Cliff took it when they were out walking by Sweitzer Lake here in Delta.
Marvelous! A Gift! I still haven’t seen one for myself this year, but I’ve been so blessed to get to share in the ones people send to me!
Thank you! Each and every one! Thank you, Cliff.
Linda
BUT!!!
We are being blessed with—-
Amazing Autumn Skies!
They are so incredible it makes a person want to lift up their voice
And SING!!!!
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
From my world to your heart,
Linda
“Gosh, Boo Berry Betty. Mom and Dad have been B.U.S.Y!”
“I see that. They are going here and there and everywhere on the farm, in the yard, just everywhere.”
“Yes, and you have to FAST if you want to get inside and eat something.”
“Or just get inside, it’s HOT out here.”
“Aren’t you glad we are NOT people? Their work seems so HARD, Boo Berry Betty, we just get to do fun things all the time.”
“Yeh, but—we can’t go in when we want to.”
Why do you worry, you only come outside when you are with Mom?”
“Well, outside is so BIG! I just like inside better.” Boo Berry Betty replied.
“What are Mom and Dad doing now, TLC Cai-Cai?”
“Gosh, Boo Berry Betty, they SCATTERED!”
TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry Betty
The corn is drying now…past all its growing time getting ready for harvest
Each field (we have three) shows the maturity of the corn –the shucks drying down,
The tops turning gold, then gradually turning brown.
The kernels are dented
and hard enough you can’t poke a hole in them.
The last set of water has been accomplished and then turned off of all the cornfields.
Although, we are still irrigating the three alfalfa fields.
But, for the corn, the growing season has finished. Now we wait for it to dry down to the correct dryness, at which time we start corn harvest.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Everything is starting to wind down now.
The farmer’s around, who grown onions are now harvesting, the sweet corn harvest is over, and the big ranchers are chopping ensilage/silage, plus the pinto beans and soybean harvest is underway.
The air is different, washing the world in a golden misty light
The morning mist is chilly; the air still. Although, it does burn off quickly;
Coats required for a spell.
True Summer is now fading like a dream.
I keep putting out food for my cute little creatures—
Not daily, but every once in a while…
I don’t want them to become dependent, but I do want them to go into winter fat!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I went about for a few days looking for shadows
They were not hard to find, as long as one, timed the time correctly
They were here and there, giving pleasure just by looking
The fullness of Summer is now long past
Time rushing by like the sloughing of a wind
The light is mellow, no longer a brilliant gold
The shadows deeper
Bringing a chill with them in the early morn
Each day the sun rises later and sinks quicker
With a growing coolness to the air
Promising soon, real soon, hang on…it won’t be long now…until frost descends on the land.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
I opened my email to a wonderful message:
“Hi Linda, I follow your blog daily from my home on the edge of the Highlands of Scotland, somewhere so different from where you live but I love living in the country and I so enjoy seeing the difference in the countryside that you live and work in. You obviously love your farming life and you are always so positive. Anyway on our way home yesterday, about an hour from home, we saw this amazing rainbow over the mountains near Braemar and I instantly thought of your love of rainbows and knew I just had to send it to you with my best wishes. It was the best rainbow I’ve ever seen, with each colour clearly visible. I hope this Scottish rainbow brings a smile to your day, as you do to mine. Please give Boomer a big hug from me
Your friend
Helen Cameron”
And there it was on the edge of the very green field, next to some beautiful hills, the sky all misty and silver with rain
Was this beautiful multi-colored arch of lights suspended from one hill to the next!
A wee miracle in the quiet moments which clutch at our hearts.
When I wrote to her and expressed my thanks, at the same time asking if I may post her photo, giving her the credit, of course, she wrote back:
“It was good to hear back from you and yes you can share the rainbow. It’s very green here because we get plenty of rain, so different from where you are, although this year it was actually much drier and warmer here than usual. It’s great to know you got your harvest all done. Around us, the farmers have just finished harvesting their wheat and barley too and now it’s feeling really like autumn”.
Thank you so much, Helen, for sharing with me and with my readers.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Around ten o’clock yesterday, Terry exclaimed…”I’m tired of doing work! I’m tired. I want to do something different.”
“Okay,” I replied. “What do you have in mind?”
“Let’s take a little drive, nothing far, or hard to get too, nothing full of dirt and concern over hunters. Someplace we can see that is different from the farm.”
“Hummm”…..we pondered together.
“Let’s go to Ouray,[ Colorado]!” he announced. “We can get a bite to eat on the way up, stop and get my part for the pick-up on the way back, and be home by supper.”
So we did! 🙂
Your friend,
Linda
One year, I think two years ago, Cully Ray sent me a delightful Christmas Present; a photo of her dearly departed Australian Shepherd, Robert.
Here is what she wrote: ” I have to tell you Fuzz really looks like my line of Aussies – and I am partial to the plain tri-colors (Red or Black). Everytime you post a picture of him, I just want to kiss his face! LOL
Remember if you have have a photo that you would like for me to share with my readers I would be delighted to do so. It might not be immediately as I have several waiting to be posted. I posting every Tuesday in the order that they arrive to me.
Life on a Colorado Farm 