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 […]
Our week has flown by. In the busyness of taking care of a new baby, homeschooling Zia, and the regular routine of coming down from the mountains on the weekend for groceries, it was great to have a free day–Labor Day! We went to hang out at the creek in Boulder. There’s nothing as exciting […]
This morning we joined Wild Bear for an outdoor hike and workshop on Worms and Other Squirmies. We were gone less than three hours. I took a nap before we left, and another as soon as we got home. I ate before we left, and again when we got home, and had a snack while […]
David looked out the window and saw a furry face looking back at him. A little black bear was sitting on his haunches, staring at the house. (Maybe pondering whether he should mosey on in through the open door and join us for lunch?) I just bearly whipped out my camera when he turned and […]
We drove up on those high peaks that are white most of the year. It was a little like being on top of the world–thrilling and just a tad scary. Here are some of the magnificent creatures we spotted up there: Some interesting elk (why do they have no shaggy mane? Is it the time […]
