Spring is Coming

How do I know? The crazy woodpecker is hammering away on my metal chimney with its beak. When I hear that noise (which must give the poor bird an awful headache), I know spring is just around the corner. It gives me itchy feet, I want to plan a vacation. There will be no vacation for me until after June. I have a wedding to plan for my one and only daughter. Exciting times Instead I look back to last year, and the wonderful seascapes in Mexico. 

 

 

 

The Rocky Mountains in Spring

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All in the space of a week – Sunset and Snowrises!

Dramatic and beautiful

Cold and deep

Welcome to Spring in Colorado!

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Kiss on a Pine Cone

The pine cones on my deck looked beautiful in their silver glistening glory. I didn’t think anything could make them look better, and then it snowed.

 

Learning from Mother Nature

Before I left home for work on Monday morning I took a photograph of my Aspen tree. Why is this tree so special? I bought it ten years ago, it cost me twelve dollars and was around two feet high. I have watched it grow and flourish.

It has survived being nibbled by the local deer and antelope. It didn’t give up and die when my dear husband decided it was blocking his satellite signal and chopped thirty food off the top.

It still stands proud and beautiful at the corner of my deck, bending in the wind and quivering in the breeze.

When I left for work on Monday it was bathed in morning sunlight, golden and magnificent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot has happened since Monday. President Obama was re-elected. Some people rejoiced at this news and some did not. I find it hard to believe why a country as great as America can’t work together for a better future, despite your political and religious beliefs. Why are some people so extreme? Ignorance breeds hatred and fear.

Today is Saturday and a storm approaches. My Aspen tree has shed most of her leaves in preparation. Her branches will bend with the snow, she will adjust, but she will survive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let mother nature teach us a lesson. We need to lean into the wind, adjust with the seasons and make the best of everything we have. Fighting destroys nations, if this great country continues to fight, it will self implode. Look at yourself in the mirror and like who you are, be the person you want people to remember after you are gone.

 

 

A Toast to Mother Earth.

 

Our world and the skies above never cease to amaze me.

Look at this whirlpool of writhing clouds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bright blue autumn sky with Aspen’s wearing their golden gowns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sun glistens through the golden leaves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I sit on my wonderful deck and toast the view.

The icing on the cake and a perfect way to relax and enjoy the view.