Posted on August 14th, 2010 by mountain girl | 1 Comment »
As we were leaving Durango, we realized Mr. Lion was missing. We searched the hotel room and cafeteria, the local grocery store and everywhere else we could think of. Finally we headed out of town, sad and lionless. Zia and I prayed together that Mr. Lion would somehow be brought back to us. She didn’t […]
Posted on August 11th, 2010 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
Durango, Colorado is one of the sweetest little wild-west towns in southwest Colorado. It’s very much a tourist town, with lots of outdoor adventure sports kinds of things to do. It’s all about the outdoors, and you can see why. If you’re ever out there, it’s really worth your time to do a little sight-seeing. […]
Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
I know I’m sadly behind the times on this post, since we got back to Kansas City more than a full week ago…but I guess part of me is still dreaming in a bed of wildflowers on top of some mountain in Colorado. Our trip was so full I scarcely know where to begin, so […]
Posted on July 20th, 2010 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
Zia painted this watercolor for Mimi’s birthday. It’s a pink dinosaur with a large dark pink eye and dark pink legs. Actually, she drew a blob that I thought looked like a dinosaur, so she added the eye and legs. She also gave it some green grass to eat and a couple of green tree […]
Posted on July 10th, 2010 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
A day nearly too lovely for words… balloons at dawn presents upon rising: picture books, garage sale goodies, homemade art box crown from Grandma and Pom-Pom worn all day even to the farmstead with friends Kaleb and Jezzie to the first pony ride ever fishing with real worms a fake sneezing fit every time happy […]