life on earth | Life on a Colorado Farm

I think, sometimes, of what could be on the other side of life….

It must be ever more beautiful than here. But the here and now is just so stunningly beautiful it’s hard to imagine.

Dark takes away all sense of perspective for those of us who live in the sunlight

It seems strangely quiet, although there are night sounds, we just don’t hear them in tones of ‘day ears’. The night is full of thick shadows, but the day sky is full of clear light. If we are lucky we can see the soft brilliance of the winging Canada geese.

Just before day fades and night rises up (or just before night is shattered by the rising sun) –there is a time I call — ‘place where time stops’. It happens for just a moment or so, where everything is empty of thought, the soul is soothed–it just takes a second. It is in this spot of time I can I look into something that is a place of peace. If death lies there, in that place, then I too, can say the other side is stunning.

From my world to your heart!

Linda

Way up at the upper end, on the edge of the new alfalfa field, hidden waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the Chico brush live some very, very industrious ants.

Not only do that have a marvelous ant hill, they have painstakingly gathered many, many, many sticks to help hide their home from predators.

Here is the link to understanding what type of ant this is–http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Formica_obscuripes/

These seem to be black and red ants.

I have not idea if they sting, what they eat, or anything about them. Although, I do like to randomly drop by and leave bits of table scraps — treats for the hill, so to speak — we leave them alone.