Nature Archives - Deborah Ann Lucas

Burr Oak tree with leaves covered in snow

A record five inch snow falls in Leaf River on Halloween

It’s Halloween, and it’s snowing for the second time this week and this time, it’s easily five inches. I’m not complaining. I know Denver has already had feet of snow and bit of shoveling is certainly better than all the fires the folks are having to deal with in California, but I do feel bad for the Leaf River kids trick-or-treating in the windy twenty-degree weather tonight.

After our rainy summer and a busy harvest season, I’m mentally ready for winter…but our farm is not.

November 1, 2019August 26, 2022Country Life, Nature

Starting Over

I’m redesigning my entire website, refocusing it on what I love to do and to write about: HORSES.

Don’t panic if you’re not a horse person. I’m hoping to find a community of people (or perhaps gather a new one) who just loves horses. You won’t need to know anything about horses to enjoy it. It’s not about “how to” but rather “why I love my life.”
In my future blogs, I’ll be talking about what it takes to care for horses and why the joy I experience is worth all the work.

September 28, 2019August 9, 2022Art, Country Life, Horses, Nature, Writing

BEST LAID PLANS

Never enough time to write.

Throughout this last winter and early spring, I was able to write everyday, not just for an hour or two, but four to six hours each and every day. I’d hoped to maintain that pac

July 18, 2013November 10, 2019Country Life, healing, Nature, On Aging, Second Half of Life, Writing

Waiting in Stillness for the Storm

I waited for the storm throughout last night, my sleep smothered by the humidity that had invaded the house. Nothing came. Not the storm. Nor the sleep.

I gave up trying for sleep at six this morning, dressed and went outside into the stillness.

June 12, 2013November 10, 2019Country Life, Horses, Nature

GROWING SUNFLOWER SEEDS

I planted giant sunflowers in my garden for the first time last year. Actually, that’s not completely true. Two years ago, I planted eight seeds, two in each of the corners of an eight-inch-high raised bed. When the giant stalks grew taller than me, I tied them to the vertical, mesh-covered frame

June 8, 2013April 9, 2020Memoir, Nature

A hot summer on the farm, watering and writing

With only two weeks to […]

July 12, 2012November 10, 2019Country Life, Nature