Posted on May 15th, 2011 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
Whew! Gardening in Colorado is tougher than I expected! For the first time ever, we have become part of a community garden. They call it an urban garden, but actually, it is more like a village garden. As you can see, the setting is not exactly urban. Yesterday was the first “work day”, where everyone […]
Posted on April 1st, 2011 by mountain girl | 5 Comments »
So maybe, just maybe, I’m dragging out these photos of Caleb’s visit a little. But a good thing is a good thing, and to the little girl above, having a brother is a really good thing. Here we are, almost to the top of Dinosaur Ridge, stopping for a breather…and a breathtaking view. Me and […]
Posted on March 26th, 2011 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
One very cool place that is only a couple of miles from our home is Dinosaur Ridge. It’s comprised of a little welcome center and gift shop, a small museum, and a great big ridge. (Above, you can see the ridge going around the left side of the mountain). The gift shop and museum are […]
Posted on March 21st, 2011 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
One of the places we visited when Caleb was here was the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. We’ve been there a few times with Zia, and it’s such a cool place. This time, along with seeing the regular museum rooms, we got tickets to the special exhibit: Pirates. It was the story of the […]
Posted on February 6th, 2011 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
She absolutely loved this place. The one area I didn’t get pictures of was incomparably her very favorite of all: a room of burrows and a great tree and giant stuffed acorns, seeds, and other crunchy things. There was also a good supply of squirrel, rabbit, mole, caterpillar, and bird costumes, and lots of furry […]