Today we have snow and rain, yesterday was a beautiful Spring day for a hike! Look at this fence. It looks like too many decided to rest on the posts! My middle daughter Rebekah took me to Chautauqua Park yesterday for a hike. It is located in the city of Boulder, Colorado. I will share my photos here and hope you will stop by TexWisGirl and share your Good Fences too.
The hike covered about 0.7 miles of trail for the easiest climb. After twenty minutes of burning lungs and jelly like legs, I regained my stamina and continued the trail with Rebekah. The high altitude (5430) takes a few minutes to adjust to even if you have lived here your entire life like I have! A simple view of the city of Boulder. It was a bit overcast and than the sun came shining through.
Those of you who know me also know our youngest son Nick is a college runner. He has been running since he was in the fifth grade and today he is a college junior. He is my inspiration to run, walk and hike! These words are from my pinterest board on Running. I am not a quitter so getting through that first twenty minutes of climbing the trail were tough. But I was victorious and glad I did it! You may stop by Ms. Jenny's and share a favorite "V" post too!
Another pinterest share, but climbing that trail which was rocky at some points was easier as we progressed up the hill! I thought about this when I was struggling, should I give up? Never! It's a hill, get over it!
From the bottom of the trail it appears that it is only a winding, somewhat rocky trail. But the climb is what makes you want to succeed. Yesterday was a glorious day.
There is nothing like looking up to see magnificent views of the top of those trails! There are several for easy,moderate and difficult climbs. People of all ages are busily climbing those trails.
Rebekah enjoyed hiking with me and we had fun as well as some lighthearted moments. See the fence behind her?
I loved the feeling I had climbing that trail. The views are beautiful and it is good for your heart!
We saw this tree lying down on the side of our trail. Often lightening strikes and can split a tree. Other times bug infestations destroy them .
Look at these rock formations that dot the scenery up there. They are just gorgeous to look at.
We saw a lot of cactus on this trail. The natural setting is beautiful in its own way.
This spider web was so eery. Those wormy black critters were creepy, reminded me of Halloween. I am usually in awe of a spider's web. It is magnificently engineered and I beleieve God is behind the making of such an intelligent creature.
A guide of the trails and the choices you can make up there.
There is an area where people stop to create your own rock images. Some of them look like images of people. We enjoyed surveying them.
Lots of creative rock people.
My rock art was very simple.
Rebekah is a bit more artistic than I am.
She enjoyed finding flat rocks to add to her creation.
We saw this gentleman with several dogs near the rest area. He had two beautiful standard poodles off the leash as well as a golden retriever and another dog who looked sweet but possibly a mixed breed.
As we descended the trail we took a hiking selfie!
There are beautiful homes on the bottom of the trail and I am sure they are quite expensive to live in. These red and gold tulips are probably sad today after the snowfall. I thought the Pinkies at Beverly's Pink Saturday would enjoy seeing them as well as these beautiful pink trees:
I hope you will visit Theresa, Jenny and Beverly and if you participate please stop by and leave comments. I must admit, the people at Theresa's meme are super and they visit everyone and leave comments! I think it is a nice courtesy to extend too all the bloggers and not just a handful of favorite friends!
Pink skies at sunset's end at the Margaret Carpenter Open Spaces in Thornton, Colorado.
This is my new Kentucky Derby hat. I love the straw hat with the pretty peach flower adorning it. I have to have a new hat and I am thinking about hosting a wonderful tea party. I love hats and I think our world needs more of them. So I decided to share some today for Pink Saturday with Beverly.
I am a polka dot person so I am loving this pink hat dotted with black polka dots. Pretty!
A fascinator may be your style. You have to be pretty bold to carry this hat! You only live once so enjoy it!
This is my next hat purchase. I love the detail and all the pretty flowers and ribbon. This is perfect to display too.
I hope you are a hat person and you will share your favorites with me. Have a terrific weekend and visit Beverly and all the pinkies today. I also wanted to share my Love is...today. I am late because my husband's brother is back with us and we have been busy setting up a temporary bed on the downstairs sofa until Jeremy moves to the new home in two weeks. I am unsure if I am coming or going. But helping a former Veteran is not a chore so we have been busy.
There is a button I have seen at Face Book that something like "I'm too lazy to fold laundry so I just turn the dryer back on". I did something similar. I hung some blankets out on my clothesline that the dogs use. The wind started to pick up but I left them overnight. They are still enjoying the sunshine and I will head out there shortly to pick them up. we all have our moments. This Love is...is so cute. My hubby is going to be catching himself coming and going ! There is another phase to the office remodel and move so he will be working extra hours April 30 and May 1. So I do not expect too much from him when he is so busy at work. But other days we do hang some laundry out and this Wednesday the is off for the entire day and I am excited to spend it with him. I love the smell of fresh laundry on the line. Tomorrow I will wash our sheets. They are the very best when you bring them in from the sunshine. Sigh....
Since my Kentucky derby hat theme is here I thought I'd share a couple blues with Sally and the Blue Crew. This one is very demure and sweet and this next one has that Wow factor!
How about a peacock feather hat? There is a lot of blue in those pretty feathers. I hope you enjoyed my hats. You can always join me at pinterest too. I have a board called Horray for Hats and I like to share fun hats, simple styles and those over the top Derby hats! Enjoy your week and smile!
