Shhhhh—-Be Very Still and Watch, Tuesday, April, 4, 2023

A pair of Ringed-Neck Doves

Having a wee gossip about the cold (and a quick preening of the feathers)

Shhh.  Don’t let the cat or the dog see them.  Or they will fly far away.

Shhhhh.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

 

 

Our Astounding, Miraculous, Inspiring Moon, Tuesday, September 13, 2022

That beautiful moon!

So incredible

sending to earth scintillating sheets

of silver brilliance!

How lucky we are, you and I.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

WOW! 15 Years! Time Flies—FAST, Tuesday, March 22, 2022

  1. 15 Year Anniversary Achievement
    Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com!
    You registered on WordPress.com 15 years ago.
    Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging.
    Goodness, how time flies by!
    Thank you so much for being part of my blog, for commenting, for reading, for being there — all these marvelous years!
    My heart is full because of wonderful friends like you!

    From my heart to your world,
    Linda 

The Last of the Last, Tuesday, October 12, 2021

We had 750 bales of hay still to go to its new life as feed

Last week and Monday

It was loaded out and hauled away

Finished.

Whew!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Blood Red — Not Good — Ever, Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Skies like these are a distant memory, anymore

This is what our skies look like

Most of the time…smoke sinking into each and everything

Sometimes a tad worse than other times

 

Once in a while, a slight breeze lightens the smoke

But, more often than not, the sun is stained dazzlingly red, red, red

As it sinks below the edge of the Uncompahgre Plateau.

We so need rain.

As does every place else in the dry, combusting west.

Sigh,

From my world to your heart,

Linda

Quiet Days — the Kind that Leaves No Mark, Tuesday, August 3, 2021

It’s been raining here,

Little showers of delight

Our air, ground, and souls cooling way down

Making a person think it might be Autumn

It makes me feel like Fall

Time racing forward

That summer will be over (too) fast.

Moments racing ahead…

The rain is nice, it’s actually making puddles

Still…over there — just beyond

Is Fall…

Autumn

The cool down, just before

Ah, well…until then

Our days go Quietly forward…

Your friend on a western Colorado farm

Linda

 

Thankfully! Thank You Ever so Much, for your Prayers, Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Terry is starting to feel so much better now.  It’s been a huge long-haul, but we are making it.

Six Doctors, four trips to the emergency room, a three-day stay in the hospital, then an operation for gallbladder, plus thyroid medication, plus finally being able to eat again…(he lost 20 pounds) the corner to health is being turned.

What a huge marvelous blessing!

I am so grateful for all your prayers, good wishes, hand-holding across the internet, and hugs both near and far.

You are all such wonderful caring people!

From my heart to your heart,

Linda

 

A Tiny News Report — Water, Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Our area—not just where we live and farm

But our whole area, everything below the Grand Mesa, areas fed from the Gunnison River and the Uncompahgre River

Are being rationed for irrigation water.

Some places have already been told they will have NO water and domestic water is also being monitored

You see there has not been enough snow in the mountains for the last two years (longer in some areas)

The snow this year will melt into the ground and fill the underground lakes and streams and possibly the lakes and reservoirs

Hopefully the lakes and reservoirs.

The water managers have begun rationing…

It’s early…very early…usually rationing doesn’t start until the heat of summer.

Water—-it’s on everyone’s lips. A nagging concern in the back of everyone’s mind. And constant management on all farms with all farmers.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda