The dance of food/life
The sun and jet…streaming in the shivering air
Lawerance of Arabia, Tonto’s replacement…dancing, dancing for all the girls
The Quail rising into the sky
Moonlight; adding beauty to the earth, air, the heavens
A rather thin little pheasant—dashing, dashing, dashing away.
And my miss at getting a nice photo of a Flicker.
Each and everything dancing in my soul.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
When Gray Light Separates the Black Land from the Sky, and the moon is still making its way toward the western edge of the earth
There is a rush to hurry, hurry home.
Hurry, before the farmers/irrigators see you. HURRY!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Every day, we are so extremely blessed; besides a million or so heartbeats we enjoy
There are trillions of other wee gifts— such as the silence of the land
tiny little presents, of everyday joys;
gusting like small soft breezes,
as we move throughout the day
(and in some cases, the night, or almost night)
Sometimes I think I would like to ‘know the future. To be able to turn the page, like we do in books’, then I tell myself–
Perhaps, I really don’t want that knowledge
I would miss the changes throughout the time I am living in
Therefore, I remind myself—until the cords of my soul are cut from my body; I will wear out each hour of the day, with contentment and peace.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Here we are on a wee tour of the farm and how things are now
The moon is dazzling peeking here and there through the corn
We have deer hanging out in the corn
We have new ‘saved’ goats on the farm. They are not young, very old, complete with arthritis. They are so sweet.
The mornings are dazzling
The Quails are so much fun to watch, and we have lots and lots of them.
The sunrises have been lovely
We have a family of raccoons
And coyotes (Sigh)
The leaves are falling, but they didn’t turn colors this year
We still have water in the canal. It will leave on the first of November. I still enjoy hearing the rush of the water passing through our place.
AND I got a photo of a wasp in flight! How cool that is! 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I ran into a couple at the big-box store recently…they were newly arrived in our community and struggling a wee bit to find something in the store.
Since I was picking up an item in the same aisle, the gentleman asked me for help.
Of which I gladly did.
One thing led to another, (they were very friendly souls); leading them to ask me where I lived —- thinking I must be in a sub-division or in town.
I smiled and told them my husband and I have a farm and we live out a ways from the city proper.
Then the lady shocked me totally by placing her hand on my arm her voice dripping with true sympathy…she patted my arm and expressed something to the effect she was sorry for me in my very narrow existence.
I should not have been shocked.
But I was.
For you see my existence is not narrow, nor is bleak…it’s not void of experiences or adventure or new and unusual things to see and do.
I smiled and wished them well. Going on down the aisle to finish up my purchases.
Because of each of you, I forget that the common thought people have about farmers is they are either “corporate” or people who are uneducated, uninformed and walk around with a hay stem in their mouth.
But you, each and every one of you understands that this wondrous, joyful life we have here on our farm is anything but bleak or narrow nor is it void of adventure or beauty.
Yes, the work may be hard, but it isn’t boring for us. Its just part and parcel of who we are and how we live our lives; each day marked upon our hearts.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
The almost full moon was lovely last night. Casting silver light everywhere
After we went for a wee ride
Sat the last tube in the furrow, we went in for the short summer rest, which seems to occur this time of year.
Later, much later, feeling restless Boomer, Mindy and I went for a short walk. I don’t like to travel too far when I have the cat trailing behind, or bouncing ahead, or running and hiding in the corn stalks.
It was a good thing I was still close to home just by the hay stackyard, when instinct, that voice of God, which we often ignore
Said, ”shhhhhhh. Stop, go back, hurry, grab the cat, and get over next to the barn.”
Which I listened to and followed exactly to the letter.
The light from the moon shining brightly on a lone coyote rushing through the shadows which haunt the darkness.
We headed back carefully…through the old corrals, cat in arms, Boomer at my feet, until safe in the farmyard, where we all went into the house for a short summer nap.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Mom and I went for a nice long walk one night in the Full of the November moon.
Mom and I always go for lots of walks
day and at least one at night.
Mom says her favorite night-time walk is in the full-moon, although the dark of moon allows the star-spangled sky to shine.
Mom takes her camera, although she doesn’t always get good photos. Still…she likes to snap away.
As for me…well…I like to check out news! But you knew that already! 🙂
So…..along the way we ran into a buck…who actually ran into us.
We scared him so bad he jumped the fence, then the canal and the next fence and ran away, away, away.
Mom took a picture of all the house lights over the mesa from us in what the old-timers used to call “No-Mans-Land” ….I guess it’s should be called ‘Any-man’s-land” now since there are houses all over down there.
On the way back Mom sat down on the gated pipe and just sat. Suddenly a doe came out of the corn…walked right in front of Mom and guess what…MOM GOT A PHOTO!!!
Of course the deer got a scare. She bounded off on her tip-toes in dainty leaps and bounds.
Back home the fire in the woodstove felt good…Mom and I settled in for the night…refreshed and bathed in moonlight.
Boomer
The moon is rising late in the day,
It’s not a completely full moon yet, but it’s getting there.
By six in the evening it’s dark here, but the moonlight casts beautiful silver light illuminating the corn field. Boomer and I don’t even have to use a light to drive back home from the combine. 🙂 A gift from nature.
I got these photos on Monday. I was hoping on Tuesday I could get better ones since the moon would be fuller by then. Of course high thin clouds started drifting in–by three in the afternoon the high thin clouds had turned in to thicker heavier clouds that promised rain or snow. CROSSED FINGERS —-go away moisture…go away…we are just getting good and started —hiss, hiss!!!
Anyway, I was glad I got a photo of the moon on Tuesday!
Your friend,
Linda
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