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 …
Oh, the snow….
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 …
Light (and dark) side of small towns
You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in. ~Arlo Guthrie Believing only in light and in the sun that drenches us more than 300 days a year in an attempt to avoid the shadows of real life distorts the real life we lead. An integral view of darkness and light, understanding them as …
The Sunset Project
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 …
There was snow on Christmas Eve
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 …
Christmas trees are an adventure too
Each year we have a family discussion about how to get a Christmas tree. There is a local fundraiser where they auction Christmas trees for charity and we always have the option to buy a beautifully decorated, but fake tree, in honor of our favorite non-profit organization. We can also harvest our own tree, which …
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