Archive for the ‘Kansas City’ Category

five years ago

Posted on March 9th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

Five years ago, we had just one spunky two year old girl with us in our little white house in the suburbs of Kansas City.  We had just put all new windows in our house, a fence around the backyard, pruned our gigantic trees (so they didn’t crush the house in those wild storms) and […]



three years ago

Posted on February 26th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

Three years ago today, she was just a sweet baby. Her life was so simple.  Every hurt and sorrow were quickly mended with nummies. She still makes this face today. And she still wears this jacket now.  I find that hilarious. As much as I miss that sweet babe I love this big girl she’s […]



to kansas city and back

Posted on December 19th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

As you have probably noticed, I’ve fallen off the wagon lately when it comes to blogging. I do have sort of an excuse, though. We had an emergency problem at our rental in Kansas City (the sewer pipe clogged and cracked) so David had to go fix it, and we all piled in the jeep […]



denver botanic gardens part II: water

Posted on October 14th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Really, I think the best part of the Botanic Gardens is the water. So here are some water pics. Above: Water patterns to inspire the Monet in us all. Here lies Pac-Man. 😉 Lily pads rock! A young frog catching water bugs. Journey to the Great Waterfall! All happiness and smiles …and then you realize […]



whistling mountain melodies

Posted on September 14th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  7 Comments »

Hey there! Has it really been almost 3 weeks since I posted last? Hmm. Awfully sorry, but I do have a great excuse. And what is that excuse? Is it the final but fading glorious harvest of my once-orderly-garden-turned-jungle? No, guess again. Perhaps the many pots of “soup” that Zia has been laboring over, adding […]