Recipe for a successful trail hike: ✅ one active pup ✅ a beautiful trail with wildflowers ✅ nice weather 🚫 leash ✅ Charlie chasing butterflies and exploring but always staying close!
Tag Archives: Rocky Mountains
Charlie hikes by the Creek
Charlie, just turning 4 months old is so full of energy and curiosity that he is a source of constant amusement. A few days ago we did fabulous trail hike with my friend and her 2 Newfoundlands. They are excellent dogs with years of training on the trail, how to find the nearby creek forContinue reading “Charlie hikes by the Creek”
Alpenglow
Color paints the sky alpenglow saturating the evening view.
Morning Moon
Morning moon setting rests gently on mountain peak disappears from view.
Road trip
Charlie’s excited for his first road trip!
Can You Smell the Rain? (Poetry)
Filtered rays of light stream through dark clouds Is a storm coming? Beyond it, blue sky dotted with white cotton candy clouds. The juxtaposition makes me wonder. Will heavy drops of rainfall from the sky? Will there be thunder? Lightening? Can you smell the rain?
Morning Haiku
Sunrise means breakfast hummingbirds seeking sweetness morning nourishment
Continental Divide
“It takes your breath away.”
Evening sky
The snow fell, wet and heavy Giving way to fog as temperatures danced above freezing. Mountain peaks hidden from view bathed in dewy moisture wait for the sun to return. Dots of blue sky, making a reappearance letting the mountains know the fog would lift soon.
May flowers? Nope, May Snow Showers
Much of the rest of the country is reveling in warmer weather after a rough winter. We are in drought conditions and happy for a day of snow. Yep, it’s May 2! We are in high danger drought conditions. In addition to the need for moisture, I love the peacefulness of snow and the wayContinue reading “May flowers? Nope, May Snow Showers”
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