It’s been raining all around us
Which is okay
The peaceful and beautiful showers gift us with Rainbows!
Of which, the Earth repays in hearts!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for your senses to grow sharper”–W.B. Yeats
For a sky filled with
The very bright promise from the Heavens
An invigorating nip of Hope in the air
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
A very brilliant rainbow
hovered RIGHT there by us.
Actually, the tail end of TWO rainbows were in the sky— Rainbows in the East
And a sundog in the west!
WOW! We were double blessed!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Monsters that leap (listening/reading/thinking about the “news”)
and dance, (all our politicians, who live in candy houses — here and there, worldwide and local)
grab you as you cross over bridges, (fuel prices)
and parade through our nightmares (cost of living, work problems, not enough money to go around)
There is always hope! Once you understand Hope, you can not understand again)
(This is our first rainbow of the late Spring/Summer—what a huge delight!)
From my world to your heart,
I don’t know why I struggle with dread/ or the feeling of impending doom
I really don’t know why.
I even looked it up on the internet and found out that elderly people do struggle with feelings of despair.
Maybe it’s a subtle worry about aging and the future
Or the fact, as a septuagenarian death is looming ever closer,
(Photo by our daughter, Shannon)
Not arriving quickly, but not slowly either
(Photo by our daughter, Shannon)
So I am always rather amazed
Not stunned with amazement
But pleasantly surprised
When I look to the heavens and find residing there gently
Are diamonds….adorning the ether and my eyes—taking away the cheap feeling of impending ruin
All I have to do is Look
There within the white clouds, riding high above the breeze is that ancient symbol of hope, a promise of blessings, and the belief life is truly made up of roses and laugher.
All I have to do is look; give Thanks for what is to come,
All will be what it is supposed to be —- and that, in and of itself is Good.
From my heart to your world,
Linda
There in that wonderous blue sky
I saw rainbows filling the slightly green earth with hope
Lighting the sky with the glow of a luminous gift
Blotting out the cold rain.
That evening the circle around the moon
Promised there were still moisture crystals in the air.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
“There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.”—Henry David Thoreau
Friday, evening, while hauling wood I looked up and saw a beautiful rainbow gracing the day.
That evening as the day turned into night
The moon promised moisture
Surely to come.
If not Saturday, then soon very soon.
On the way to town (Saturday), there in the rearview mirror, among the dirt speckles I saw (O! THE JOY!) a RAINBOW!
Which suddenly appeared again, after we turned the corner and another corner; there it was
Filling the sky with love and hope and wonder.
That evening (Saturday) walking across the field with Black Beauty’s Mom, my oldest daughter, she suddenly stopped “Here is a Heart, just for you, Mom.”
And there it was a perfect tiny little heart. Just waiting for someone to show it’s self too.
What a delightful weekend, Rainbows and wee little heart stone.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Mom, Dad, and I saw RAINBOWS!
Lots of Rainbows.
Sometimes Dad would say: “Look there is a Rainbow”!
Mom would get all excited, whip out her camera and snap.
When she would snap, I always tried to see what she was snapping AT!
RAINBOWS!
Not only Rainbows,
but we saw raindrops!
And there in the mountains….SNOW!
Lots of Snow.
Mom and I think all that is good, but more than anything I think
CHECKING OUT THE NEWS in the farmyard, EVEN better than Rainbows.
(Just say’n)
Beaglie Boomer Brown, or is it Boomer Beaglie Brown?
Off and on for a few days, we have had clouds, then splatters of rain, or nothing,
Just beautiful clouds.
I’m still painting in the house. I, now, have the back porch, the kitchen and the fireplace room painted.
I need to rest my shoulder for a few days before I start again.
Last Sunday I received two gifts, one from my daughter, Kimberly, who took the photo
Of a double rainbow as we were all driving home from the Black Canyon
Then another one from her husband, Cliff; I received that same evening.
Very welcome Rainbows, perfect blessings of magic.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 