The Death of an Old Friend

I was only 14 years old when the Rocky Mountain News turned 100 years old. Now, just short of 50 years later, they are gone. The last issue went out this morning, and then it died. It happens, in times like now, businesses close, people lose jobs and newspapers die.
I grew up knowing the "Rocky", I used it to research articles for school, to explore what was happening in the world outside my little mountain valley, and to line the warmer for the baby chicks.
I wonder if Wm. Byers had any idea that paper he put out in April of 1859 would last this long, or that newspapers would be replaced with the ease of going on line for our news.
Goodbye, Rky Mtn News, you will be missed.

Thursdays Photo

Morning bursts in to the valley!

Tuesday --- Memories

One of my earliest memories is of the walk to the outhouse at the house we lived in when I was born and until I was five. The house sat on a long thin lot. The house was back from the street about 10 yards or so, just room for a patch of grass and a couple of trees my folks had planted when my older brother and sister were born. Behind the house was a storm cellar, a garden a cloths line and finally by the back fence was the outhouse.
One night when I was about 3 my sister and I made that long trip in the dark to the outhouse and on our way back we saw a monster with shaggy hair and huge feet standing by the corner of the house. I haven't felt like running so much at any time since then.
When we burst through the door yelling for Dad we startled everyone. When he could get the story out of us, Dad took a flashlight out and looked around and sure enough there were big shoe prints in the mud at the corner. They had come from the street and left over the side fence.
As we later learned, the shoe prints were made by clown shoes and were left there by a neighbor that worked part time as a clown and took a short cut through our yard to get home.

Monday's Food Day

Back in my childhood my mother made a chocolate cake that even I would eat. All who know me know that I don't really like chocolate very much.
I remember she would plan it so that it would come out of the oven about the time we finished eating supper (yes, we ate breakfast, dinner & supper instead of breakfast, lunch & dinner) Dad liked it warm with a little butter on it, no icying.

Chocolate Mayo Cake
1/2 cup cocoa
3/4 cup mayo
2 cups flour
1-1/2 teaspoons soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup cold water

Cream the sugar and mayo together. Put the cocoa, flour, soda and salt together in the sifter. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed ingredients alternating with the water and vanilla. Bake in a 9X13in. pan at 350 degrees for about 25 min.

Mom cooked at almost 9000 ft. high so you may need to adjust for a lower altitude.

Wind

The wind has finally quieted down. I don't know why it makes me so crazy. When the wind is blowing hard I just feel like its in my head blowing my thoughts around and I can't keep them in order. Or at least "order" for me, which may seem like disorder to everyone else.

Thursdays Photo

Byers Peak is just west of Fraser and one of my favorite places.

Guilty as Charged

First of all: I am writing this because I'm feeling a bit guilty and need to get it out some how. Secondly: I really do know that my "right" isn't the right way for everyone. I do know that.
Now to the problem. I have been giving out unsolicited advice in very heavy doses lately. Almost to the point of "pushy" which I don't like at all. I have been someone I would not like to be around.
There are things I believe in very strongly, like trying to heal yourself before seeing a Doctor, like changing how you feel by changing how you think about how you feel, and ITS ALRIGHT TO LIVE YOUR LIFE THE WAY YOU CHOOSE AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT HURTING ANYONE ELSE DOING IT! I should add that a lot of thought needs to go into if you are hurting anyone else for this to work.
Can you guess why I'm feeling guilty now?

Thursdays Photo

This is Rolo. Levi sent me this pic with a bunch of pic of their place in Florida.

This is one of the pics he sent. I just like the misty feel of it.

Weather

This morning when I looked out at the trees covered with snow I was very thankful that I live where there is so much beauty. Maybe I would feel that way no matter where I was, there would be something in nature that would strike me as beautiful. But this is where I am and fresh snow is what I like.

A Walk

Yesterday I walked around Coot Lake and the adjacent wet land. It took me about 40 minutes and was a little bit farther than I would have liked but by the time I realized that I was more than half way and going back would have been farther than doing the whole circle. Today I walked up to Twin Lakes by way of the trail around the swamp behind the condo. That wasn't as far but the down hill part coming home was harder on me. I did enjoy both walks and will do them again. We are lucky that Boulder had the foresight to plan all this open space.

Thursdays photos

These photo's always make me think of lonelyness and old memories.

Okay, so today with the sunshine on me and the oh so blue sky, I'm thinking of summer and taking pic's of flowers in places that, right now, are covered in snow.
I missed last Thursdays photo so here is a Columbine from Columbine Park in Grand County, CO for you. Enjoy!

I took a "What Tarot Card Are You" test and this was the result. Not what I'd have thought.



You are The Wheel of Fortune
Good fortune and happiness but sometimes a species of intoxication with success
The Wheel of Fortune is all about big things, luck, change, fortune. Almost always good fortune. You are lucky in all things that you do and happy with the things that come to you. Be careful that success does not go to your head however. Sometimes luck can change.
What Tarot Card are You?Take the Test to Find Out.