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And There—Over There—Shimmering in the Haze, Sunday, February 28, 2021
Softly, softly
Shimmered above the Uncompahphare Plateau
Softly, slowly, dropping into the Plateau’s embrace
Dazzling the lovely morning light
The shimmering radiance rippling throughout the sky.
A wondrous dance of jubilation gracing the earth and my eyes.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Lightning Strikes, Followed by Thunder, Ending in Deafening Silence, Sunday, November 22, 2020
Grace and her two little sidekicks, Polk and Dottie
Had a terrible disaster
Steal up upon them
Danger stalked Grace and Polk and Dottie sometime on a warm late Autumn day.
With loving memory of an amazing bird and her two little hens.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, Sunday, September 20, 2020
Shhhhhh
Don’t make a sound
There!
In the middle of the Back Forty and
And all the green growing things.
At the top of the day!
The silent stalkers hunting
Shhhhhhhhhh
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
A Beautiful Gift from our Daughter, Kimberly, Sunday, September 6, 2020
A beautiful rainbow!
Hope!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm
Linda
Finally, Sunday, July 26, 2020
In between rainstorms and hissing wind
The second cutting of the second alfalfa field
Is stacked and heading to other homes
It can rain all it wants to now. And the rain will be greatly appreciated.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Songs of Life Flicker Loud and Small, Sunday, December 1, 2019
I love feeding the birds
And watching the Canada Geese and the Sandhill Cranes creating their own gusting wind in the great blue of the sky!
If Boomer and I sit quietly then great flocks of birds come calling
Trying to rush us away so they also may peck and scratch at the tummy-warming black sunflower seeds
While out on the (now empty land) the other day, I saw a Sundog hanging silently in the sky.
It was still there, as the huge clouds built promising ‘weather’ when I came back from feeding the birds over by the equipment area.
Cold weather coming, the Sundogs say. I like to think of them as wee little rainbows before the bitter cold.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm
Linda
Back on Tuesday Last Week, Sunday, November 3, 2019
(From Pinterest)
Back on Tuesday night, last week, Boomer and I took a wee walk-about
The wind was bad, restless; like a nightmare
Then it started to snow
I was frozen; we didn’t go far
The next day showed us diamonds on the earth
Which truly didn’t start melting until Thursday
Then warming up enough by Saturday it was all gone. Leaving on wet spots where it used to be.
November has arrived; winter is officially here (no matter what the calendar says) 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Water- Gladness to the Heart, the Land, and to Our Eyes — Sunday, September 15, 2019
Our daughter, Kimberly, and son-in-law, Cliff had never been to the East Portal of the Black Canyon so last Sunday Terry and I gathered them up and drove to see where our irrigation water begins.
The Diversion tunnel took ten years to complete, in awful conditions with very basic tools and the technology in the years 1899-1909
Everyone is always amazed at the road just getting to the bottom of the canyon, which is pretty much the road the team and wagons traveled way back when. (It’s a tad scary, just so you know)
The engineering was stunning in the fact the tunnel is almost 6 miles long, through solid rock and soft unstable ground meeting within inches in the middle. The town of LaJane (no longer here) was on the end with the soft soil. (LaJane is pronounced Lu-wan)
Besides the amazing undertaking to get the irrigation water from the Black Canyon to the farm grounds in Montrose and Delta
The views and the history of the canyon are astounding.
The management of the Diversion Tunnel and the water that flows through it is by the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users
One of the ditch riders and his family live in the house in the canyon. He takes care of the dam, the water flow, and other specialized requirements.
The sound of roaring water, the magnificent black walls
Made for a beautiful Sunday afternoon.
Then to round out the fullness of the day, we saw a Rainbow!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Fifty Years on December 21, Sunday, December 24, 2017
“Maybe the Universe fights for souls to be together. Somethings are too strange and strong to be coincidences.”–Emery Allen
On December 21st, the shortest day of the year, and the Equinox of Winter Terry and I 
Married!
For this momentous time our children all got together and gave us a Anniversary Trip to the Wiesbaden Hot Springs and Lodge in Ouray, Colorado—complete with 90 minutes massages and money for eating out.
They splurged on the Sun Room HoneyMoon Suite
And a special soak in the Lorelei Private Hot Spring Pool.
Shannon did all our animals and chores for us while we were gone.
Fifty Years and great kids…there really isn’t much more anyone else could ask for.
From our world to your heart,
Linda
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