The Secret
To a Long & Happy Marriage
My husband and I created a simple, romantic anniversary celebration at home. Thoughtfulness is everything.
He gave me red roses. We exchange cards with love notes. We took our border collie on a hike.
Category: Nature
We live up in the mountains
LIVING in a little mountain village
Susie, “It sounds very romantic writing up in the mountains.”
Me smiling, “It is. Especially in the cold months with all the noisy visitors gone and a warm fire softly crackling as I drink hot coffee and write for long stretches uninterrupted.
Play Day
We took a much needed play day yesterday
We live in an extraordinary beautiful party of the world and too often we stay at home to work at the endless chores and responsibilities
About a 40 minute drive from home we had a picnic lunch
Carefully, happily, we wadded across the freezing cold, slippery, rocky, riverbed
Stunning blue-sky day
No crowds!!!
Changes
Between the vaccine and perfect weather a change is the safe gathering of friends
It’s interesting being so closely connected to nature. As the season changes from winter to spring and from summer to autumn, we sometimes get graupel up here in the mountains.
Springtime in the Rockies
Blue sky in one direction
A snowstorm in the opposite direction
The perennials should be very happy!
Our border collie is so proud to lunge for the geese and make them fly. Soon though, they learn that she’s not getting in the water and much to Hope’s chagrin, they ignore her.
Balance in Life
On March 2nd I received my first vaccine against COVID-19. I received the MODERNA vaccine which, 2 weeks after the 2nd shot is over 94% effective. My 2nd vaccination is scheduled for March 30th. As an essential worker my husband has had both of his vaccines, also MODERNA.
What constitutes a really good day?
What a great day!
A lot of good has come from needing to stay at home. Zoom meetings and webinars are here to stay. It’s so very much easier and quicker to attend an 8:30 AM board meeting from home! Our home is 4 minutes outside the city limits in a beautiful secluded valley.
December
Nature is art
“Art should be like a holiday: something to give man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.” – Paul Klee
The outside pictures are a few steps from our garden gate
My Christmas Cactus
a gift years ago from our creative friend Amy
A wonderful thrift store find years ago
Hope our Border Collie in our living area – I like our little cozy cabin – I’m not a fan of big houses –
Joy our Sheltie comfy in her doggie bed
Living in the mountains is so peaceful – our needs are simple – breathing clean air – walking in & photographing & writing about nature makes me feel so alive!
Mountain Mutts on the SCBWI Bookstore
Hello everyone. The Society of Children’s Books, Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has a bookstore that features Mountain Mutts. This is the link visit their site: https://www.scbwi.org/scbwibookstop-display/?id=699388
Your Mountain Friend
My husband and I returned home from a memorable trip to Italy at the end of October 2019. We were shocked a few weeks later about the flooding where we had recently been in Vince and then again a few months later about the Coronavirus in Italy.