Posted on May 24th, 2015 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
We have a beautiful little woods just above our house, and we’ve been working up there for the past couple of days. It is north-facing, so it’s more of a lush forest than a crackly dry one. Our trees are mostly young aspens and young-to-middle-aged ponderosa pines. Bright green moss and delicate lichen cover rocks, […]
Posted on April 17th, 2015 by mountain girl | 4 Comments »
With 24 inches of snow outside our door, I thought I’d relive some recent warm, happy days. Not that snow makes us unhappy, of course. To take up the mantra of Coloradans everywhere, We need the moisture. Which is definitely true. I made a vegan cashew cheesecake for David’s welcome home/birthday celebration. It was super yummy […]
Posted on March 29th, 2015 by mountain girl | 10 Comments »
Hi! It’s 50 degrees outside, which is a lovely hot day in the mountains, especially since this is normally our heaviest snow season. (This kid still has his coat on in the picture, but I quickly ripped that thing off.) Get out the swimsuits, slather on the coconut oil, make some popsicles, and pleeeeeeease don’t […]
Posted on March 23rd, 2015 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
Sun, wind and spring break! Our days have been spent at our favorite parks, creeks, and on long walks through the woods and down the road. And indoors, with me constantly trying to make peace between two eternal bickerers. But everything changes outside. They walk holding hands, cling to each other while they go down […]
Posted on December 25th, 2014 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
Before the mountains were born or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. Psalm 90:2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains–where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Isaiah 54:10 “Though the mountains be […]