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Joy

April 26, 2022 in Colorado, details, home, Life, Love, photography | Tags: Colorado, flowers, image, Life, love, marriage, photo, photography | 3 comments

My husband is finally coming home. ❤️

Spring, Maybe?

April 20, 2022 in Colorado, details, home, Life, mountain life, Nature, photography | Tags: Colorado, flowers, garden, gratitude, gratitudes, image, Life, nature, photo, photography, seasons, spring | Leave a comment

Today’s gratitudes:

Lovely neighbors
Horses
Counting down the days
A plane ticket in hand (even if it’s just to Dallas)

Photo Essay: The Old Church

April 19, 2022 in architecture, Colorado, details, exploring, Life, photography, road trip, Travel | Tags: abandoned building, church, Colorado, driving, exploring, gratitude, gratitudes, image, Life, old places, photo, photoblog, photography, road trip, Travel | 2 comments

On Hwy. 12, somewhere between Weston and Segundo.

Today’s gratitudes:

Lemon ginger tea

Photo Essay: Colorado Hwy 12 – Cuchara to Segundo

April 18, 2022 in Colorado, details, exploring, Life, mountain life, Nature, photography, road trip, Travel | Tags: beauty, Colorado, driving, exploring, gratitude, gratitudes, image, Life, mountains, nature, photo, photoblog, photography, road trip, Travel | 1 comment

Took a detour down a little Forest Service road, hoping to reach a random lake, but was stopped by too-deep snow. There were, however, lovely tree roots.

Today’s gratitudes:

That K does not have COVID-19
Sleep
Lemon ginger tea
A repaired stair

Photo Essay: Hwy. 12 – LaVeta to Cuchara

April 17, 2022 in Colorado, details, exploring, Life, mountain life, Nature, photography, road trip, Travel | Tags: beauty, Colorado, drive, explore, gratitude, image, Life, mountains, photo, photography, road trip, spring, Travel | 1 comment

Corners Diner, which looks sadly defunct.

My stomach was disappointed that it could not have a burger at the Dog Bar. A little too early for the season.

Today’s gratitudes:

That MKL came up for the day
Only nine more days until I actually live with my husband
That the Fire Department is trying to contain the fire four miles northwest of here (which is really stressing me out)
A successful experimental smoothie

Photo Essay: Ghost Town, Highway 560

April 13, 2022 in Colorado, details, exploring, Life, mountain life, photography, road trip, Travel | Tags: adventure, Colorado, explore, ghost town, gratitude, gratitudes, history, image, mountains, photo, photoblog, photography, ruins, Travel | 3 comments

I suppose it’s more of a ghost community than a ghost town.

It was right on the side of the road, up a small hill, with a great view.

Window frames seem to stand the test of time.

This looks like the sort of door I might have made.

Remarkably, the only graffiti in the town.

As I stood before this doorway, I heard a sound. It sounded like a long, low, gentle bray, like a distant donkey. There was no wind. I surveyed the landscape and saw no beasties. I’ve decided it was a ghost donkey, just letting me know it was there. Otherwise, I got no vibes of the past from the little community.

I loved exploring this place. Admittedly, It was a little dicey, as many of the places I walked were clearly above rooms dug into the hillside. I knew there was a risk of falling through. But what’s life without a little risk? The only thing missing from this part of the adventure was K. She’d have loved it.

Today’s gratitudes:

What aspen leaves look like when they start to bud
Fuzzy socks
Robins

Leaving Las Vegas (New Mexico)

March 24, 2022 in antiques, architecture, art, details, new mexico, photography, Travel | Tags: architecture, art, bar, cemetery, gratitude, gratitudes, image, las vegas, Life, mother-daughter, new mexico, photo, photography, Plaza Hotel, Travel, Writing | Leave a comment

Hope you’ve enjoyed seeing just a part of Las Vegas through my eyes.

The Plaza Hotel from a corner of the Square.

The bar, which we did not get to hang out at.

And which looks much more upscale than when I was last here in 1990 on my honeymoon with ex-Pat.

I debated sharing this but it really had an impact on me. We explored one of the local cemeteries and these were, we deduced, the graves of COVID-19 victims who could not have a formal funeral. There were several long rows just like this off to the side of the cemetery.

Today’s gratitudes:

Sunshine
That MKL and Pharaoh arrive today
My truck
That I’ve won over one of the postal workers (it only took six months)

Art, Las Vegas, New Mexico

March 23, 2022 in art, details, Life, new mexico, photography, Travel | Tags: art, creativity, gratitude, image, las vegas, Life, mother-daughter, new mexico, photo, photography, Travel | Leave a comment

These gentlemen watched over us in our bedroom. Only a little creepy.

This fellow came home with me. His name is Fren.

As did the piece. I think her name is Churro.

Yesterday was a rough and emotional day. I was poked and squished and prodded and gave away money and went back to cozy house, but I’m not quite ready to write about that. Soon. Until then, we’ll spend a couple more days in Las Vegas.

Today’s gratitudes: