The last of Summer’s hay leaving for tummies close to Olathe.
The only thing we have left to do now is harvest the corn. It is drying down, but not there yet.
Soon!
Real soon!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
A wee walk-about on the farm
Saw a very busy hawk searching, searching
For something to fill his/her tummy.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We ride out daily now…
Checking the cows
Keeping count,
Making sure the cows are comfortable with us
Checking fences (and gates)
Overhead the Canada Geese keep us company
We have a NEW little one—very early. But, for some reason or other, there always seems to be one cow who springs a surprise.
Last night I saw a Sundog…colder weather on its way.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Hello! It’s Me, Mindy-Lou, Min-Min, Kit-Cat Brown. Today is MY day to visit with you!
I had a very busy night, last night.
I checked out this and that and all things
around Mom’s yard.
Then I came in and took a very long nap right on my bed on the BIG Bed.
Then I got up and ate lunch headed outside; I had lots of stuff to do before it got dark.
There is lots of work for a busy kitty on the farm.
BUT the best part of the whole day yesterday WAS a walk with Mom, Dad, and Boomer
in the Golden light.
You see when the sun started sitting the whole world turn GOLD!
It was beautiful!
So Beautiful
I had to run and jump and skittered here and there and everywhere.
Mom said the Golden Light made her feel the same way.
(Dad and Boomer said they don’t get it…it just felt cold to them and time to head back inside.)
But Mom and I got it…so I guess it must be a girl thing…loving that Golden Light.
Mindy
On Sunday we saw an FB page from someone, who said they live at, or around Blue Mesa Reservoir. On that page, he said that the water in the Blue Mesa Reservoir was so low that buildings from the Old town of Sapinero were starting to appear in the lake. He then showed a photo of what he said was the old Sapinero grocery store.
Now Terry and I remember Sapinero, the old town, and we remember when the Blue Mesa Reservoir was filled completely covering the old town…not so very long ago. It was in 1963.
We also know that even if the old town was completely covered with water, the New town of Sapinero was moved up on land above the Blue Mesa Reservoir making a complete community for those who wished to have their postal address say Sapinero, Colorado.
Off we drove looking for the buildings of the submerged old town of Sapinero.
The only buildings we saw were the dock houses. (The water is extremely low.) So we stopped and talked to Park Ranger. He looked at us as if we were nuts.
“No,” he said, shaking his head in puzzlement. “No old buildings, just the two dock houses. The water is terribly low” he went on to explain, but the reservoir is 39% of its capacity.”
He asked us why we asked. We explained about the FaceBook page. He just shook his head and said…”Sounds like someone was using Photoshop.”
He shook our hands and we left.
So here you have it— only the boat dock houses are on the lake. Although they have told all boats they can no longer use the lake because of the boat ramps being so high.
We stopped at an interpretive sign so I could take a photo of it to post to you–:) As you can see Sapinero is way down at the bottom of a huge canyon. We used to have to drive into the canyon following the train tracks to go to Gunnison, Colorado.
The old town of Sapinero is very close to where the dam is now. For the water to be so low in the Blue Mesa Reservoir that the buildings were starting to appear…the whole reservoir would have to be empty.
Sigh!
So whoever it was that posted this really just made everything up. BUT—-it did get us out of the house and up to the Reservoir for a little ride! That turned out nicely!
You folks have a good one…we are still moving along with harvest!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The Forest Service is doing a controlled burn on the Uncompahgre (Un-come-pah-gray with the accent on the gray) Plateau—two days and two nights so far and heading into the third day.
The late western sun creates many stunning colors along the horizon, here, where we live the shadows are long and deep and dark, while in the forest the fires rage. 😦
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Kate Chiconi for Mackay, North Queensland sent to me a lovely rainbow taken over her home.
In her email to me, with this lovely gift of a rainbow, she said:
“Genesis 9:13
I leave you with the best words I know on the subject.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend’s
Or of thine own were:
Any man’s death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
John Donne
Vive La France!”
Please slip on over to her blog to read the whole beautiful post she did on this very sad subject.
Much love,
Linda
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