Well- it is finally done!  My contribution towards the Welcome Blanket project- an alternative narrative this agenda to build a wall.  It was a craftivism project that took me just about 2 months to complete. Why did I spend money and countless hours stitching away at a blanket?  Because at the core of my being I believe in the power of making and...

Wow- I don't really know how else to explain how amazing the experience of the eclipse was.  All the build up around it and suddenly it all went quiet and nature just put on the show of a life time.  Nature and science knocked it out of the park this week! I took some advise and just absorbed the moment and did not...

Last week my family was able to sneak in a kayak trip with my husband's brother and his family on a stunning river in the southern part of our state.  We loaded up the boys, our Scamp Coleen, some kayaks, some yarn and headed that way. We floated 12 miles and enjoyed family, cool water, and lots of sunshine! The Eleven Point river...

This is what half of a Welcome Blanket Project looks like!  1 month to go till the deadline and I need to kick it in to knit the other 8 blocks.  The turmeric and natural colors schemes are lovely but I am adoring the cornmeal and natural colors block I cast on today. Final push to get them all knit and then sew...

This is Part 5 and the last of the Colorado adventure sharing that I had with my family this summer.  our trip ended in a beautiful wilderness area called San Isabel and it is located outside of Salida.  Never underestimate stopping by the local rangers office to ask for advice on dispersed camping and hiking.  They directed us to filling up our water...

Before we hit the mountain road on the way to Silverton we found an alpine lake hike to do.  Apparently it had been a really good snow year for Colorado so the trail that my husband wanted to take us on was closed on the upper crossing to the lake so we sought out some advice in Durango and landed on Spud Lake...