This is what we saw when we got up this morning. Our very first snow called for stoking up the wood stove… and a couple of munchkins running out to play. Eating snow is always part of the experience. Our house is so warm and cozy. We are snug and happy with the bright snow outside, […]
Wild Bear Ecology Center here in Nederland hosts an annual event called the Enchanted Forest. It’s held in the woods at Mud Lake, and that is where we found ourselves this weekend. We started out in town at Wild Bear, where a certain Blue Fairy had to get some very important face painting done before […]
It’s peak color season for the aspens here. There is nothing quite like rounding a bend in the road and coming upon a group of glowing golden aspens, surrounded by shadowed evergreens. We drove the roads surrounding our house today and drank in the beauty of mountain foliage, streams, and all-but-melted peaks. Best of all, […]
The first taste of cool weather has brought days at the park, new friends, the reappearance of the crock pot (and cookie sheets), and lots of time for just living and learning. I’ve found a set of unit studies for Caleb, and so far I think we like them a lot. He’s starting with the […]
We went to A Taste of Colorado this weekend. It’s an annual fair type of thing in downtown Denver with vendors, food, and even a midway (which we neatly sidestepped). Zia loves balloons, so she kept her eye out the entire time for a balloon artist…and she wasn’t disappointed. The balloon she asked for was a […]
