Late Summer August Days

Late summer days in August, bring cooler nights and the feel of autumn.
HC had swim lessons a for couple weeks and we helped get him to lessons. It was fun to be in the pool (heated!) and do some swimming too.


An evening at the county fair was great fun for HC and DC, as well as mom and dad.

After too much rain in June that led to problems getting the soybeans planted, it gave way to no rain for about 4 weeks and the corn starting to dry up and the soybeans waiting to fill the pods.
Thankfully Rain finally came last night and today.
We Have enjoyed lots of gorgoues tomatoes at the farm, as well as fresh peppers, squash and a few other vegetables. The sweet corn benefited from the rains earlier in the summer and was a great crop. HC enjoyed corn on the cob for lunch on the porch at the farm one day!


Farmer Ken and I are enjoying the late summer days in western Colorado. We came through Steamboat, Craig and Meeker on Sunday.


Rabbit ears pass is a beatiful area appropriately named for the rabbit ears formations.

We had not been in Steamboat since 9/11. We were at Winter Park at the condo at the time and were planning to golf that day, when we saw the morning news and could not think or concentrate, so we took off in the car and drove to Steamboat.

We did the Serpent's trail "hike" in the Colorado National Monument Tuesday. Farmer Ken hit a few gold balls at the driving range and will probably golf tomorrow morning.
This morning the resident quail parents and youngsters were enjoying preening in the morning sun on the rocks in the empty lot. They later came to the patio to drink out of the water that runs out of the bottom of the flower pots after the irrigation is on.


Note the male and female parents in the photo and the little chick tucked under it's mom.
Autumn will soon be here and in Nebraska that will mean the end to hot humid days. This year it will be such a relief after all the heat and high humidity we had!
From the second week in September through October is the best weather in Eastern Nebraska.