It rained during the night…soft gentle rain, then heavy mud creating rain
But on my way out to take care of the two little fluffy hens
The gray light started to brighten, the clouds drifted into clumps instead of one big mass
The sun broke forth and I saw two Rainbows. At different parts of the sky!
MAGIC and Wonder right here and now in FEBRUARY!!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The sky is full of sounds
And color — storms play around us
There fun little birds flowing between here and there
The shadows cast by their little feathery bodies is more than a delight to me
The rain and the
snow shimmer here and there (we only got snow one day here and it was gone by noon)
And sometimes…there are other wings beating the air!
From my heart to your world,
Linda
All summer long (off and on) we wished for rain. Of course, we didn’t want rain when the hay was down, or when Dad was doing the pinto beans, but there were times when the sun beat down without mercy and the temperatures stayed above 100*…even as high as 106* for DAYS!
It was at those times we prayed for rain. Please send rain we would pray…all of us. The Plants, the rocks, the animals, all.
But the rains didn’t come.
It’s fall now and guess what?
THE RAINS HAVE COME!
Big fat drops…not just a few big fat drops but MANY and Much and lots so much so it’s hard to gather any sort of news at any point on the farm!
Although, I do try!
There isn’t any news on the very wet lawn. I check every time I go outside.
There isn’t any news out by the haystack yard
Or the cornfield
Or the Butler Bins
Or down the long, long lane to the house
There really isn’t any news when it’s raining so hard I can’t see my paw in front of my face
BUT
JOY BE!!! HOWL!!!!!
Mom and Dad have company and now there is
NEWS!
Boomer Beaglie Brown
P.S. Mom wrote the forest service about that big fire up behind us—this the answer she got back—- “the fire will burn in the interior until it receives a great deal of moisture. It is contained, just not entirely out. I hope that explains it?”
So, Mom and I think we need LOTS MORE RAIN! But up there on the Plateau, so that big awful fire will die and go away!
It’s been raining for days and days…and nights and nights
But with the rain, there are bursts of color which pummels the dark sky with joy
The sun breaks through the heavy clouds
Freshening the sky and our eyes
From my world to your hearts,
Linda
It’s raining here. Has been for days! And Nights.
But I am not complaining, although we are starting to be a tad too wet!
Still, this morning after a very rich and full cloudburst
A rainbow appeared over our house, landing in the now harvested pinto bean field
And on the Cottonwood tree at the end of Fedler’s yard
The whole tree was alive with the color gold!
The sky is a dark leaden color, the rainbow over our house brings such beauty and pleasure I just had to share it with you!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
It’s raining here! A beautiful soft ground soaking pleasurable Autumn rain.
The rain is causing the Earth, the plants, and ME to sing with gladness!
Rain!
Glorious wonderful exquisite Rain!
Your friend on-a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We had thick heavy clouds all day yesterday, threatening rain, but none fell right here
Then as the sun was starting to set the whole sky lite up in a lighthearted affair…the sun striking the clouds in a golden shower of color.
The slanting rays sending out streaks of light blazing the underneath of the heavy hanging clouds with a brilliant glow of gold, and orange, and pink, and purple…
The color echoing throughout the sky and on the land, making plants, soil, buildings, even Terry and Boomer, Mindy, and I thick with the beautiful light
Then there in the southern sky was a blazing sign glittering and trembling in the liquid gold of air.
A crescendo ending to a grey and storm filled day!
From my heart to your world,
Linda
We woke up to a gray morning, clouds closed down and mist like rain falling on the land
It has rained off and all so far this morning the light gray with the ghostly shimmer of falling raindrops
It’s beautiful. We are so much a part of the earth that when the earth suffers so do we. And when the earth is nourished so we are.
A wee ride to the Upper End to set the water in the pasture up there was a tad wet…but ever so joyful!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm
Linda
I was zipping back toward home when I spied out of the tail of my eye a most unusual rock…one I had driven by many, many times, but didn’t notice until just then
Turning back around, and getting off the four-wheeler (telling Boomer to stay)
I saw it was a gift from the gods to me—
A little heart-shaped rock. I picked it up. Gave a silent thanks to earth and the rock; brought it home where it now resides in my garden.
Then later on, as I was picking up the garden hose in preparation for mowing the lawn…I saw a Rainbow!
A huge delight!
Yesterday
while Terry and I were working on the gated pipe—-gated pipe has a tendency to work itself apart
I saw
Another heart-shaped rock
and
ANOTHER ONE!
Three in two days!
WOW!
But that wasn’t all the gifts bestowed on me (or anyone who might be around)
There in the sky…just as the sun was starting to set
We saw a sundog. In three-days-time, a cool down will arrive.
Magnificent Gifts! Perfect in every way!
From my world to your heart!
Linda
We have had rain!!!
Beautiful cool misty rain…although not long, nor in sheets of showers
But still, it is rain! Other places around us got more rain than we. But I will take whatever we get and feel a relief at that!
Even the little hummingbirds calmly rested on the flowers as the thunder rolled over-head
In the stillness after the storm(s) rolled through the little birds fed in the bright pearled mist
The earth not so wet we slipped as we walked along the ditch banks.
Still, the moisture in the air, the lack of smoke because of the rain was all bliss!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
