Sent to me from back East. A perfect rainbow in an almost cloudless sky!
I am so lucky to have such generous and thoughtful friends!!!
Thank you ever so much,
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Genevieve wrote me three days ago this very sad, but beautiful email:
I will sadly be reading and commenting on your blog all alone from now on. Cupcake has crossed the rainbow bridge after a stunning 18 1/2 years of sparkling life. As you can well imagine, things are pretty dark and sad around here right now.I sent my girl off with instructions to find and kiss our old friends up there and to send me a new good-girl down here. There’s too much love left over for her, so I need a new dog to catch the overflow.
I’ll be back as soon as I figure out who I am without her. But I didn’t want you to worry in the meantime. I’m adding the double rainbow that I saw about a week ago. I imagine Cupcake is sitting under it right now.
Love,
Genevieve
I am singing a song of great happiness for you and your new fur baby!
I was finally outside running free, free, free!
I checked here
And there
And over here
Then back behind here
Down the road
Behind the grain bins.
I was just turning around to head back to the house for
BREAKFAST
When
I heard a ROAR!
Not just a roar, but
A BIG ROAR, ROAR
It scared me so bad I ran under some weeds next to Dad’s tractor shed
The ROAR got louder and louder
THE ROAR WAS HUGE
I made myself as small as I could get—keeping my eyes peeled on the sound
Then out backed Dad and the tractor
OH! Yes! The TRACTOR!
The scary thing that lives on the farm
Well, one of the scary things
Dad has five tractors—FIVE! And they are all huge, green, with giant tires that could smash a cat flat and LOUD!
I mean LOUD!
I slunk way down to the ground where I got so flat I was part of the ground.

Then I waited there. All still and tiny and flat.
As I watched, Dad fueled up the loud tractor, then headed toward the equipment area
That means the tractor, the VERY LOUD tractor has to go right by my hiding spot.
I made myself flatter and flatter
Whew!
Dad is gone!
I jumped up—all fluffy and my full size again—and dashed away, away from the tractor shed and all those potentially
LOUD TRACTORS!
As I was dashing away I saw Mom come out of the Backdoor—
MOM! I yelled.
WAIT! I need breakfast!
Swooped me up, gave me a kiss on my kitty nose, and put me in the house
Where I got BREAKFAST!
Purrrr, purr, purr
TLC Cai-Cai
The wind picked up yesterday
Becoming a menace by the end of the day.
Then the weather cooled down rapidly…going from 82* to 72* (27c – -13c) within 60 minutes
and pelted us with little shards of dust
Late, late into the evening, all the little hummingbirds feasted at the feeders, trying desperately to fill up– to stay warm, before the thunderstorms arrive today.

This winter storm is to be in here for three days, but…
Maybe if I am lucky I will get to see a rainbow!
That will be really special.
I took this photo years ago at our home town cemetery. I think it is still appropriate even today.
Today we remember.
All those who cared for us and our way of life.
Allowing us to live in hope.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We took a wee trip. Over the Uncompahgre Plateau (just behind our house) to the west end of Montrose County…into the towns of Nucla, Naturita, and Norwood.
We traveled across the Uncompahgre Plateau to the base of the Lone Cone guarding the hills, vales, and towns from it’s majestic view there in the sky.
We have been hearing how terribly horribly dry everything was on the plateau, so we took off for a five-hour-round-trip drive (with a nice lunch in Ridgway, Colorado)
Oh…it is sooooooo dry up there. So very dry. The green grass, which should be green, just isn’t. It looks like October grass all brown and crinkly.
The ponds, sloughs, ditches, and reservoirs are dry. Nothing there, accept possibly a puddle.
It’s all so scary.
The west side of the Uncompahgre Plateau looks much better than our side. It is greener, the wild berries are blooming and the trees starting to put on new leaves. There are even some ponds with water in them.
As we grew closer to the San Juan Mountain range we saw snow still on them—so there is hope for those living in that area.
If we start to get rain it will help. Then next winter’s snow (as much as I don’t care for winter, it is an important source of water) needs to fall early, thickly and very often.
Only time will tell.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Yesterday was “one of those days”…I felt like I was drug through a knot hole, then stomped on after I was pushed the hole, flung out the window and the left in the thunder and rain. I was glad when the day ended.
Just plain glad.
This morning is ever so much better!
Checking my email I had this lovely rainbow gift from Count Chocula and Sara I needed this!
There was also one for me right here, across the field just waiting for me.
I had to remind myself…it all gets better with time. My mother was so right. She always said to me: “Everything always works out for the best, if you just let it”.
And it does.
Your friend on a Western Colorado Farm,
Linda