Archive for the ‘The Great Outdoors’ Category

a home in the hills

Posted on May 6th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  8 Comments »

We went looking at houses again this weekend.  No promises, but we might have just maybe found our house. It’s a couple of hours from us, on seven acres on the south side of a mountain.  It’s a nice, basic house–and it seems like just what we need. Although it was an overcast day yesterday, the […]



homes on the range

Posted on April 30th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

We went house hunting this weekend, up a ways north of here.  We aren’t looking for a ranch, but we would like some acreage.  Somehow most of the land we looked at up there housed working ranches with animals–right down to this meaty buffalo. Cute, right?  Too bad babies grow up. This house sits right […]



day at the park

Posted on April 8th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

It’s chilly here today, with a forecast of lots of snow, but last week we had some really beautiful days.  Not that snow isn’t beautiful, of course.  It’s just–well, you know.  Anyway, it was 73 degrees in Boulder on Thursday, and that, to me, is beautiful.  We just couldn’t resist going to the park for […]



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 […]



snowy

Posted on February 24th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

We’re finally getting a little of that snow we need so badly!