We are set. Unless our winter is over-the-top cold..
Then we have to do more. We do have a cord of wood still to split. So I think we are fine.
(Caught on the game camera—I wanted to see if the deer came into the yard, but they didn’t)
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Because the air and the light is changing—-it’s more than possible to feel it now
You can feel it in the wind, the pressure of the very sky; hear it with the insects, see it in the patterns of light and shadows—–
We decided to go for a wee ride and be one with a precious beautiful fall day!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Horses always get out.
And once out, they love the game of “Catch the Horsey” much more than you do.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I love twilight
My maternal grandmother did too.
I called her Love Grandma.
Together, she and I would go walking in the velvet time,
Between day and night.
Or sit together (comfortably) in her kitchen [without any lights]
As the day turned to brilliant colors
And the air became like velvet.
It is still a magical time for me
A special time, no matter what the season,
A sacred time between ‘what was’
and what will become
A time of true magic
When the world holds it’s breath
Then everything disappears into stars.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
It’s raining here….again. We were just about to dry out.
Our drive way is a river, our lane is a lake
But inside we are dry, the wood stove is going, my wood supply is protected, my kenneling is dry.
Your friend on a very soggy western side, of the Rocky Mountain Divide, farm
🙂
Linda
We took Saturday off and headed up to the Devris and Olathe Fire Department Punkin Chunkin and Classic and Antique Tractor Pull in Olathe, Colorado.
There were booths of fun things to purchase and activities for the kids to try. The radio and local Television was on hand to report the activities of the Punkin Chunkin,
complete with a helicopter drop of a huge basket of pumpkins at the end of the Punkin Chunkin contest.
The tractors lined up waiting for the pull to begin; allowing people to see and touch the tractors of yester year. (Although, in our case we still use ours for every day work on the farm.)
Ours turned out to be a fun tractor for families. Several families asked if it was okay to sit on the tractor “SURE, GO RIGHT AHEAD!”
(Tractor’s LOVE attention!)
It was also a chance to visit with old friends and to make new ones. There were only 21 tractors in the pull.
Gradually #19 was ready to take his place. I had a hard time taking photos because I had to face INTO the sun. If you like to see #19 make his pull the following is a short video. He got 4th.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgR1E2m255I
Your friend on a Western Colorado Farm,
Linda
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