Grand wonder
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Grand wonder
A trifecta of grand: grand view, grand sons, and a grand quote.
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GRAND Social No. 346 link party for grandparents
Hooray for the GRAND Social! Thank you for participating!
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Live boldly!
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Live boldly!
A special quote o’ the day featuring my favorite Declan o’ the day!
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GRAND Social No. 344 link party for grandparents
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Err, social that never ends. Thanks to you.
Link up, share, be social!
Cheers!
Read MoreStag party at Grandma's
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Most evenings, just before dusk, our deer neighbors make a pre-dinner visit just across the street from our house. Deer as in doe a deer, female deer, that nibble and nosh on the grainy goodies our human next-door neighbor—right or wrong—puts out for the local wild ones.
Sometimes it’s two or three does, sometimes more, sometimes their little ones, too. Occasionally a buck butts his way into the fray, but it’s typically all gals as the guys seem to favor a supper spot farther up the street.
One snowy afternoon last week, though, it was the big boys who stopped by.
Read MoreFirsts: Declan and snow... snow... snow!
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Megan made the trek from the desert to Colorado last month, to meet newborn nephew Benjamin. Brayden and Camden stayed home with Dad so they wouldn’t miss school, but as Declan is obligated only to two mornings a week at preschool, he had the privilege of joining Mommy for the visit.
The first morning of their stay at my house, Declan woke me early, bounding into my bedroom exclaiming, “Gramma! It’s SNOWing!”
Read MoreToo soon for snow?
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With Labor Day in the rearview mirror, who's ready for snow?
Too soon?
It's not too soon in the Pikes Peak Region!
On Sunday (which, admittedly, was before Labor Day, not after), Jim and I headed to the park bright and early for the annual Labor Day Lift Off hot-air balloon festival in Colorado Springs (which is where I captured these colorful shots in 2015). We set up our …
Read MoreHappy hummers
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Happy hummers!
The hummingbirds have been more active in my yard than ever before. It's been a joy to follow them—and photograph and film them—as they enjoy our feeders and flowers on the deck. Especially my brilliant purple torenia!
Read MoreGramma goes tubing
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Despite having been born in Minnesota and living in the Land of 10,000 Lakes the first decade of my life, I'm not big on water sports. To any degree. I still don't know how to swim... even after having swim lessons as a child and again at 40 years old.
I'm not deathly afraid of water, but I certainly don't seek out splishy-splashy fun in water over my head. Not even water up to my chest, to be honest.
So it should come as no surprise that I've never whiled away hours in an inner tube on a lake. Nor have I engaged in tubing…
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