All the blogs I didn’t write . . .

No, I’m not trying at being romantic. I’m not trying at all. I’ve been not trying at blog-writing for quite a while now. So here’s a bit of trying for you. The blogs I meant to write (I really, truly meant to) but didn’t . . .

The one about planting a fall potato crop. (A total failure.)

The one about the pretty eggplant I grew in my garden. (A success!)

The one about the nasty storm we drove through and the bow-less rainbow that followed it. (WORST HAIL EVER! We could not even see the lines on the road. We all thought the car was toast.)

The one about vacationing in Colorado.

The one about my personal insect zoo. (The zoo that ate all my parsley but, really, I don’t mind cause the butterflies turn out so pretty.)

The one about my moonflower vine. (It finally bloomed!)

 

Here’s to not forgetting May through August 2010

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Things to not forget from May 2010

A freshly shorn dog

My little sun worshipers, doesn’t matter how hot it is

Things to not forget from June 2010

New barn kittens

Cooking fruit salad

Cilantro turns to coriander, almost

Why, Virginia, what is that creeping up the wall?

Things to not forget from July 2010

4th of July parade

It seemed like it rained every day in June, by July, the lake looked like this

Things to not forget from August 2010

Four dogs, one picture, an August miracle!

We vacationed in Colorado at Rocky Mountain National Park

Calypso Cascade

A pretty pond

Horsing around

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Colorado trip – July/August 2009, Part 2

One day, family who live in Fort Collins came up to the mountains for brunch. Little Girl loves to help in the kitchen so she mixed up the scrambled eggs.

We ate outside

With smores for dessert

Chipmunk enjoyed it too

She loves to make funny faces

She went on her first horseback ride

She told Uncle Reggie, “This is way more fun than hiking”

Meanwhile Reggie and I went hiking

On the way out of the mountains we stopped at a church . . .

Saw some bighorn sheep . . .

and smelled some flowers.

When we reached the Front Range she met some doggies

Ack! My daughter ran off with a pack of dogs

THE END

 

Colorado trip – July/August 2009, Part 1

Where we stayed, east side of Rocky Mountain National Park, a bit off the beaten path:

She picked her own hiking outfit

She wasn’t the most cooperative hiker but she had fun before she decided she was “bored”. Bored=My mom is around so I will throw a fit cause there is nothing more fun than driving her crazy. Anyway, here are some pictures before the tears:

She liked to walk to edges of rocks, holding Uncle Reggie’s hand, until she reached the edge and could see the roaring water, straight down, and then, ONLY THEN, she no longer wanted to hold his hand, cause, ya know, she’s a big girl. Terrifying.

Me, in my goofy blue hat in front of a waterfall.

Going to Colorado with my dad, a Colorado native, you will always hear him say two things:

1. “They don’t have clouds like this in Kansas.”

In his best, I’m-talkin’-to-you-young-whippersnappers voice:

2. ” I remember when this valley was all ranches”

We all know what new housing developments look like so here are some more Colorado clouds:

More pretty pictures:

With a purple penstemon