Tag Archives: June 12

A Question I Really Need an Answer Too — Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Posted on by
85

I got this comment yesterday on my post: “I used to enjoy reading your blog, learning a little bit about farming and such, but lately it is so encrusted by advertisements I don’t read it much anymore. It was once a great blog but the ads have taken it over”.

Cobwebs and rosebuds

So now I really need to know….is my blog posts full of advertisements?  Please be honest.

I know that when I open my blog for the first time I do see an ad on the side of the post, but if I go out and go back in the ad is gone.

But if you are having trouble reading because of ads, and going out and back in doesn’t get rid of them I will do something different.

I just looked at the cost of going ad-free and it looks like $100 per year

So, while I really must watch my money; I really don’t want to lose my reader base

So if you would be very kind, and take time out of your very busy day

I would be so very grateful for your input!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

 

What We have Been Doing—-Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Posted on by
11

Terry is feeling much better.  Still not able to walk on slanted ditch banks, or to carry heavy loads, but improving daily.

With the healing of the foot, he is now restless…a good sign, as they say.

So Terry decided it was time to clean off the top of the settling pond and haul the dirt into low spots on the farm.

This isn’t our settling pond, but our neighbor always lets us clean the top off, then he comes in and digs out all the dirt so the water can ‘settle’ before it goes onto the fields.

Since the air was hot and dry, no sign of wind or rain anywhere.  Off we went a mile away…to haul loads and loads of dirt onto the hollow spots on our farm.

We worked all afternoon until around five.  Only stopping a short spell to change the water in the little corn field.

Finally, it was time to head home.  Terry with the load. Me on the tractor.  We will begin again in the morning.  After I get the water changed and some of my housework done.

I’m so glad he is feeling better. Soon, maybe by next week, he will be back to normal.  That’s my wish anyway!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

 

Hovering in the Air—-Monday, June 12, 2017

Posted on by
20

One of life’s little joys (for me, anyway) are the tiny little Hummingbirds, who hover in the air around the feeders.  They come mostly in the early morning and the late evening, but I have them off and on throughout the day.

Looking through Pinterest the other day, and being a tad bored, I decided to give myself a go at a Hummingbird Swing….

Well, that turned out a little rough, but oh, well there always has to be a first one.

Ahhh, much better!

So I took them outside and attached them to the feeder poles

Which the wind promptly tried to rip off.

Finally I got it figured out so they will stay there.  Then last evening at last light, I saw a little hummer resting on one of the swings.

Of course I didn’t have the camera.

Of well!

Maybe (as time goes on) I will get a photo of a Hummingbird sitting on a swing!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Wings of Joy—-Sunday, June 12, 2016

Posted on by
24

Yesterday morning, around nine o’clock, we got a phone call from our grandson—“Come I come spend several days with you?”

blades-visit

COULD you come?!?!

blade-and-bubble-face

OH THE JOY!
blade-sleeping

“Okay, we will be there about three this afternoon”!, he explained.

blade-sets-water

Three o’clock!  For seven days!  Seven days of happiness and joy—(for Grandpa and I)

Blade-on-the-lawnmower

Several “snap chat” calls later, we took this fourteen-old-boy to the Carnival in Delta

Hank-and-Blade

Where he met his old group of friends,Blade

from Delta when he went to school here

Blade-and-Pipe

When he got out of the van I was stunned to see how much he has grown.  He is now as tall as I am.

Blade-1

 

Today his cousin is coming to stay with us.  Two boys!  Two FRESHMAN in high school, filling the upstairs with boy things…clothes, ipads, cell phones…all sorts of stuff.  At some point we will take them to Ouray, Colorado to play in the water.

Terry and I will challenge them to a Domino’s game or two.

His cousin doesn’t get to spend the whole time with us, but there are other kids in the neighborhood Blade will want to see…then we will take them to the rec center and drop them off, at some point  there will be miniature golf game or two…I’m sure there is a movie that will need to be taken in…it’s not just about seeing grandparents at this age, but getting to see old friends.

Freshman-in-High-SchoolAfter all His grandpa and I want him to have the best of time.

Love,

Linda

Good Fences — Thursday, June 12, 2014

Posted on by
13

Fence-and-TallyA five-strand barbed wire fence with cedar posts.  And Little Tally making mud pies for supper.

Priceless!

For more fun fences and gates head on over to The Run*A*Round Ranch.

Then stop by here again on Friday.  Friday is the 13th and it comes complete with the FULL MOON!

Your Friend,

Linda