Archive for the ‘The Great Outdoors’ Category

morning barn run

Posted on February 18th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

Well, we don’t have anything on the Northeast, but we have gotten a little snow and a few cold days.  Goodbye, February summer.  We  have fond memories of thee and thy warm sunshine.



days of sun and wind

Posted on February 10th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

With snow on the horizon, we’ve enjoyed every non-wintry day on the front range this week. We went down to Boulder again yesterday to soak up the sunshine, this time coupled with high kite-flying winds that made us button up our coats–except for Zia, of course.  I’m sporting a tan (from the neck up!) and we’ve […]



a hot february day

Posted on February 7th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

A couple of days ago we got a good dumping of snow, maybe a foot or so.  Everything was cold and frosty and it felt very much like winter. But yesterday it warmed up and began to melt, and we all went out in the sunshine.  David cut logs, Caleb stacked them, I washed our […]



outdoors with the goats

Posted on January 26th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

While parts of the country are hunkering down for record-breaking blizzards, we in the Colorado Rockies enjoyed a balmy 55-degree afternoon.  Up here, that’s almost a hot summer day.  At one point today I actually stripped down to bare feet and a sleeveless shirt.  Oh, and jeans, too.  David didn’t go quite that far, as you can see. […]



merry christmas from the mountains to you!

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 […]