Project Blizzard

What an exciting month February was! I didn't need to search for reasons to smile, but I did, and all 29 days rewarded me. Richly!!!

Our successful hike into The Wave will provide dreamy, romantic, adventurous and creative inspiration for years to come. (Check out the newest free wallpaper on the sidebar, too!)


Larkspur I'd forgotten planting outside last May finally began sprouting - INDOORS - in December and then bloomed vividly during the biggest snowfall of the year (36 inches in 5 days!). Biggest snowstorm this year so far... February and March traditionally provide the most snow of the year along the Front Range of Colorado.

I'd planted rosemary and lavender in the pots when I thought nothing would come of the flowers, and I brought the aromatic spices inside prior to our first frost in August. At first I thought December's new sprouts were cilantro, due to the intricately ornate leaves. But cilantro never blooms like this!


Our biggie snowstorm brought tons of little people smiles in the neighborhood.


In chilly Kanab, Utah, I found what I think are sycamore seeds, still intact. Back in my youth, kids in the neighborhood used to pluck these weapons from the lone tree in our backyard and try to sneak them inside the backs of shirts of unsuspecting playmates and then smash them and rub them in as long as they could get away with it. We'd do what we called "The Itchy Dance" trying to get those itchy bombs away from our skin!


Finishing THE skirt during the drive to Utah.


Finishing 20 snowflakes for this year's Denver National Quilt Festival entry. Let the quilting begin...


My outdoor poppy pot has been buried by at least 12 inches of snow all winter long. With two consecutive days of sunshine for the first time in weeks, most of the snow melted, and look what was hiding below!!!


I bought a bag of tiny potatoes to make homemade potato soup with homegrown rosemary and homegrown chives. One of the potatoes sprouted, so I planted it. And this monster erupted from that tiny potato in just three weeks!




The sun came out while we were inside The Wave.


The best Valentines' Day card on the planet.


And very best of all, Waterton Canyon opens today after more than a year of being closed!

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