Our friends are about to head home. Our connection is a rare one, where even a 5 1/2 day visit wasn’t long enough. (With normal visitors, we have the “go-home-already” syndrome by day 3, just in case you ever come for a visit. Nothing personal.) Of all the places we visited this week, all the […]
This nice fluffy coyote came to pay our backyard a visit the other day. Like all the other wildlife up here, he looked healthy and well-fed. Guess the chipmunks are good eatin’. He marked his territory (hey, that’s our yard!) and was soon joined by his mate, who was hiding here in the trees. We’ve […]
With the snow finally gone (for now) the mountain wildlife are emerging bit by bit from their winter hideouts. We’re having a lot of fun spying on them. We’ve found coyote, raccoon, and moose tracks in the past couple of days. We looked out our front window and this little mule deer was peering back […]
We were driving through the canyon about 5 miles from home when Zia gasped, “Mamma! Dadda! Turn around, turn around! I saw something!” “What was it?” we asked. “I don’t know, but it had a black face! Turn around!” So we did, and there it was…a bear. It was a golden color with black tips, […]
Our second May snowfall is upon us! The irises are perky–they seemed to expect the snow. Down in Boulder, all the irises have bloomed already…only a 20-minute drive away. Smart babies, to take your time. All the other new green things outside are bowed down under white blankets. But tucked inside, we’re warm, cozy, and […]
