Although the mist makes the air seem soft
And the light on the rain clouds make the dawn special
Last evening, as the sun set through the rain clouds I had to marvel….there it was — a perfect rainstorm occurring on the Uncompahgre Plateau, shimmering and glistening for all to see!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The weather has turned…the long days of wonderful warm (even hot) weather is now gone. Fled to other parts unknown.
The brilliant days of summer blurred through wind and rain into
True days of Fall. The light is different now…
The colors more diffused, although sometimes shinning brilliant
As though the heavens are breathing…taking in summer letting out Autumn
Fall is not an empty time…it the accumulation of the spring and summer…some of the corn is being turned into silage, the onions are being pulled waiting for drying weather then sacked and sold,
And of course all the pinto beans are pulled and waiting for drying weather, so they, too, can be combined and sold.
The sky itself moves constantly sending us rainbows through the mists…
Sending me gifts of rainbows from others—our son-in-law captured one on his way to work
So far no frost! But cold days and even colder nights
Fall has arrived in all it’s amazing splendor!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
We are ‘truck’n’ right along here. All the little tykes went home by 5:00 last evening. Leaving us with just Tally and Linky. They both had huge dark circles under their eyes, but were still wound-up.
Terry was also restless since it was raining and storming and generally nasty….(the above photo is from Sue in Cedaredge, Colorado. You can see Hart’s Basin on the far left of the photo…Cedaredge on the right hand side of the photo…and the storm which moved from the Uncompahgre Plateau (Un-come-pah-gray—accent on the pah) over the top of us toward the towns of Hotchkiss and Paonia.
Jolyne is now here…(all the way from Grand Prairie, Canada). Jolyne will be marrying Evan, our son, in three weeks. Terry and the little girls thought it was time to see Aunt Jolyne (almost aunt 🙂 ) so we took off to visit them for a short spell.
After which ice cream was in order.
Today we must take a huge shopping trip to Grand Junction, Colorado, for parts for the hay swather and a door for the garage. Our time is ‘flying by’. We are in the middle of the week…even the little girls are saying the time is going to quickly.
Time has a way of doing that doesn’t it? Flying by…but only when you are having fun. I’ve had time crawl…but not right now, not this week, nor today.
For today we will enjoy each and every second!
Your friend,
Linda
Coming back from irrigating last night the moon was just delightful!!
We had some rain storms in the mountains that have helped (sort of) the irrigating situation. Enough that Terry thinks he can go ahead and plant his new alfalfa field.
Don’t get me wrong, water is still short, and we are still having trouble getting the ground wet because it has been so dry. But water in the hills brings a little more water down the canals. Enough to put out two more tubes, or open two more gates for a short time. If we get more rain in the hills or steady rain, that would be great.
Every little bit helps!
Sara did a cool post on Moon Music I would like to share….just perfect, just perfect.
We don’t have frogs or fireflies, but we still have the moon and last night was just beautiful.
Moon Music is right!
Linda
We were lucky, the weather held until we got the hay in. Terry stacked it in a whole other spot so it won’t get mixed up in the really good hay.
Since we only had the irrigation to do and Terry needed a part for one of the tractors we took off for Rocky Ford, Colorado. (The home of the wonderful cantalope—–and great tractor and combine salvage yards).
Blue Mesa Dam was beautiful
This is where we get our irrigation water, so seeing if full is wonderful!
It was fuller than we’ve seen in a long, long time.
The shopping center was full of all sorts of goodies
So much to chose from
In the end the perfect part was there. And for a really nice price.
Home again.
Along the way I was given a gift also
Pretty Cool.
We got back to a couple of really big, fast moving rain storms. Everything is rich and green, including the weeds.
So I guess you know what I’ll be doing today. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments. I plan on getting around to everyone’s blog soon and hope to get all my comments answered today!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 