After a nasty cold blustery day yesterday we woke-up to a lovely early spring day this morning.

Just perfect!

Yesterday Terry and I (and Boomer–Fuzzy stayed out the house and rested) — got the very last of the pipe put into the ditch and the pipe covered back up. Two days of hard, intense work, but we made it!  Sure is a nice feeling.

(I loved how the sun captured the dust)

After supper Terry went back out and rolled for a couple of hours.  He has a few more acres to roll, but he is gaining on that project as well.

  My foot is healing…slowly, but surely.  The swelling has gone down enough I can see where the nail went in and where it came out.  Night is the worst, but by morning I can get to going again.

I thank all of you who have written to ask how I am doing.

The worst of the HUGE projects are now starting to get done.  This time of year is always the hardest.  For ranchers the hardest is when they start calving (at least I think it would be the hardest)….for us it is the late winter/early spring— get the ground ready to start water and to plant.  Of course once you plant you have the concern of getting the seed up and making sure it gets a good start.  Deadlines, deadlines…in any job any place anywhere, it is always the deadlines.   Nine days and the water is supposed to be in the canal.  Nine days left to get the ground ready to start water….

If ‘the creek don’t rise and the wind don’t blow’ (as my beloved maternal grandfather used to say)  We will make it!  (Is there a song like that out there somewhere, seems like there is.)

Anyway…today is lovely!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda