I chose that title because those were the most prevalent wildflowers here when we arrived. Now the dandelions have mostly gone to seed and the larkspurs are fading. Just another reminder that our days at the cabin are going by quickly.

In their place come the paintbrush, of which we have three different varities, well actually four if you count the rarer white ones which have not bloomed yet,










the pink plumes,


the salsify just this morning,



We got a rare treat on Saturday—we had a thunderstorm roll through and it really poured for a good half hour.



Sam looking out at the rain



Rain

There is certain smell here in the high country when it rains. It’s a damp woodsy smell that is a mixture of the soil and the wet bark on the trees.

It cooled it off an good 20 degrees so I started a fire in the wood range just to take the chill off.


After the rain Rick went fishing down by Sand Creek. He didn’t catch anything.



Alex went along as official fishing dog.



There are lots of wild iris here. So pretty.





End of day as seen from our window on the world.

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No words necessary. The title says it all!

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The other day the conditions were just right for con trails. This is the sky over Bull Mountain early on in the morning from our driveway (more or less).




And here is the sky a little bit later on our walk.





And this shot after our walk just outside our cabin door.




And for those few of you who took a guess at the mystery photo I posted the other day, it was my my nearly empty cognac glass on its side, looking down into it towards the fire burning in the fireplace. If you go back and look closely you can see the flames in the lower right part of the glass. Steve, you were really close! Good call!

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Rick calls this one “Just when you think it is safe to go back to the feeder.”
Be sure and watch all the way through.
Enjoy!

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hi everyone! it’s me, bella! i just wanted to share the day i had the other day with you.

i wented wading in the beaver pond. it’s my most favorite thing to do up here. the pond has lots more water in it than the last time i was here.



i don’t swim but i get really wet.

somehow i got a gash above my eye. i guess a branch got me when i was running through the woods. mommy said it wasn’t bad, just a surface scratch but i don’t have any hair there now. it does not bother me at all.

there is a great mud puddle on the walk and before mom and dad could stop me i laided down in it. such fun! here is what i looked like after the mud puddle.


then i wented and played on the little bit of snow that is still around and that helped get me un-muddied.




after dinner we wented for a ride. here are alex and hailey enjoying it but you won’t see me with my head out the window cuz i don’t like it.




daddy tooked some slow-motion movies of me too. you can see them by following this link and this link and one last link here. mom and dad think they are funny but i don’t get the humor of it all. it’s just me being me after all.

p.s. daddy said to tell you that what you see in the movies is really one second of real time but the movies last about 40 seconds each.

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