Christmas in Coulee Dam

My handsome bearded nephews.

 Egg-periments with Pops.

 The Grand Coulee Dam

 Another dam picture

Catching up

It's been way too long since I've posted here, 

but I have no real excuse. 

Life got busy, 

and I've been spending my 

free time doing other things 

like taking pictures, 

reading, spoiling Mr. Wilson, 

and getting back into running.

It hasn't left a lot of time for

blogging, 

but I'm going to try to be better

about posting my photos again.

April Snow Showers

After a very dry, hot March, 

we finally got a bit more snow this week.

Not much, but every drop of moisture

is needed, even it if does mean 

pulling our winter coats back out of the closet.

Today it's warming back up,

with lots of sunshine, 

and gorgeous Spring blooming everywhere!

It's a funny sort of thing

How the same day I took the pic

from the previous post it started snowing....

and 2 days later we ended up with over 22 inches.

see more snowy photos here

I spy...

So it turns out that 

Eldorado Canyon State Park

is a rock climbing park, 

and even in mid-January, 

there were plenty of climbers making

their ascent.

It became a game for me to spot them

in the tiny crevices of the giant rock faces, 

and then I loved seeing the families

out teaching their kids to climb.

Can you find all the climbers?

Go to my Flickr set

to see all the 

Eldorado Canyon pics!

In remembrance.

This morning was grey & cold

with the promise of snow

rolling in over the Front Range, 

seemingly mirroring my own

state of mind.

As I walked along the paths

by the Boulder Reservoir, 

my thoughts turned

to my family in NC.

This afternoon they buried my

Pop Pop, 

and I was saddened not to be

there with them to celebrate his life.

Being out in the brisk fresh air, though, 

I was reminded that even in the 

grey midwinter, we are surrounded

by beauty & life, 

and I am thankful.

Breaking through the fog

 I know it's no comparison to the heaps of snow

or bone-chilling temperatures many of our 

friends are dealing with right now, 

but winter in the valley

is colder & grayer than I'd anticipated.

For a place that gets above 110 in the summer, 

I admit that I didn't expect to see the 30s in the winter.

Besides the temps, though, there is often a heavy 

blanket of fog/smog, 

and honestly, 

it can be really depressing.

So we try to take advantage of our sunny days.

Below you can see Z & Mr. Wilson

hanging out on the front porch

while Z does a bit of old-fashioned writing.