Cool Summer Mornings

Morning greetings from our misty mountains!
We're feeling blessed by these cool, late summer mornings.

joining The View From Right Here for Weekly Top Shot

Sunday Muse

"The mountain remains unmoved by its seeming defeat by the mists."

~ Robert Penn Warren

Signs of Spring

"Spring has returned.

The earth is like a child that knows poems."

~Ranier Maria Rilke

Not quite sure if you can see it or not, but there is a slight hint of red in our mountains, a sure sign that spring is finally arriving.  Flocks of starlings are flying through, coltsfoot are blooming by the roadside, bluebirds are back at the nest boxes and maple tree buds are swelling. 

Weekly Top Shot

Approaching the big turn at Bellview, it was such a treat to catch the sunshine breaking through for a moment.  The way it illuminated the side of the mountain and the frosted pines made our hearts swell.  This county road twists and turns, up and down, and in just a few minutes we were travelling a few yards below those frosted pine trees... following the road as it winds towards home.

joining Madge at The View From Right Here for Weekly Top Shot

Winter Sunrise

The snow and wind paused just long enough to grant us a couple days of sunshine.  Sunday arived in a most glorious manner.  Let us share with you a winter sunrise as it comes to the pasture and makes its way into the mountains.



Light and Color

"How beautifully leaves grow old.  How full of light and color are their last days."

~ John Burroughs

Weekly Top Shot

We're enjoying such beautiful fall color in the mountains. 
Hope your autumn is every bit as lovely.

joining Madge at The View From Right Here for her 1st Anniversary of Weekly Top Shot

Solstice to Solstice :: Change

"Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?"  ~ Hal Borland

Change is coming to the mountains.

response to week one of the thirteen weeks of autumn
the solstice to solstice project with urban.prairie.forest

Solstice to Solstice :: White

white

white mist rises from the hollow

as if a plume of smoke

enveloping

developing

into a fog that moves across the meadow

and slowly encloses the farm

in a veil of moist white air

between storms

response to week twelve of the thirteen weeks of summer
the solstice to solstice project with Sarah Jean at urban.prairie.forest

Sunday Muse

"How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!"

~ John Muir

Weekly Top Shot

walking through the cemetery, just as you reach the high spot;

the roof line of our old barn peeks through the mountains

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{this moment}

A Friday ritual.

A single photo - no words - capturing a single moment from the week

A simple, special extraordinary moment.

A moment to pause, savor and remember.

Participating with the SouleMama blog.

solstice to solstice

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come."
~ Chinese Proverb

response to week ten of spring
the solstice to solstice project with urban.prairie.forest
please visit the flickr pool for all the wonderful contributions to this project

Spectacular

We can't remember a spring where the trees have been so bright... so vivid... so spectacular.  Perhaps the mild winter and spring have combined to produce this abundance of bloom in the trees.  The path of sunlight during the day presents one breathtaking view after another.  It's as if our mountains are singing a song of spring!

A Little Spring Color

Color is returning to the mountains, and it is surely a welcome sight.  The pastures are beginning to green up a little, flowers and shrubs are beginning to bloom.  Even the trees are providing a beautiful showing as the mountains surrounding us change from grey and black and brown to palette of delicate yellows, reds and even a little green.  Oh my, how we love our mountains... but you already know that.

{this moment}

A Friday ritual.

A single photo - no words - capturing a single moment from the week

A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.

solstice to solstice :: slumber

slumber

What use is it to slumber here;
Though the heart be sad and weary?
What use is it to slumber here
Though the day rise dark and dreary?

For that mist may break when the sun is high
And this soul forget its sorrow
And the rose ray of the closing day
May promise a brighter tomorrow.

~ Emily Bronte

response to week seven of the solstice to solstice project at urban.prairie.forest
a fifty-two week project focused on the seasons - one word at a time
flickr pool - the solstice to solstice project

Calendar Girl

At the urging of several friends and readers, we are considering producing a calendar for 2013.  Can you help us with some input.  Of the three photos in this post, which one would you prefer seeing in a Sheeps and Peeps Farm calendar? 

Number 1 - Aurora looking at you?

Number 2 - Aurora looking at you but with more mountain scenery in the background?

Number 3 - Aurora's profile with mountain scenery?

Please post your input in the comments.  Thank you!

Saturday's Sunrise

From 6:58 a.m. to 7:36 a.m., we experienced a most glorious sunrise... each moment more beautiful than the last.  In thirty-eight minutes our mountain top went from darkness into light.  An everyday miracle.  A reminder to hold on to that which is beautiful in each and every day.

Many thanks to all of you for the thoughts, prayers and love you have sent our way. 

We are so grateful.