Archive for the 'nature' Category

Sedona

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
Enjoying the balcony

Enjoying the balcony

Several weeks ago we went out to visit Dave and Ellen in Tempe. They suggested that we let them watch Spencer for a couple nights while we went to a hotel. Ellen got us two nights at the Enchantment Resort in Sedona, which was really wonderful. Thank you so much!

Roses

Friday, June 18th, 2010
Roses up close

Roses up close

Last year when I put in the garden, I clipped back some of the plants growing at the back wall of our yard. I wasn’t sure what they were. Some of them turned out to be roses. Last year we got a few, but this year we got a ton. I am pleasantly surprised, especially [...]

Urban farm

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Spencer enjoyed playing with the tractor

Spencer enjoyed playing with the tractor

Today Spencer and I went to the Urban Farm in Denver with the Meetup group we joined recently. About 20 people came, and we all had a great time feeding and petting the animals. There was a horse ride at the end (billed as ponies, but they were pretty big in my opinion), but Spencer [...]

Moab

Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Dave, Clare, and Ellen at Broken Arch

Dave, Clare, and Ellen at Broken Arch

Last weekend we went to Arches National Park. Dave and Ellen bought an RV recently, so they drove up from Phoenix in the RV and we met them there. Although Spencer wasn’t crazy about the 6 hour car ride, he was generally pretty good, and he really enjoyed the park. One momentous thing happened on [...]

Chickens

Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Our two chickens

Our two chickens

Clare has been wanting to get chickens for several years now. The itch came back this year, and she spent a bunch of time looking at coop designs and trying to find chicks on craigslist. Last week she found some one on craigslist selling their coop and chickens and all the supplies for a really [...]