We finally got some snow - about 8-10 inches I think. Arn, Mag and I took off to Spruce Mt.(5.5 mi. total) for another snow hike yesterday. It was absolutely beautiful and a light wind jacket was enough. We saw about 20 people on the trail (cross county, snowshoes, sledders, and hikers). The trail was pretty packed down on the way up to the top but the top loop was a workout beause of all the snow. Hopefully we burned a few more calories due to the snow. Loved the snow on the trees and the icicles forming as the snow melted. Notice the unpacked trail. Arn made a snow angel off the side of the trail. Of course Maggie wanted to walk all over it! Looking out from the top of Spruce Mt. out toward Ben Lomond, Mt. Herman, and Pikes Peak off in the distance.
The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get.
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. Willie Nelson
Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet. - Bob Marley
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren
Opportunity is missed because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
The previously mentioned patty pan squash that were produced were about the size of a quarter! and only had a half dozen.
Garden Updates 2009
1. Started a composting box. 2. Adding triple mix dirt to garden and flower beds. 3. Still trying to get rid of voles. 4. Trying to plant things that voles won't eat. 5. Buy veggies at Farmer's market due to short growing season. 6. My seeds have come up - yeah! 7. Found some pattypan squash seeds that I need to get in the ground (childhood fav) 8. Harvested lettuce, using fresh mint, chives. 9.Hail Damage, hope everything survives. 10.The pattypan squash seeds sprouted, neversurvived due to major rain and hail. 11.Sunflowers are blooming!!! 12. My green beans are getting baby beans but the voles have discovered this too and my row of beans is slowly dissappearing from below. 13. Well, my row of beans has almost completely dissappeared. Now the voles are starting to work on the row of sunflowers (which did quite well). Today I found a sunflower stalk sticking out of a vole hole..... it was too long for the vole to get the whole thing into his hole. 14. Did harvest 2 jalopenos and 1 onion. Something has been eating my peppers too. 15. 10/10/09 Temp. 18 degrees. Everything is covered in frost. Goodbye garden. Will try to harvest some flower seeds. Brought a lot of seeds from Mom's flowers in Ohio. Hollyhock, zinnia, black eyed susan, morning glory. Will see if they grow next yr. Will also give some to Val to see how they do in North Dakota.
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