…was a tad warmer than this year! This is at Denver Botanic Gardens in Chatfield. Not a flake of snow to be found, just blue skies, green grass, and balmy weather. And a sweet three-year old in cool shades.
There’s a steep little hill near the top of our driveway. The kids tried out some different homemade sleds on it–cookie sheets, sheets of cardboard, and finally cardboard boxes, which were definitely the fastest. You can’t really tell from the pictures, but they fly down the hill in those boxes. I tried going down a couple […]
This morning’s sunrise out our back door…is that a fiery angel streaking by? A little snowflake prism David got for me, against the early morning kitchen-window backdrop. The reflection of some little white lights Caleb and I hung last night. Have I mentioned how I love living in these mountains?
A few nights ago, a really strong wind blew across our side of the mountain. We were up most of the night, hoping the windows wouldn’t blow in. Later we heard that several houses (and cars) did have shattered windows. We simply lost power for a day and a half, which was really ok, since […]
On Saturday we headed to Denver…to the Firefighters Museum! This building was Denver’s very first firehouse, Station #1. It hails from 1909 and housed Engine Company #1. The firemen of Station #1 traveled by horse-drawn carriage, which to me is fascinating. To them, I’m sure it wasn’t quite so romantic. Speaking of romantic, is that […]
