A Different Kind of Summer~ 2020

I will be brief and will mainly post pictures.  We came home from Arizona on April 12th.  Little did we know that all the plans we had for the Summer would be canceled or postponed.  We had already planned to build a greenhouse this year.  The project took many days but is finished.  I now have my little cold frame, a big raised bed garden, and a greenhouse. We are looking more and more like a homestead. 

We have been staying home and really not seeing many people.  If we have anyone over, we usually just sit outside on the deck.  I go to the grocery store and Steve goes to the hardware store.  We have been able to see our kids and grandkids.  They either come over to our house or we go over and see them in Westminster and Frederick.  I can't believe how old the grandkids are.  They are growing up so fast.  We have an 18-month-old, a 3-year-old, and an 8, 11, and 14 year old.  Crazy!  We love spending time with all of them. 

We have been able to hike a lot, Steve has been riding his mountain bike.  I walk every day.  I love that I can walk out the door and walk next to the Arkansas River.  I never tire of the views.  We had different trips planned this Summer and Fall with all the adult kids and grandkids.  We have canceled all of them and hopefully will be able to reschedule all of them for next year. 

In spite of it being such an interesting Summer, we have enjoyed staying home.  I know I will be ready to socialize more in the future.  I miss having friends coming to visit, festivals, going to Zumba, etc.  Next year!!!

Steve, Bryce, and I are heading to Pitkin, CO tomorrow to camp, backpack and fish.  We were there the last two Summers.  It is "off the grid", so we are hoping to be pretty isolated.  We are hoping to catch as many fish as last year.  I am looking forward to seeing lots of wildflowers. 

Back Home in Buena Vista, Colorado

Hi all,

Steve & I arrived home on Easter Sunday.  We loved our time in Arizona, but decided it was time to come home.  It took us a couple of days to unpack the trailer and the truck.  We had spent quite a few months in our 200 square foot Arctic Fox.  Although our Buena Vista home isn't large, we still felt like we came home to a "mansion".  We are very happy to be home.  It is very easy to stay socially distanced here.  We have seen a few of the neighbors, but only from a distance.  We take our daily walk and we have been trying to do yoga here at home. 

Steve is working on a special project for granddaughter, Louisa.  He is building a Pikler Triangle for her.  Louisa's mom, Rachael, is a Montessori school teacher.  If you want to know more about the triangle, you can ask us more about it.  After he finishes this project, he is going to build a greenhouse that we can use to grow warm-weather crops.  We have discovered (after 3 Summers of gardening) that we need a longer/hotter growing season for tomatoes, peppers, beans, etc.  I am really excited!  I love that Steve loves to work on projects.  They keep him busy.  He is NEVER bored!  For those of you who never knew me in the '70s and early '80s, I feel like I have come full circle.  I lived in Durango, CO for ten years (before Steve) and we had ten acres. Yes, I was quite the hippie!  We had a HUGE garden, raised many animals, and were pretty self-sufficient.  I love gardening, growing flowers, feeding the birds.  

Enough writing~  I will post some photos since we have come home.  We hope you are all well.  Stay home and stay healthy.  

Just Photos - We are still in Arizona

I am trying to update my blog.  I am posting photos from my phone.  

We are still in Arizona.  We have moved to Dead Horse Ranch State Park State Park in Cottonwood.  We are still spending lots of time together (just the two of us).  We hike or bike every day.  Today was cleaning day.  I vacuumed the trailer and washed 6 shirts in a bucket.  Pretty exciting.  I might just try posting photos and just let you see what we are seeing while social distancing.