Uncompahgre (un-come-pah-gray — accent on the pah) Plateau

For some reason, just around this time of the day, I can get internet. It doesn’t last long but I can at least get on and post a new blog…and visit some of you. Then it is gone for the rest of the day. Stress, stress, stress.

There was a fire somewhere around Rattle Snake Gulch the other night. I always wonder what starts something like that. Always sad to see a fire somewhere.

This is a very blurry photo of a sweet corn field ….it won’t be long now…soon you will see either Mountain Fresh Sweet Corn or Olathe Sweet Sweet corn in your Kroger/Safeway/Wal-Mart grocery stores. They are advertising for pickers now.

Terry got part of the alfalfa field cut, but he still has at least three more hours to go. They are forecasting rain and thunder here this afternoon so he won’t be cutting today. Maybe tomorrow. Please continue with your crossed fingers. We would like to cut, dried and baled by a week from now!!!

The days are hot here and the humidity high. Drives Terry to distraction, since he much prefers Fall, Winter, and Spring. But I’m loving it.

The sun parted the clouds yesterday afternoon highlighting Hay Stack Mountain. Hay Stack Mountain is at the beginning of the Roubidoux Canyon, which is all part of the Uncompahgre Plateau and just below our mesa. You can See the brush descending down toward the flat lands when then drops right off into the canyon in this photo also.

Must hurry off here now…I think my time is just about up! Hoping everything is going well with all of you!

Your friend on a farm in Western Colorado,

Linda

Yesterday was such a busy day I had a hard time getting everything done. I was upstairs finishing up some things on the computer, working feverishly to bring completion to some projects that have been in limbo for some time.

Gradually the day started to end, the sun sinking behind the rim of the Uncompahgre (un-come-pah-gray — accent on the pah) Plateau lighting up the canyons that border Highway 50 –Escalante, Dominguez, and others. Thinking I had better get up and turn on a light I raised my eyes from the computer to see a stunning play of shadows and sun rays spilling across the yard and into the fields.

I grabbed my camera and headed toward the alcove window, allowing the sinking sun to send healing light to my eyes and my head.

As I sat there watching I saw Sammy-Sam hunting along the canal bank…what a good hunter he is. In January he turn 13 years old and still does his kitty duty. Last fall Sammy ate something that made him very, very ill. He must have eaten something that either was poisoned or very sick itself. Since that time Sammy has been a little on the fragile side.

As I watched two late straggler Canada Geese settled down on the old corn field to spend the night. They settled into a soft little spot in the dip in the ground fluffing up their feathers for a night of rest.

The earth, the sky and the things that live all around us are amazing, really. It is up to us to stop…look…listen…to be aware. If we do these things then we become one with all, desiring to be good stewards of these wondrous gifts.