“This area is more complete for fishing.” Zia: “Would you like an overview of how rocks and sand make sounds and don’t make sounds?” Me: “Sure.” Zia (tossing a handful of mixed rock and sand): “Did you hear the sand?” Me: “Nope.” Zia: “Did you hear the rock?” Me: “Yes, I did.” Zia: “Now you […]
David and Caleb came across this huge moose yesterday. He roared at them. I would have been just a little frightened, but of course the big strong hunters weren’t the teensiest bit afraid. They were wishing they had a moose license, but I’m glad they didn’t. Moose meat just doesn’t hold a candle to the […]
Saturday we headed to Nederland’s fall nature festival: the Enchanted Forest. Wild Bear Nature Center puts on the festival, and it’s really fun. Face painting is always number one on our list. Isn’t she funny? We had to laugh every time she looked at us. The Forest Animal Tour is the best part. We rode […]
Friday morning, not even two weeks after the official start of fall, winter made its first appearance! Zia took advantage of the snow and rolled and and played to her heart’s content. It’s a good thing she did… because after the snow came the sun. She brought this delicious snow-mud pie into the kitchen and […]
There’s snow in the mountains! Here are the same mountains, just hours before I looked up and saw they had turned white. You can see there was just a bit of snow left from springtime. With the heat and drought, the mountains have been oddly bare this summer. It seems right that they are white […]
