Decending

Well, we all know the eagle pop (our national bird) is decending. Auto correct wants defending. Me too! Saw a bald eagle today.

  Never would have seen it, if a nice man pointed my attention to it.
Thank you! (I did thank him in person FYI)

A part of me

So tragedy struck my family recently! My step-dad, friend and mentor passed. Went back to the motherland, Indiana.

All is well. Ty!!!

But also spent a lot of time reflecting and seeing old friends…

Saw my uncle with my bro at a cool new spot in the Fort. Hoppy Gnome!

 

And then visited with one of my most cherished friends!  
have i not seen before. All of them is a part of me! My stepdad who instilled to NEVER end a sentence with a preposition! My uncle, play hard. My brother, be cool! My pal, love all! Life is a quilt! Namaste peeps!

Complimentary Colors

Walking around Rodger’s Grove today. It was nice.  

    
 
Fall is in the air. The ducks are still around. And then, just as had completed the loop, Blue and I came across this funkadelic beauty… 

    
 
Hippy bushes! Oh so nice! And what pretty colors woven together! Who knew I would stumble upon a rainbow festivel in the brush? 😉

A worm’s view.

Blue and I were walking around the lake today, and I was thinking about our themes. (Yes, I am not a quitter, although I lapse at posting). 😦 anyways, was thinking about what it would feel like to be so small (such as a worm) living in a big, big world. And, voila!

  

 Just big, nameless, faceless shapes moving amongst me. HArmless, unless provoked. Kinda like life, I suppose. Cheers! 

Single tree

  
I took Blue to the local dog part in Longmont.

  
He had such a blast, even though we were the only ones there. Like the single tree.

  
It occurred to me that I never took Blue to a dog park while I lived in Littleron this past year. Perhaps Blue believed that Colorado didn’t have dog parks? Psych!

In the park

On our way to discover McIntosh park near our new home in Longmont, Co, Blue and I discovered this cute gem. It is a little free library on the trail to the park! What a cute idea!   
And then, of course, Blue needed a cool down at the lake! I heart Colorado!

  Cheers! 

Neon

 

My uncle from Indiana and I saw a great concert at Red Rocks Ampitheater! Great times! Purple rain!

Someone Working

My friend and I were fortunate to attend a Nuggets/Suns game last Friday night.  I have never been to a professional basketball game, and I wasn’t too excited about attending.  You see, I grew up in Indiana and you know what that means…Everything basketball!  Well, here’s the kicker:  I can’t STAND the sound of sneakers skidding across a basketball court.  Oh the madness!

Well, as it turns out, when you go to a game the sneaker sound is so minimal!  Hooray!

And, it turns out that there are tons of people working!  From the ushers, vendors, refs, players, cheerleaders, waitresses and security.  Whew!  There is a lot more to these games then I once thought.

So, all in all, it was a very fun and rewarding event.  Who knows?  There just might be some love of basketball after all.

Cheers!

Bees and/or Butterflies

So, when my best friend Amanda was visiting a few months ago, I showed her the list of themes.  After awhile, she began to chuckle and says, “Well, I know which theme  you aren’t going to do!” And, of course, I knew exactly which theme she was referring to.  🙂  You see, I am deathly afraid of bees (not butterflies), and have been since I can remember.  It’s not that I am allergic or anything, they just FREAK ME OUT!!!  I know we need them, so I don’t seek them out and murder them.  I just run away terrified like a little school girl.  I know, kind of embarrasing for a 41 year old!

So, here is my interruptation of a bee:

It’s Bumble Blue!  I got invited to a halloween costume party that my friends up North were having.  I, of course, asked if I could bring Blue and they said, No problem.  Well, now Blue needs a costume!  Voila!  Bumble Blue is born!

The party was fun and Bumble Blue was a big hit!  I was able to catch up with some friends that I haven’t seen in like ten years!  Bumble Blue didn’t win the contest, and neither did I, but we had a blast!  We stayed the night at a hotel, because I didn’t want to share the road with god knows who.  Blue got his own bed, and I discovered something that Blue is afraid of…Elevators!  Who knew?

Cheers!

Statue- Circle of Friends

Living in Denver, there are so many unique statues planted around the city.  I have been contemplating which of these gems would make it into my photo blog.  Hmm… But like all things, when there are too many choices to chose from, one can became a bit overwhelmed.  Thinking I would never be able to decide, and that I would just pick one at random…and then, I stumbled upon this beauty right in my own backyard (well, not literallly!).  I went to the Bemis Library in Littleton, CO over the weekend to check out the International Arts and Craft Show and voila!  There she blows!  This statue is called Circle of Friends which was created by Karen Crain.  This statue is a tribute to Karen’s family and to all the books she enjoyed with her children as they were growing up.  The design consists of a cylinder with a simple band around the outside that contains the engraved titles of several books for young readers.

The cylinder is balanced on a pyramid base.  There is a picture of the Secret Garden gate on one side of the base, and a depiction of the Island of the Blue Dolphin on the other side.

Growing up, I devoured every book I could get my hands on.  I learned about love, loss, friendship, family and most importantely, myself.  Reading still continues to be an important part of my life, as I continue to grow silent, turn on the imagination and explore.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

Cheers!