The smoke is thick again. Some of the smoke is from horrid fires burning in other states, some still from the awful fires around us. We had a new one start in the Ridgeway area on Saturday. 😦
But it does make the irrigation water rather pretty!
“America is the tune. It must be sung together.”– Gerald Stanley Lee
From our world to your heart,
Linda
Gosh, these horrible wildfires are just terrible! All of the northwest and Canada seem to be burning. My heart goes out to each and every person, animal, bug, and plant!
This is our sun, about 7:00 in the evening, on July 24th.
I can’t imagine what it’s like where the fires are. 😦
Sigh
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
It’s 104-105* here with a real feel of 111-112*
It’s so hot the trees are protesting by losing their leaves
Mom says it’s hard to keep things wet.
Dad agrees with her.
Black and sun make a doggie pant
The heat makes a kitty with two coats a tad tired.
HOT!! Is the word for the week!
Boo Berry and TLC
I got an instant message from Randy—“We had a downpour this evening and then a rainbow! The vegetable & flower gardens are enjoying the rains we are having”
Thank you for sharing your beautiful yard and that wonderful rainbow, Randy!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We were visiting very lovely friends who live at the base of Grand Mesa when a refreshing little rain shower cleared the air and delivered to us
A RAINBOW singing overhead with the most brilliant of colors!
What a wonderful gift!
From my heart to your world,
Linda
There in the air
So heavy
One would think it could never fly
Yet there it is…flying high in the sky
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Friday evening last, the clouds in the west parted as the sunset
Causing Sun Dogs to appear
In the storm rainclouds
In the East
And the South East
I counted four all together!
They portend a cool down. In the Summers cooldowns are nice. In the Winter, it means even colder weather in three days.
Here we are Tuesday, with Yes a shade bit cooler weather. Tomorrow we start heading back up in the heat!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
We seem to have been extremely busy of late
So much happening, good times
And a wee bit of work-over-load
So, today, I am slowing myself down
I feel immensely tired for some reason.
See you in tomorrow morning!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
After studying the weather apps…(we look at four) Thursday Terry said. I’m going to do it!
As soon as he got in, from cutting the hay, big black clouds blew in.
“NO!” We both thought. “PLEASE NO!”
Lucky I had my fallen star still in my pocket–we were saving it for a rainy day. Today was a perfect time to use it.
It must have worked; the rain never fell, the sun came out, and even the wind showed up– drying the alfalfa into nice rich (dry) hay.
This morning the dew was perfect for baling. We are on our way. Second cutting of hay is going to turn out just right. We have customers waiting…even a man as far away as Lake City, Colorado, is waiting for this batch. This man has 28 horses and only wants straight alfalfa hay to get his herd through the long cold winters up there. He comes in with a semi-and loads up.
Our other customers ( horses, cows, sheep and goats) have been calling. It will be nice to fill their orders. It is also much appreciated to know we have such loyal and steady customers.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Terry got the hay all in and most of it sold…orders came in Friday. Come Monday the most (of the rest) of the hay will leave.
The dogs and I got our part taken care of so Terry could finish up his. Aren’t they a hoot ‘helping’ me?
It’s raining here. The rain is nice. It started around 8 in the evening and has only stopped around right now. All the dogs are outside, which I like and so do they. The other nice thing about this rain is our temps have dropped to the high 70s, most enjoyable.
Our youngest grandchild is delighted with all the hummingbirds…she keeps hoping if she stands really still one will land on her.
Saturday afternoon I went with Terry to one of the 4-H and FFA annual livestock sales where Terry was representing a company he is on the board as a buyer. It’s been a long time since I sat in a sales ring watching kids bring their animals through for the sale. I found the experience lots of fun. I would post the photos here but I didn’t do a very good job taking them, they all turned out poorly.
Since it’s too wet to do anything outside I think this day is going to one of catching up and taking it easy all at once.
I hope you enjoy your Sunday…it is really nice here!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 