Life since I last posted in April:
We set up the piano in our sunroom for my husband. Our home is small and there’s not a better place – so we have to wait for ‘warmish’ temperatures.
Originally this space was an uncovered deck.
Author: Julie A R Stephens
Earth Day
Living in the mountains, it seems that every day is Earth Day. We like the scent of fresh air on our dried clothes.
Daily walks on our nature trail beats driving to the gym for a workout or driving to a park to walk.
Springtime in the Rockies is a Metaphor for Life:
Toasty Warm Sapphire Sky Days Mixed with Single Digit Biting Winds
Cobalt sky and 8 this calm morning. We crunch frozen snow on our mountain nature trail before the sunshine bathes our valley. The serenity covers me like a cozy quilt.
Listening to Books
Reading in bed is challenging. Getting comfortable, not having the light shine in my spouse’s eyes, using a light that goes around my neck works yet, by the time I am settled in bed I am usually too tired to read.
A 21st Century Saturday
21st century grandparents – we are about 21 hours, 1,568 miles apart from our son and his family. I take a picture via our zoom connection as our son is helping his daughter read the book I just sent. She wears the T-shirt her brother has outgrown; from before she was born when they visited my brother in Louisiana.
Women Need Women Friends
Girlfriends Renew each other’s Spirits
A famous study by Harvard Medical School has been following female nurses’ health for decades. The study has found that the more friends these women have, the less likely they have been to develop physical impairments as they age.
What Makes You Happy
My sweet husband did this when he and Hope (border collie) went on an early walk and I saw it later walking with Hope and Joy (sheltie) – it just makes me smile – makes my heart smile – a love note in the snow – takes a moment – means so much…
Our son texted asking if we wanted to zoom…so thoughtful.
Mountain Magic
Rainbow Clouds
Nature almost always plays a part in a really good day for me. This morning’s walk on our nature trail included a rainbow cloud. It is a fairly rare phenomenon. It’s a little miracle to me that I was in the right place at the right time to get to see this.
Taking Down the Christmas Tree
Three weeks ago today we cut our little Christmas tree down. It was in the middle of an area thick with trees
Is putting up the Christmas tree an emotional time for you? All during our son and daughter’s childhood we came to the cabin (where Bruce and I live fulltime – for maybe 13 years now) for Christmas.
New Years Eve
Celebrating New Year’s Eve
With My Gratitude Jar
New Years Eve 2022 a sweet message from my sweet husband as we usher out the spent year and welcome in an unspent year – gratitude comes to mind…
In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly and without fail, linked with greater happiness.