Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category

summer camp day

Posted on June 11th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

She was so excited she said goodbye to both David and me at the front door of our house, before we got in the car to go.  “So you’re driving yourself?” I asked.  She giggled. Our local nature center offers summer camps, and this year she was old enough to be a “Nederbug”.  It was […]



back home in colorado

Posted on June 6th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

We’re finally back home again.  We had one of the best trips ever to NY–we got to see all my family, and everyone there was glad to meet our latest little chub.  On our way out, we stopped to see my grandparents (and almost missed our plane, lol). We came back to June in full […]



spring at last

Posted on March 20th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

Last Friday was so warm we stripped down to tank tops and shorts and got sunburns. It felt so good. Cash played outside for the first time ever, and he could hardly believe his good fortune.  He was all grins. I was all grins, too.  I got to hang my laundry outside! Zia was a […]



bobcat in the snow

Posted on March 12th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

David spotted this guy out the window the other day and snapped some pictures. We prefer his kind to the other local feline variety–mountain lion! Love this wild place where we live.



mrs. moose makes a visit

Posted on November 4th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

Up here in the wilderness, we had no trick-or-treaters stopping by on Halloween.  Actually, we did have one, but she came well before dark–and she wasn’t exactly looking for candy. We were making dinner when something caught David’s eye through the window.  It was this moose cow, stopping by for a nibble on our backyard […]