The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — ‘tis Done – if not it Should Be

Boomer and I are so DONE with all this rain! DONE, let me tell you!

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The world is wet, wet, wet!  Although, not as wet around Estes Park and Boulder, but still very muddy here.

My feet are mud colored now, not white.  Mom keeps them wiped off, but it’s useless the second I go back outside  — and I LOVE outside!

BAM!

I have mud feet again!

Sigh!

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The everyday, three times or more a day, changing of the water is done.

Over!

Stuck-1

Stopped!

Finished!

Waiting

Mom still takes us for a daily ride about…just to see what we can see.

Cat

Sam Cat says he’s done with the wet also…the mice are staying inside so everything is a tad boring for even him.

Rest

Cats’ sure sleep a lot don’t they? (Boomer and I don’t sleep, we just ‘rest our eyes’, cats snore.  Snort, chuckle, laugh!

Smells

Anyway, just to let you know Boomer and I are ready for some sunshine…Beautiful Sunshine.

The rain keeps everything so wet the smells are all gone!

Until then I’m hanging out in the dry spot of the whole outside…just because, you see, I love the outdoors.

Truck

Fuzzy

 

Muddy Wednesday

After the snow yesterday it warmed up to 39*, without the wind.

We now have mud on mud on mud.

Tomorrow we haul the last of our cows to market.  So this morning was spent getting everything ready before it warms up enough for the mud to thaw.

I do think we are going to have a early spring.

Linda

Finally We are Warm

It warmed up to 48* for two days in a row

And it’s acting like we might hit 49 or 50* today.

I’ll take the mud…

One of the nice things about this melt is we are NOT having wind.  Although, the wind does make pretty patterns in the left over snow.

It also shows just how much wind we have been getting.

Of course now I won’t have as clear a picture of what goes on out there (rabbit and bird tracks)

Another storm is suppose to come in Wednesday (with wind)

Bunny rabbit hopping over the bird tracks.

For now I’ll take this break and enjoy it.  February has been just way too long.

Linda

The Evening Irrigation

When I got home from work I found muddy boots greeting me as I walked into the door…first on the outside steps

and then inside;

 I guess the ditch bank was a tad bit muddy today after all the rains. 🙂

But I must confess I enjoyed the freshness of the late afternoon.  There was still some rain hanging around in the mountains

but it slowly dried up.

As Terry moved the water

and I helped walk the water down the rows

Fuzzy chased bubbles in the ditch

the skies clear somewhat  giving us a profound ending to another day.

I am sometimes just plain humbled to know that we have this amazing earth to call our home.

Linda

First Things First

The first thing we Terry does is disk all the corn stalks not eaten by the cows

discing

Of course, nothing ever goes smoothly, one of the disks had to collect a big wad of mud.  The only thing to do is to pry it out

mud-in-the-disc

Now on the bright side, it was just one disk!

 

 

Happy Birthday to Me-And the Mud is Coming Back

red-winter-sun

60 Years Old! 

Boy is that hard to believe.  I can remember thinking my grandparents were old and they were in their 50’s at the time.  

Today I am 60, now that I am here I can say I don’t feel old, every day is a new day full of hope and wonder.  I am blessed and grateful to live 60 years on the face of this earth. I have a wonderful family, great friends, new and old,  and even amazing enemies, who have helped me grow and expand more than I would have ever thought I could when I was 30.

I have wrinkles and age spots and grey in my hair, but I have earned them all!

And if I weren’t so afraid had more courage I would post my today photo…but, maybe when I’m 70, older. 

For now, Thank you each and every one for helping me celebrate this Happy to be 60 Birthday! 

LOOK! We have MUD!

pink-winter-sky

But it is still cold, drops close to zero nightly (that will help the noon thaw), and warms up to around 32 for about an hour daily!

I still have to put the heat lamp on the chickens, but I don’t have it turn on until it hits 21 degrees.

red-light

Still we HAVE Mud!  YEAH! 

Clear as Mud

For some reason the irrigation water is especially muddy this year, it seems to be more so than last year.

Even after it runs for awhile, it is still rather muddy.