It has been warming up around here, and it makes me yearn for summer and weekend hikes. This weekend I've been daydreaming about places we've been and places I'd like to be if it were warm. So my next few posts will be my summer daydreams. Soon enough it will be warm and we'll be …
In the summer and winter months, we can go to the gym to get some exercise. But more often then not, water cooler conversation at my office consists of talk about new trails or secret spots to take a run or a ride to get an hour of sun and exercise. Summer or winter, we …
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My family and I took a short winter walk along the river over the weekend. We were alone with the ducks and a few other beautiful wild beings. The photos are not that spectacular, but I did get to capture a few shots of a beaver, a bald eagle and a great heron. The dog …
Winter can be long and cold in the southwest. The sun is glorious during the day, but the evening cold can make you want to hibernate like a bear. When the sun sets at 5pm and warmth of the sunlight gives way to below zero temperatures within minutes, it is challenging to venture out and …
A post everyday for 2013: the sunset. Each morning over a cup of coffee with my co-workers we remark on the beauty of the morning's sunrise or the previous evening's sunset. We talk about the moonset or the rainstorm's cloudburst, and sunset over the hills from the evening before. It reminds me of how the sunrise …
It is actually pretty rare to have a Christmas Eve where it begins to snow. My husband and I only remember once before this year where we were lucky enough to truly experience a white Christmas. And such a beauty it was to wake up to a fresh blanket across the valley. It seemed to …
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