Meadow Hike

A few photos from a recent outing with Nelson in the Rockies: So pretty, so calming and exactly what I needed that day. I sat on a huge rock for a few minutes and listened to the wind blow through the aspens. The air here is dizzying. Could have been from the hike, or...

Boulder Yard, Stage 3

This post could also be titled: The day after I accidentally gave away the scooter.  The day the slacker landscaper didn’t show up, so I had to mow and weed wack a front and backyard by myself The day I bought a new fabulous amazing weed wacker after spending 2...

Boulder Yard, Stage 2

The haul away: What you don’t see here was one of the dumbest things I’ve done in a very long time. Also known as: the day I accidentally gave away my boyfriend’s scooter. Yep. I posted to Craigslist that I had pulled out some gardening and lawn...

Boulder Yard, Stage 1

I love me a good project — especially those that require problem solving, frugality, creativity, organization techniques and provide a place for my copious energy. Bird is away this week at a fancy conference in California. In lieu of joining him, I spent the...

Cultivating Patience

By nature, I am an incredibly impatient person. When I decide I want something, usually after considerable weighing of options and taking myself far too seriously, I want it now. Yesterday. Pronto. ASAP. GET ON IT. Funny how life doesn’t work that way. Even...

Lilly

Eli Lilly is huge in Indiana. Their name is everywhere you turn, including the Lilly house, as seen on the grounds of the Indy Museum of Art: Easiest way to tell I’m still a desert girl at heart? I fall all over myself taking photos of lush, green gardens. It...