getting ready for winter

I have about 4 pair of Hummingbirds

at my feeders now, plus two pair of the Bullock Orioles/

My photos are STILL not very good, but I’m working on them.

Part of the problem is how shy the Bullock’s are —

the hummers are getting better about having me around.

I can work in the flowers right under the feeders with them flying all around…

the second I get my camera…………………sigh.

Then I saw a RUFUS humming bird…he and his mate were have a great time mixed in with all the other hummers…

I was extremely excited to see and actually get a photo of the little bird.

Have a good one everyone…we are off to haul firewood today. Seems strange to think of firewood in July, but we must if we are going to stay warm this summer. We will haul seven Dodge truck loads minimum before we have enough…last year the winter went on way too long and really needed 9 truck loads. So one day a week for the next seven (possibly nine) weeks we will be hauling wood!

Have a good one everyone!

Linda

We’ve been cutting and hauling wood. Permits are not expensive and you get 4 cords of wood.

Gradually we (meaning all of our kids and us) are getting our winter supply.

We mostly cut on the Uncompahgre Plateau, which is behind our farm.

It’s for sure I can’t haul out logs this size…. its a good thing our son can. They (meaning Terry/ Evan / Kelly) have to cut the logs down so the rest of us can haul and load them. 🙂

This is a view coming off the top of Grand Mesa. I grew up in that valley down there…which is the Cedaredge/ Eckert area. Lots more people there than when I was a kid. At the time of my youth it was mostly cattle ranches and fruit farms. We had 36 kids graduate out of my Senior class.

Everything changes as time moves on.

We saw another rainbow as we headed in from the plateau