Summer Hailstorm!
2020年8月15日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
The pandemic is still raging in the US. We’re still social-distancing and staying away from any activities that might find us indoors with a bunch of other people. And of course, we’re wearing ourもっと詳しく
Leaf-Peeping
2020年9月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
We went out to do some leaf-peeping today.
Heading up Hwy 24, we turned on to Hwy 67 near Divide. WOW! What a difference a week makes. When we drove the section of the road up to Mueller State Parkもっと詳しく
Colorful Sunrise
2020年10月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
I don’t like that the days are so late getting started now that we’re past the middle of October. I know, I know. It’s going to get better in a couple of weeks when we fall back from Daylightもっと詳しく
1st General Election Vote as Coloradans
2020年10月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Colorado is held-up as the gold standard for mail-in voting. If our experience with how it all worked out is anything to go by, I’d say that reputation is well-deserved.
Ballots were mailed toもっと詳しく
Sunrise & Acceptance
2020年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
Don’t worry! I won’t be posting only about sunrises from our back deck. But, these colorful starts to our recent days were particularly spectacular. I think they deserve to be posted for theirもっと詳しく
First Snow of the 20-21 Season
2020年10月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 21 °F
If you want to be technical about it, the first early snow of the 20-21 season fell on 8 September ... or maybe it was 9 September. It doesn’t matter. We were camping at St Vrain State Park inもっと詳しく
Storm Was a Dud!
2020年10月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 10 °F
Hah! The snow storm, with an expected accumulation of 4-8” in our area, turned out to be a dud. Other regions got hammered ... especially further west and south of Colorado Springs. I think I sawもっと詳しく
Happy Halloween
2020年10月31日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
We didn’t grow up with Halloween celebrations. And we never really “got into it” in the 38 years that we’ve been living in the USA.
BUT ... I can't resist posting this cute photo from ourもっと詳しく
Hiking in Castlewood Canyon
2020年11月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
We took advantage of spring-like weather today to check out Castlewood Canyon State Park (CCSP) near Frankstown. With plenty of sunshine and temps reaching up to 70F, it felt great to shed our jacketsもっと詳しく
Colorful Sunrise
2020年11月18日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
With fall comes delightful sunrises over the plains. It pays to be early risers 😉
T'giving & Anniversary
2020年11月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 43 °F
When we got married in 1981, our wedding fell on Thanksgiving Day.
Today — 39 years later — we again celebrated both occasions on the same day.
Unlike last year, when we had a houseful of guestsもっと詳しく
Dressing Our Naked Windowsills
2020年11月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F
July 2018 ... after we went to contract on our house, we met with the design studio rep for upgrades. We were given the option to add sills to the windows. We asked them to price out the option ...もっと詳しく
Winter Stroll ... Cottonwood Creek Trail
2020年12月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
A day of blue skies and sunshine — with a forecasted high of 61F — begged to be enjoyed. So, we tapped into the AllTrails app to find ourselves somewhere new to go for a stroll.
A trail that runsもっと詳しく
Black Forest Regional Park
2020年12月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
Another terrific winter day. Again ... blue skies, sunshine, and temps forecasted to reach 65F. Mui once more tapped into the AllTrails app and off we went to enjoy the day ... this time at the Blackもっと詳しく
Another Project Completed
2020年12月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 27 °F
When we moved into our Colorado Springs house, I took the front bedroom on the main floor for my office.
Today, Mui completed the few projects that were pending. One ... repainting the surface of theもっと詳しく
Giada’s Strawberry Santas
2020年12月22日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Mui tried out a new Christmas treat this afternoon! Strawberries with a mascarpone/powdered sugar/vanilla filling and chocolate chip eyes.
(The recipe called for mini chocolate chips, but Mui filledもっと詳しく
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays
2020年12月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F
When “Plan A” Fails ...
2020年12月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F
Sunshine, blue skies, and temps ranging up to 58F ... best to get out and make the most of the day before the next cold front arrives after the weekend ... possibly with snow to follow.
We set outもっと詳しく
Holiday Cheer!
2020年12月25日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 30 °F
Christmas night, Mui and I hopped in the car to check out the holiday decorations in and near our neighborhood ... our only “holiday cheer” nighttime outing during the 2020 pandemic year.
I’veもっと詳しく
High Chaparral Open Space
2020年12月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
Another day with forecasted temps about 20 degrees higher than is normal for Colorado this time of the year. Blue skies. Sunshine. So, off we went again to take advantage of the conditions. Ourもっと詳しく
Happy 2021
2020年12月31日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 37 °F
1st Outing of 2021
2021年1月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F
We like to start off the new year with a walk ... or a hike ... or doing something active. It’s a tradition we began years ago when we were living in Virginia.
Alas, this year, we had to postponeもっと詳しく
Frozen Quail Lake
2021年1月3日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 45 °F
With 50F forecasted for today, not to mention blue skies and sunshine, we just had to get out for another walk. This time, we drove 19 miles to Quail Lake Park, located on the west side ofもっと詳しく
Denver Botanic Gardens
2021年1月23日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F
Denver is some 66 miles from where we live in Colorado Springs. So, anytime we head in that direction, we try try to mix business — or errands, as the case might be — with pleasure.
Withもっと詳しく
Vanity Tile Backsplash Project
2021年1月23日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
When we bought our house, we opted out of the tile backsplash for the bathrooms vanities. It was a pricey addition that Mui said he could do himself later.
So he did.
We had enough tile to do allもっと詳しく









































































































































旅行者I've spent time in Co Springs and I saw more hail there in one week than I could've believed possible.
That's a hailstorm! We still are waiting for our monsoon rain, the desert is very very dry! [MonaLiza]
旅行者Not sure how I missed this! Wow. Impressive. Silly me, I love summer storms, even though I get terrified.
Two to TravelI love the moodiness of the storms.