The Nicest Word There is—-Sunday, February 18, 2018

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Dayphoto

“Home is the nicest word there is.”–Laura Ingalls Wilder

We are back! 🙂 With wonderful suntans, lots of blue sunshine and exciting adventures in our memories.

Our sunrises and sunsets are much, much different.

And our time with our grandchildren

In warp speed

We got back, justin time to take in two of Blade’s last basketball games and Linkin’s very last game of the year.

Our vacation was wonderful, watching the grandkids special, hanging out with MIndy Cat and Boomer Beaglie Brown, perfect…

In two weeks farming starts. Life is good.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Moving to Delta, Colorado—Sunday, September 4, 2016

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Dayphoto

Yesterday we helped our daughter and son-in-law, in Grand Junction, Colorado load up some of their stuff to move to Delta–home for Kimberly and back to Delta County, for Cliff.

Terry made this trailer years ago to haul bulls, cows, and pigs. It has also hauled furniture to Denver, back from Denver, to Grand Junction, and now back from Grand Junction.

(I must brag a little bit here—my man is sure talented! If he needs it, or wants it, he figures out a way to make it. 💕 💕 💕–how lucky I am!)

We were fortunate to move them in-between storms. We’ve been having lots and lots of thunder and rain storms. It sure has been nice for the yard. A welcome gift for the plants and for me!

The tomatoes and peppers are coming on strong now. It’s canning time! My pears are ripening in big, thick, warm blankets then it will be time to ‘put them up’.

We are still working on the firewood, although the pile is MUCH smaller. Maybe this week we will finish it. I sure hope so. I’m a tad wore out. We are taking off today and maybe Monday, maybe not Monday, we will see.

(Early morning sun)

I hope your Labor Day weekend is a good one!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Paradise—Monday, July 27, 2015

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dayphoto

Despite the heat

The sun spreading warmth

Like warmed honey….

There is always magic

In a place

called

~~paradise~~

home.

Your friend,

Linda

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Dayphoto

Happy Mother’s Day Everyone!

I have had an extremely busy week, this past week. Please accept my apologies for not commenting on your blogs and for not answering your comments to me. I hope to be much more organized this coming week!

I hope your Sunday is just outstanding!

Your Friend,

Linda

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Dayphoto

Finally we are warming up!

Yesterday, Terry and I went to Grand Junction to so some shopping…Sam’s Club, Whole Foods, Michael’s, Hobby Lobby…all the places I save up for so we can do it in one day.

Terry goes to Home Depot, Sears, Western Implement, Sutherland’s ..it’s a busy big day when we make the trip.

Last night was just lovely

And today even better…we plan on getting rid of all the trash today, changing water (always) and getting a few things done that are restful, not huge.

I hope everyone has a peaceful Sunday,

Linda

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — Ready to Start Water

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Dayphoto

The mornings are cold and so are the nights! Mom told Boomer and I we HAD to sleep inside for a couple of nights. I didn’t want too, but after we got in a settled down I was glad.

Boomer LOVES sleeping inside. He wades up in the blankets and never moves again until Mom gets up at 5:30.

(Sam the Cat likes to go outside in the daytime and sleep in one of the old cars with the sun beating through the windows.)

Monkey doesn’t like to leave the house unless Mom makes her. So I won’t write about her today.

So, hummmmmm, well let’s see.

Yesterday the youngest tyke was with us all day…we, Mom, Tallen, Boomer and I, all walked up to the top of one field and started getting the siphon tubes ready. Then that afternoon Linkin and Tallen, Mom, and I (Boomer ran off to see what was going on in the back 40) worked on the other siphon ditch laying out the siphons.

We start water at 8:30 this morning. Misty and Mom and Tallen and Boomer, Hank and I will clean the ditches of all the trash as Dad sets up the rows. This is big…I mean BIG…HUGE job and will take us most of the morning.

I’m READY!

Talk to you later!

Fuzzy

P.S. Mom wanted me to tell you the apricot trees themselves were not killed just the FRUIT on the trees. She thinks she didn’t say that right yesterday!

