I want my children and my grandchildren to live in a world with clean air, pure drinking water, and an abundance of wildlife, so I’ve chosen to dedicate my life to wildlife conservation so I can make the world just a little bit better.
Author: Julie A R Stephens
Simple Joys So Abundant I Can Scoop Them Up
Sharing a simple summer lunch on our back deck together
Giving a reading of my award-winning picture book
A summer walk in Crested Butte, Colorado
Our front deck on a Colorado cool summer morning
Walking our nature trail
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
Life’s Adventures – Hiking & MORE
There are so many beautiful nearby hikes.
I appreciate that we can easily make a change to our daily
and weekly routine with an early morning hike and sometimes
a picnic as well.
We enjoy living in the mountains!
Hiking makes me feel so alive!
What’s Going on with Me…
Our school…current inspirational message…
One of the many things I enjoy about where we live are the easy access
to different places to walk, picnic, have a spur of the moment adventure!
At every turn is a postcard pretty view…
VERY unusual – a fire in the fireplace June 13.
Living in the Mountains is Different
Two loads of firewood like this delivered in the spring
I don’t know what this is –
came across it on a hike and I thought it was picture worthy
The sky was interesting, as the weather was changing before our eyes
Our beautiful nature trail is right out our garden gate
Our routine is to sit by the river each evening
This a lovely way to unwind from the day
The river is on our nature trail – below our home
We have seen moose and deer here
Husband’s tasty salmon and vegetables
The fish has a crispy cheese covering
We are always delighted with Crystal Peak’s colorful sunsets
My husband makes us fresh bread regularly
I hadn’t had French toast in a long time
My favorite way to enjoy French toast is with powder sugar
and fresh blueberries and strawberries
Delicious salad and bread stuffed with spinach, cheese and peppers for dinner
Wii bowling is most satisfying when we both play well
A tie!
Life’s Little Moments
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.
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.