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Armadillo

Back home!

What a week! We had such a wonderful time in Colorado.  We hiked, we cycled, we played in ice cold creeks, we made yummy hearty meals, drank local micro-brew and best of all, we relaxed.

We dropped by through Santa Fe, NM on our way to our little mountain cabin.  Lavender grows all throughout town.  Such a beautiful sight. 

I got to sneak away for an hour and check out the Georgia O'keeffe Museum.   

Wildflowers in bloom on one of our daily hikes.

Amelia got really excited about the two ducks in the background.  "DUCK! DUCK! DUCK!" 

Our cabin was right next to a small playground, which we used daily. 

Our yearly picture at Molas Pass.  

Another great view. 

Right before a hike, Amelia fell asleep in the car, so with a bit of time to kill I got to paint the view with some of Amelia's watercolor paint. 

Take me Home, Country Road

Ever since I was a little girl I've dreamt of living in the mountains.  Back then it was a castle in the Austrian Alps, now it's a cabin in Colorado.  Maybe if I keep dreaming one day it will come true.  For now, a week in the mountains is good enough for me!  Goodbye Texas humidity, Hello fresh mountain air!

Packing for a Road Trip

Tomorrow we pack up and leave for our yearly trip to colorful Colorado!  We will be celebrating my parents 35th wedding anniversary!  I've been looking into things to bring for my two year old, while we drive for 16 hours on long stretches of Texas, New Mexico and Colorado Highway.  Remember playing with felt when you were younger?  I cut out the colors of the rainbow for Amelia to puzzle together.  The picture below is of my niece, Jordan, who's testing the puzzle out while Amelia still naps.  : )

Art Magnets

I recently started creating these little glass magnets to sell at my art markets.   They are all original watercolor paintings that you can put on your fridge.  No nails required! : )

Meatless Monday

For a while now I've devoted Monday's as "Meatless Monday".   I'm not sure when I decided to do this.  It kind of came naturally.  After a long weekend of eating out at restaurants or having barbeque in our backyard I would just not crave meat on mondays.  So, for lunch I made some carrot soup from the Real Simple website.  I tweaked it a bit, by adding some leftover sweet potato mash from last night's dinner and instead of fresh ginger I used the spiced kind from home.  Amelia had some but I think next time I'll use less ginger and pepper because it might have been a bit too spicy for her.