Well, Dad is back from doing something and Mom is telling me to hurry so we are off!

Fuzzy

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday —Mom’s Shed

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Dayphoto

Since Dad is going to shrink the corrals and then expand the hay stack yard Dad decided the old granary had to either be torn down or moved.

Early yesterday morning…by first light…we all trouped out to the back of the farm yard to look at what Dad is interested in doing.

We all looked into the granary and then looked around the granary…Fuzzy and I were a little concerned because this is where our two ground squirrels like to live, Under the Granary.

Sam the cat went with us also. He crawled here and there all over the corrals and in the granary.

Boomer and I just went in and sniffed around and looked at all the cool stuff Mom and Dad had stored in there.

Back in the house we all ate breakfast and I heard Mom say…Let’s Move it!

So right after breakfast we all trouped back out to see where to move it too!

Mom says she wants it some place where she can get to it and work on the repairs.

So we all walked down the feed bunk road to the end of the corrals to look things over. Then we went into the corrals and over to the new shed to see if it would fit there, then we walked back to the end of the corrals.

Mom said she really like it at the end of the corrals…Dad looked and looked and then agreed.

Now the fun part started.

First the old corrals had to be removed, and then part of the old feed bunks, and then Dad went and got the tractor.

This was really exciting!

Boomer and were told to get out of the way a couple of times because we were really interested in being part of this whole process!

After we got it there Mom pronounced, “Perfect!”

It was a good morning’s work.

Then Mom went back in to fix lunch and Boomer and I decided it was a good time to take a nap!

Fuzzy

Monday, March 11, 2013

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Dayphoto

Sunday’s can be long, long, long..so we have taken to doing something as a family…

after many different things

we settled on bowling

We don’t try to out-do each other —that is how Linkin and I think, anyway…but the others sure get competitive 🙂

Afterwards they all come to our house for supper. Sure is a fun afternoon!

Linda

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday —First Babies

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Dayphoto

Yesterday was BATH DAY!!!!

Mom said that we had to go because Fuzzy needed to get his fur cleaned up from the surgery.

So we went…

It wasn’t bad. Fuzzy and I actually enjoyed it!

Then when we got home Mom, Fuzzy and I went for a walk.

We saw lots of birds again-

Ring necked doves,

Our chickens,

A tree full of blackbirds

A hawk,

Sammy the cat

went with us…

First me, then Mom,

then Fuzzy and then Sam.

It was great!

But, I must admit I stayed really close to Mom,

because…

You see…

Hum……….

THERE WERE BABIES OUT THERE!!!

We saw two babies! Now every day there will be more and more!

Pretty Cool, isn’t it!?

Boomer

January 15, 2013

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Dayphoto

Yesterday was my birthday…I’m now 64 years old.

It always surprises me that I made it to anywhere after 50. I don’t know why it does, but it does.

I can remember sitting in my desk in the first grade of school, the teacher, Miss Mable Howard, was talking about the 20th century ending and the 21st century beginning…I remember thinking that none of that makes any sense at all.

Then she talked about the year 2000, you have to do the math, but this was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 1955, the year 2000 was sooooo farrrrrr away that I couldn’t even get it to come into focus. Since it was so far away I decided that I would make it to the age of 50, which was really, really, ancient and just let everything else take care of itself.

As the years progressed I would think about that little girl so long ago deciding to be fifty and then let every thing else just happen as it would. Fifty seems like a real nice number, way back when. It still does.

When I was fifty I lost my best friend/sister, my beloved Grandmother, and both my parents. Strangely my life did end at the age of fifty. Every year after fifty has been a surprise and a gift. A year to treasure and be thankful for. I am not sick, nor do I have beloved family or friends ill, what I have is a new year that my little 6 year old mind could not comprehend in 1955.

A gift of life.

Many of you have emailed me birthday wishes, which adds richly to my birthday. My children and my grandchildren and my step-grandchildren have widened my life to a whole of completeness. I have become the matriarch of our family, which still seems like an odd thing, but also a blessing.

Really, life is truly a circle and one we all get to rejoice in.