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I will....but I will be back

Week End

Enjoying looking back at images of this past weekend...a much needed reprieve from the endless driving.

but

I can feel the thoughts, prayers and meditations...saw my dad today and he looked great.  He may not realize what a boost he is getting from you all.

I do

Postcards from Paradise...Winter White

the snow on the roof started to slide...in such an unusual way

the icecicles didn't quite know which way was up...we figured we'd head out to play in the snow...

come on along

5 min from home...

25 min from home...

past a popular spot where folks go to ski and snowshoe....to this lovely spot, where somebody or bodies had cut a fresh trail

pristine

and just the two of us

sun, blue sky....lots of fresh white snow

quiet except for the shusssing of our snow shoes

beautiful way to start the day, thanks for joining us! More postcards here

Saturated Color...and Snow

It's fun...it's theraputic...it's just what the doctor ordered...

painting once a week with the girls

if it doesn't work out....you paint over it...like I did with this one.

And then we got snow...in a big way!

Melly liked playing in it...Olive not so much.

white stuff still falling

warm saturated color

a winter contrast

forgot it was Friday...

From Black and White to Blue

Picture perfect flakes...making everything muted black and white..

to the stark black and white of a nearly fullmoon night...

surreal in the quiet

with just the soft sound of fresh snow

as background music

morning brings shocking contrast and a blue so bright it almost hurts.

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End of Season Mandala

Last week...in the calm after the first snow storm and waiting for the next...

I was putting the pots to bed for the winter and gathered what was left of this and that.

Outside the studio door...on the edge of this season, moving quickly to the next...

one last flower mandala...that lingered but for a few days.

Making ART from Fall Color

A glorious day in the Colorado rockies enjoying peak fall color...

led to gathering stuff at our feet...

the colors and texture of the season...

placed just so...

to create a colorful mandala

...it doesn't get much better.

Fun Fun FUN day

My birthday falls somewhere around labor day weekend so I always try to take advantage of the extended holiday.  This year we spent the entire day and evening with bd celebrating starting with the Tour de Farms...a guided bike tour of 3 local farms...here's a taste.

Mark Olin shared with us his passion of healthy farming practices on his family farm...Olin Farms.  We wandered through his beautiful farm, learning about his sustainable farming practices and enjoying a breakfast bounty of fresh food.  

The bike route took us over dirt roads on a course of about 25 miles.

Our next stop was Pachamama farm...a favorite farmers market vendor of mine. Ewel explained how to tell a muskmelon from cantaloupe...this yummy! muskmelon has ribs where a cantaloupe's body is smooth, no ribs.

Rows of echinacea that they will harvest to make tinctures of the roots.

Right across the road from Pachamama is Lone Hawk Farm where we enjoyed an incredible farm to table lunch.

a spread of fresh bread, herbed butter, hummus...curried quinoa with cashews and veggies...

a salad of tomato, peppers, cucumber and goat cheese...white bean and barley soup.  Only problem, how do we now get back on our bikes to keep riding!

Tom Lopez, the owner of Lone Hawk has created a number of fascinating solar powered tools, everything from this solar powered tractor to lawn mowers and tillers that he demonstrated for us.

Tom envisions his pick your own garden as a welcoming place...for the community to stay a while and enjoy.

He is constructing this beautiful enclosure..planting it with grape vines, wanting to create a shady spot to sit within...reaching up to pick a grape or two and enjoy his farm.

We are lucky to have many small organic farms in the area and Transition Colorado has plans to organize more such tours...we plan on doing this again!

Back home from the day long ride to a wonderful party with good friends, family and a spread fit for a queen!

Thanks everyone for making this such a special day!!

Hope you all enjoyed a lovely weekend!

Some Sum Summertime

The last of my special gift of Jamaica blooms...cool sipping on a hot hot weekend

my bicycle, which is Jamaica laden, carried me out and away...

to enjoy the last bits of this long glorious time off.  Back to it all now...the studio is turned upside down and I must get it all together for the FAC in the Garden tour that begins at the Mango Studio this Friday from 5 - 9.

Please do come by...

Sum Sum Summertime Paradise

ahhhh, feeling like summertime!  Savoring the mango colored blooms...

a morning ride to the farmers market...

a basket FULL of fresh greens and bright blooms.

Paradise indeed, more Postcards....here