Most mornings lately have been sunny, warm and beautiful. Yesterday I went for an early walk, and loved seeing the morning sun shine through these fresh aspens near our property. The quiet is so restful, with only the sounds of birds singing. Very ...
Last Friday (29May2015) was my (Tim's) last official day of working (and getting paid for it). They call it retirement. I'm starting to wonder where that word came from. "re-tired" - does that mean tired all over again? That's how I'm starting to fee ...
Daily we see these beautiful, vibrant Mountain Bluebirds. It's quite a delight to have them around. This photo is the male, the females are more brownish with just a little blue. We also have many of these Pinyon Jays around. They're large ...
We continue to make progress, little by little. The barn is getting closer to completion. The storage/workshop area is mostly done, with its SIPs walls and roof; the doors and window are in and the roof is mostly completed now with metal roofing to m ...
Living in the mountains sure is different from the lowlands! We have been here almost 4 weeks now, and have had quite a taste of our new life here. We’ve had a couple of good-size spring snowstorms, which left roughly 10” of snow each time. Now we're ...
Now that we're here full time, many neighbors have been stopping by to say hello. If they don't stop, they often drive by slowly, curiously looking at the property and waving. It's been great to meet friendly folks and discover where they all came fr ...
There's an expression around here: "If you don't like the weather in Colorado, wait 15 minutes". OK, things aren't quite that extreme, but we certainly do get a variety of fast-changing weather. As if to underscore this point, here's a pic from ou ...
Laurie has a beautiful Down Syndrome great-nephew named Charlie. When Charlie does something that he is especially proud of he smiles from ear-to-ear, raises his hands and proclaims "I did it!". <Missing Photo Goes Here> You can just feel the ...
In a previous post, we mentioned that we had found a local company to engineer our Happy House using SIPs. Unfortunately, our experience with this company has not been very happy. They are frequently not responsive when we need questions answered or ...
Things have been moving right along as we proceed with our move to Guffey. The main part of the barn is done, and Tim is now working on the extension at the side, which will be our storage area for our furniture while we build the house. The sale of ...