Archive for the ‘The Great Outdoors’ Category

april brings…

Posted on April 7th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Showers. Lots and lots of soaking, drenching, freshening, muddying showers. Rainy, rainy days around these parts! Convertible rides and silly gypsy girls. (More than one of each.) Extra-golden (oops!) lemon meringue birthday pie. Happy Birthday to the man with the extra-golden heart. (Yeah, that would be El Dorado.) My favorite part of April? Spring. Every […]



farmstead day

Posted on April 1st, 2010 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

Today was a long-awaited day in our neck of the woods: the annual spring opening of Deanna Rose Farmstead. It was also warm, sunny, and completely beautiful! Zia and I went to the farmstead bright and early with our friends Darci and Jez. I’d write more about the farmstead and all the things we love […]



springtime sightings

Posted on March 24th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

Loving springtime…and discovering Kansas City all over again. Don’t forget to get outside and take in all the things around you that you take for granted, just because they’re always there. Your corner of earth is as good as any!



weather caper

Posted on March 20th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  9 Comments »

Yesterday we worked all day in the garden (we were in tank tops by afternoon) and then hopped in the Mini, cranked the top down, and zipped down Highway 71 to the KC Community Garden to grab some seeds. Unfortunately, we never got a chance to get the seeds in the ground. Today, Zia put […]



rainboot day

Posted on March 10th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on rainboot day

We should’ve known it would rain. In fact, the pine cones told us it would…they were closed up tight. But we didn’t listen. We were on a mission, tramping happily down to the stream to test out a new pair of pink butterfly boots in the deep water. So when the big drops finally started […]

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