Current situation It’s 26º or something like that, outside as I (L) write this. And yet, there is no pretty sparkly white fluffy stuff. Ahem, no! We came up here for the (humanity and the) pretty sparkly white fluffy stuff, dammit. (We had some snur–as a local weather nerd calls it–for like a minute. But it…
Category: weather & environment
Fall Wine 2209 – Part Two
Day Five Palisade CO to Hanksville UT Our drive was mostly boring and windy, but there were a few spots worth grabbing off the dash cam. At least the drive was short, we drove from 11am-3pm and took a nice lunch break, too. The wind really takes it out of me, especially when driving a…
The Great Flash Flood
Meetup. We do love them, but they can be rough on organizers. Our recent Sunday one was no exception. It was to be Jazz at the Park (the last one of the season) at 5:30. Then, it was supposed to rain from 2pm until like the next day or something. So, Organizer M moved it…
Fire Ant Killer
This Garden-safe Fire Ant Killer kills the queen.
June Wine Trip – Palisade loop
We belong to a camping group. Our NM trip was fabulous, so we were looking forward to this wine one in western Colorado. At the same time, we didn’t know anyone going, so we had plans that if they were not a good fit, we’d just wander off and do our own thing(s). Before official…
Blow off, wind!
Denver can get pretty windy, but today it really pissed me off.
Patio Planter Preparation
Last year, we were too busy to do a late-season garden, so this is our first.
Denver > Austin
Denver is bigger and better than Austin
Sunrise from our condo
sunrise from downtown
First (tiny) Snow
first snow flurry of the season