September 10 | Life on a Colorado Farm

The header is a photo of the sunrise after our amazing, extremely wet, rain storm.

Thankfully the storm is moving on today and warm dry weather is predicated for at least seven more days. The above photo is the rain socking us in; some places got as much as 3″ in an hour! Our canal is clear to the brim; swollen with water.

It’s for sure we are wet.

The hay is covered and safe, but the pinto beans are…in the mud!

What happens now? We wait until eveything dries back out. Then Terry will go in with the rod-weeder and lift the pinto beans up out of the mud and dirt and fluff up the rows again. Then we wait until they are dry. After that he should be able to combine.

Terry gave Linkin a new compound bow. She is just getting the feel of it here. Proper form is to have your hand close to your cheek and your other arm level with the hand next to your cheek.

She LOVES it! We had to go out first thing this morning (even in the mud) to give it another go at using it.

She and her Momma will leave later on today!

The visit was a nice treat,for this Grammy and Grandpa, in the middle of a very wet week.

Your friend,

Linda

The rains have arrived. They threaten all day long, then around 8:00 in the evening they began.

We were lucky that it waited until we got home. Just as I drove into the shed the rain started falling in a serious manner. Terry didn’t believe me when I said it was raining (he beat me in) but as we walked out of the building he became a believer. 🙂

Today Terry has a meeting, which leaves just the dogs and I to change the water…I hope it isn’t raining at that point. I also dread the drive on a mud slick ditch bank, but I know it can be done.

Yes, I do!

Anyway, The Farmer’s Almanac has printed their predictions for the up and coming winter…I’m already ready for Spring. I guess I shouldn’t be so selfish, as I know some of my Dear Blog Friends are also ready for Spring—-they can only have Spring if we have Winter so I’ll slap on a Happy Face and ‘try’ to be okay with Winter.

Now for the Good part of Winter…if the predictions are true we will have snow, which means the reservoirs should recover some, which is a very good thing.