I am trying hard! Really I am!
I just need something different to look at something—not winterish—something —- OH!!!
THEY ARE BACK!!!
THE REDWINGED BLACKBIRDS HAVE RETURNED!!!
YAY!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
First…yes, each and every time…first is Dad getting one of the tractors out and hooking it up to something. More than likely to the disk.
Then he uses the disk, after which he will plow, then roll, then level, then mark out.
Yep…each and every day in each and every field Dad will do this.
ALL except to the alfalfa field. That requires something different.
In-between all that ‘tractor work’ Dad will figure out something he wants to do BEFORE everything gets too busy.
There will be — hauling stuff to the dump,
or hauling a load to the metal buying place, or maybe even finishing up something he started in the winter.
Spring gets to be B.U.S.Y!
In the meantime, when Mom isn’t helping Dad do something, Mom is getting her yard ready for Spring. This means, raking EVERYTHING, spading up the ground where she wants to plant something new,
plus keeping on hauling in wood.
Because, You See, March is still COLD!
Which works for me!
Because I LOVE the COLD!
Just Say’n.
TLC Cai-Cai
There is often more gifts in nature than we realize
Shooting stars are a gift…a flash of light, with a shower of sparks
So is the dim winter sun lighting up the beauty of a little collared-dove
Or to watch the flight of a bird being lit up by bright snowy clouds
Suddenly seeing a hawk flying low over the woodpile
Or to hear the call of the Sandhill Cranes as they wing over the farmyard
Or that flash of red on a Red-winged Blackbird
Lending brightness to a grey sort of day
Hearing an enchanting song
Even in the snow, there is a delight
Full of light, wonder, and song
No matter what is going on in your life…there are always moments of awe.
What a gift.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
As the storm started leaving yesterday I saw another RAINBOW!!!
END TO END!!!
Then last evening the sky looked like THIS
Beautiful and peaceful and just right lovely!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Silence. As the tension leapt like flames in a campfire.
We had a couple of fun evenings with our Grandchildren…tall youths running in swirls of pure energy and studied action
We reveled, in that buzzing hive, so loud and excited one might think the hive had been knocked down from it’s safe perch in the trees 🙂
The exhilaration of movement and jubilation bubbling very close to the surface as baskets were made or a ball taken away from the other side
Always, always these two lovely grandchildren will meet us and give us hugs; telling us ‘thank you’ for coming to watch them play.
Grandchildren….they are life’s great joys!
(Tally doesn’t have any sports right now, so she sat with us, snuggled close to Grandpa and I.)
From my world to your heart,
Linda
I think Every One needs a dog…Don’t you?
We were out working, Mom, Dad, and I. Doing this and that. Going here and there. Then I noticed that Mom and Dad were sitting down taking a break.
Heck! I’ll just take one with them!
Perfect!
Boomer
Life on a Colorado Farm 