I love these homes on acreage near a huge shopping center. I am sure at one time there was more homes with farms than there are today. A sad fact in America. But I always enjoy looking at the fences. Visit TexWisGirl and share some fences today.
Lots of colorful umbrellas to share with you at Ms. Jenny's for the letter "U" this week. we have had some cooler temps and possible rain mixed with snow.You might need an umbrella here or your heavy winter coat, we just never know! Colorado is colorful and unpredictable when it comes to our weather.
My daughter Hannah wants Leo to come live with us. He is a 19 month old mixed breed, shepherd and Mastiff. Those are scary words! Because the Mastiff is such a large breed. My kids always know someone who has a dog or cat but no one to help them because they live in a place where no pets are allowed or only one in the case of Leo. He is staying with a co worker of Hannah's while she searches for the perfect home for him. What do you think? He is well mannered and all that good stuff so we will see what happens.
My grandson Colton and I had lunch today with his mom, my daughter Noelle and my middle daughter Rebekah. We had quite fun afternoon. We ate at Cinzzetti's which is an Italian buffet style eatery. The food was great and we had good conversations. Makes everyday living more fun!
I love sharing all these fun meme's with everyone. So I am trying to catch up and so a few at a time. I hope you will join Sandee with Awww...Monday. Sandee and Michael are the best sharing such Monday fun!
This kitten is too cute! You might get dizzy watching him go to and fro with those headphones on! what do you think he is listening to? I just wanted to share a little fun.
We had a beautiful Easter service at church today and then we had an early lunch with Zach and Rebekah at Jose O'Shea's! I felt guilty for about two minutes for not cooking a big meal at home and then I made these Easter cupcakes! They are sprinkled with colorful springtime sprinkles and you will see some blue in there too.
I had to get into the baseball swing of things with my Jeter shirt. You know the NY Yankees wear white/gray and blue! I am hoping you will visit Sally and the Blue Crew to show off your blues!
Hee Hee! Anyone who knows me well will say they have heard this before, I was raised by two wonderful parents and my father loved music. He had everything from the opera singer Caruso to the country western sound of Jim Reeves. Denver has a beautiful Opera House as well as Central City but Santa Fe, New Mexico also has a wonderful opera house with a wide range of opera to listen to! When I was younger I worked with a couple ladies that planned their vacations around the Santa Fe Opera day opening and they spent a week there watching and listening to opera while enjoying the sights of Santa Fe. One of these days I am going to go to Santa Fe to the opera and I think my hubby will like it! Here is a fun Santa Fe fact: Did you know that not only is Santa Fe the state capital of New Mexico it is the highest at 7,000 feet above sea level? I live where it is a mile high!
Some of my Vintage Garden Princess House collection. I loved all their pretty tea things....sad they went the way of Pampered Chef and lost their real identity which was their pattern Princess Heritage on hand blown crystal pieces....a lost art today!
A perfect post for Ms. Jenny and the folks at Alphabe Thursday presenting the letter "T"!
My favorite electric tea kettle. I would like to trade it in for the glass electric tea kettle. Sigh.
My Tea Tyme Quilt made especially for me by Suzanne and finished by Sue. Do you how much these two beautiful ladies mean to me? I can not begin to explain. I also am in awesome of all these beautiful designs, hand created. A true masterpiece.
If you go to Foodily, Inc. you can get this simple recipe.
My cute Easter teapot I found in a thrift store for a few dollars. I love these terrific finds!
This is a Royal Stafford tea cup and saucer, produced in England.I like the black outer cup with the pretty pastel flowers. A true favorite.
A sweet google image and poem to share. Enjoy some tea and visit Beverly too for all the delights of the Pink Saturday peeps.
I am always missing out on great Tea Cups swaps and other fun stuff but I did not miss out on this fun giveaway shared by my sweet friend Theresa . Look at this cute candle tea lite holder she gave me. It even tells me what my name mean:
I L O V E this sweet gift. Theresa is one of my most favorite folks here in blogland. She is kind and always shares her phamily with us. She is a wonderful Christian lady and I am very honored that she would call me her friend! Thank you sweet Theresa,
I was so excited when I received my gift. This tote bag is getting to church every Sunday with me these days. It is perfect to hold my bible and note book and pen. I think it is really special.
Here is part of the goody bag that Theresa shared with me. It is so bright and cheerful. I love it because I love the cherry color of yellow too.
I like to journal and this will be great to start a new chapter in my journey we call life.
I love the tea lites wrapped so pretty in netting and I am encouraged by these words on the little easel. I am grateful for each day God gives me and I truly thank Him for all my needs.
The hand written card Theresa sent along was so pretty I am sharing it here.
It was so sweet I took three photos of it so you could see the words she wrote especially for me:
This was a great giveaway win for me because the months leading up to Easter are often very bittersweet for me and this cheered me up perfectly. Thank you again my friend. You are a wonderful friend.
I wish everyone a blessed and beautiful Easter SONday. we will be sharing it at our church during the early nine o'clock service SONday morning.
Please visit Jenny and all the Terrific T's today and stop by and say hi to Beverly and some Pinkies too!
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