The end of golden leaves
The end of golden sunshine
And the beauty of
Red leaves among the green.
A huge wind came in Sunday evening
Announcing the end of fall’s warm days
All through Sunday night, it snowed
Temperatures dropped to 15*f (-9.4 c) with a wind chill of 2f (-16.6c)
Winter
Arrived.
But we are prepared.
The snow is not fated to stay. By this time next week, we will be back in the field. (Hopefully)
Until then
Harvest has stopped.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We put the top on the Corvette
For a sparkling ride to Sonic
Where the last gathering of the year took place.
1965 and 1964 side by side in the setting sun.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We had a wee fog this morning, caused by very cold temperatures from the very wet ground (the sun came out yesterday afternoon…Boomer and I went out and danced on the lawn, it was too wet to take a walk. 🙂 )
And the very lovely clear sky and the warmer canal water.
I’m wondering if we had a freeze. It is possible.
The grass was rather crunchy when I walk out to get some early photos…as the day warms up I will be able to tell.
It’s time. Actually, a little late. But that is okay, I’ve enjoyed the warmth while it lasted. 🙂
As always your friend,
Linda
Soon now. The stalks and the ears are getting that ‘look’. Soon.
Sometime today Terry will go out and pick a ear from every field —shell each ear in it’s own test bucket, then take the ear to the elevator to get a moisture test. To harvest our corn the moisture needs to be at 14, any higher than that the corn will mold in the elevators. If you are selling to a feed lot then can take a higher corn moisture….but not where we take it.
Our haystacks are shrinking! Very little left now. The man that is loading out will take that whole stack he is working on, as I took the photo. There is a smaller stack (100) which goes to a horse woman, and the stack that is still covered (we cover all the hay) goes to Delta Elevator. Terry’s goal is for the hay to be gone before winter sets in and Hank’s cows arrive. We have to build pretty good fences around the stacks if we still have hay and cows; preferably we just give them the run of the place otherwise.
In checking the ground in the alfalfa field we realized that it’s terribly dry, so we will start the irrigation water this week. We MUST do it this week since the Ditch Company will turn all the water off November 1st. A week is enough to get the whole thing wet then the alfalfa will go into the winter nicely. 
The wind is blowing now and it’s cold. A cold front is moving in today and will linger for at least five days. I love walking in the fields with the wind blowing —- here is an old video from a long time back of the wind in the corn…
I find listening to the wind in the corn as lovely as wind whistling through pine trees.
Late afternoon Fuzzy, Boomer and I go for a four-wheeler ride around the farm…up to the headgate, through the Upper End, into the Back Forty, down the road by the alfalfa field, sometimes over to the equipment area and then to the other house, or we just drive into the corn fields and sit and listen to the sounds.
Peace floods my heart, mind and soul. I am so thankful to be able to live and work here.
Life is Good, My Friends, Life is Good!
Wishing you the best of the day!
Your Friend,
Linda
