It’s summertime…my most favorite time of the year
Long days full of work, but also free hours to do as one wants
Although, the days are full of heat (we are having upwards of 99* to 104* of heat ( 37. c to 40c)
I find the heat a joy.
Although, Terry would much prefer the deep dark days of winter
Not me!!! I want to experience each day of summer following the silk threads
Of sunshine showing gold upon the land
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We had winter all over again…it roared in Friday night complete with a nasty wind
Then Saturday we started a small but delightful warm-up
Mindy cat didn’t mind, she scampered blithely through the snow as I went about my daily work
The sun dazzled on the whiteness whenever it broke through the clouds
We had many little hungry tummies at the feeders
Pressing close to the seed cakes the Red-Winged Blackbirds dwelled, lingering, gathering energy to make it through the bitter cold which followed.
We woke up to 10*f (12c) weather this morning.
Still, it was beautiful!
Today we are to experience MELT with the temperatures rising to 40* f (4.4c) or so this afternoon.
Our world will be trickling water and patchwork fields and roads will appear.
There is a rumor, put forth by the weather people, that we will see 50*f (10c) weather and rain in just a few days!
I’m am excited just at the thought of it.
SPRING IS COMING! I just know it!!!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) I have forever. Even as a child. Winter, for me, is a hard time. It isn’t actually winter, its the dark grey days. When the sun shines (even if it is cold) I have true joy in my soul.
But over time, I have learned to do many different things to help…the daylight producing light bulbs are a huge relief, getting outside and actually working my body helps, just getting outside helps…my worst thing for me is mild depression ( a feeling of being inexpressibly sad) and a subtle form of anxiety.
Nothing earth shattering —I can still function and move forward within my day. I am NOT a clinical case…if you are wondering.
As I’ve aged I realize that depression is lifted from being outside and viewing the world through my camera. Taking photos give me great joy…and that makes me feel renewed.
Surrounding myself in color is another thing that lifts me up. I even use Christmas lights all year, changing the colors to match the month…Blue for January, Red for February, Green for March, Purple for April, White for May, June, July, August, Gold for September and October, Multi-colored for November and December. I change the colors in my house also (just the table clothes and paper flowers to match the color of the month). That way I have color inside that matches the stunning colors of outdoors.
And paying attention to all those delightful and marvelous living ‘things’ which populate our earth; showing me that each day is a wonder and each day moves us toward another day, which then moves us toward a hint of spring, even if the day we are in (like today) is a firm reminder we are still in winter with cold winds and heavy drifting clouds.
WHEW! That was a LONG sentence!
Well, I apologize from baring my soul to you…but if you suffer from SAD maybe my 70 years of experience on how to help maybe just might help you.
From my heart to your world,
Linda
Each day is a typical January day for our part of the high desert plains of Colorado
We were in the slush and slog of a quiet winter melt
When Saturday morning we woke up to a wee lovely snow
Enough Terry thought he would take a small ride down the long, long lane to the county road
Beaglie and I went for walk up the farm to the haystack are and back
Later in the afternoon, the sun came out and what was once a snow-packed road became a road of melt
The result by the ending of the day…we were back to MELT!! (Mud)
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
‘There’s just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you are special.”—-Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I’m Home
For after all
What is a Miracle?
But another word for Magic?
(WE GOT MORE SNOW!!)
From my world to your heart!
Linda
Amazing things can happen through difficult circumstances. It is not the difficulty that decides the quality of your life: it is how you respond to it.”–Amy Lee Grant, Christian Gospel Singer
I am not a fan of winter. Those dreary dark days (of very short sunlight), BUT we have been so terribly dry here for the last great while, that SNOW is an amazing blessing
We had a million, or trillion, little flakes fall down during the night the day before Christmas Eve
And more magical snow last night on Christmas Day.
Our world is enchanting.
Also dripping and melting and WET!
But I’m not complaining…I am feeling very blessed. For if we have snow here
There is snow in the mountains.
And snow in the mountains means water next year!
Your friend on a western on a western Colorado farm
Linda
The day is still cold enough the remnants of last night’s small snow is staying on the ground
We have been so terribly dry that even this small snow is a wonderful gift.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The wind blew in a mass of clouds, thick white heavy clouds Friday day
The clouds sat down ponderous and full — allowing not one shadow to appear
Then later that night, the air developed into little dashes of snow
After which the drops turned to rain
When we woke the next morning we only had ice like snow.
But that is okay…it’s better than nothing!
Today there is moisture in the air again, although it feels too cold to snow at the moment.
All it needs to do is warm up just smidge and we will have snow!
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
We went from summer-like weather
To radically dropping temperatures and snow!
All within one day! Yesterday the little hummingbirds sucked the feeders dry and I refilled them twice in one day. Look at that poor wet little thing.
Wet and cold.
Today is a continuation of yesterday, then by tomorrow this winter storm will gradually move out to replaced with much warmer weather by Sunday.
Sure is a bad deal.
Our hope is the crops make it through…the hay was just starting to bloom, the corn up, my garden and flowers all planted….
Only time will tell.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
