We Woke-Up to a Fairy World—Sunday, January 10, 2016

Yesterday we had a wee melt. Complete with dashes of sunshine here and there, off and on!

Frost-6It was lovely.  Boomer and I walked in slush, and mud, and even on some dry spots.

Frost-3Later that afternoon, Terry, Boomer and I took a four-wheeler ride to the rocky hill. The chilled air knifing back in a shower of tiny bits of snow from the wheels of Terry’s four-wheeler, causing Boomer to snuggle up tight against me.  I found this comforting-his warm body smashed against my back.

Our farm and the neighboring farms were a winter painting, cows dotting the landscape far and away.  As we sat there, the sun hanging low in the sky, the silence was broken by a murder of crows, settling down on the farm, actually on the corn still standing in the fields, for their supper.

Frost-2Then over night the air cooled allowing us to wake up to a

Frost-1Winter wonderland.  It was lovely.  A vision of frost draping everything in it’s path. Life in the middle of a frozen cloud.

It’s all gone now…warmed up and melted away.  A winter fairy-land.

Your friend, in January, on a farm, on the western side of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.  🙂

Linda

 

 

We Woke to a Killing Frost This Morning

A month early! 

Here-Today

I hated to say good-bye to this!  Gosh it was beautiful!  I took lots and lots cuttings so I can start over.

Gone-tomorrow

I covered everything up, and waited.

(That is a poor sad Colorado Blue Spruce which needs to be cut down this winter.)

Mist

And woke to this, this morning.  The poor Angel Trumpets looked so sad I couldn’t photograph them.  Just know that fall has offically arrived on our farm.

The Growing Season Has Ended

I can pick the seeds….

Put the pots away for the winter…..

 

Tear out the old dead leaves….

 

And to the dismay of Terry….

Start thinking about decorating for Christmas! J