3/24/2016 the gorgeous aftermath

The morning after the storm

view from the front door

those roof valances are going to be sliding all morning until they crash

trying to get the whole front of the house created a cool bend!

the hawk in her obscured nest in the tree next door was fussing

turns out, there's a woodpecker (also unseen) messing with her tree

can you hear him? right about the 7 second mark

3/23/16 Snow Day Part II

So Denver pretty much got cut off from the outside world today. DIA is closed until tomorrow, as is the only road into the airport, so there are thousands stranded who braved the elements to GET there only to have flights cancelled and be unable to leave. Yikes.

Interstate 25 was closed in many spots, including south to Colorado Springs, as well as Interstate 70. If you're in an accident on the roads and didn't have the AWD/chains/requirements you would be ticketed. State troopers basically said unless you're dying, don't go ANYWHERE. 

So . . .it was a great day to be home!

love my new chicken rain boots!

And, this unusual wet snow meant we could actually build a snowman!

the above, in tribute to Nicholas' first "snow" experience:

 

why are the neighbors looking at us like that?

3/23/16 Snow Day, part 1

best snow day hoodie, evah!

3/22/16

little falcon from yesterday hanging out in the tree across the trail from where she fussed at us yesterday. Still haven't spotted a nest.

nothin' but blue this morning

and a couple of ducks trying unsuccessfully to swim in an inch of water

First Spring Monday 2016

This little falcon pulled up on a branch and fussed at us until I pulled out my camera to record her. Then? Silence.

 

 

And look who I caught chowing down on the wild strawberry vine this morning in the backyard.

I must've watched her for a good 20 minutes, jowls a'swirling, nose a'twitching.

The black edges of her ears give her away. These baby bunnies I pulled from the window well last summer have been living in the juniper bush at the front/side of the house since then.

see the darker black edges of the ears of baby bunny on the right? 

this was her 9 months ago

And it'll soon be time for another baby bunny window watch at the end of Spring.

Life goes on.

This may be the one

Katy 2001 to 2015 from Tori Mask on Vimeo.

This may the the one. I've tried a dozen ways to capture what Katy meant, a few I've published. I'm missing her quite acutely this weekend, so I threw it together without thinking too much, or worrying about order or chronology, and I like how it turned out.

I did not select a cover. This is the one Vimeo randomly assigned. :,)

3/18/2016

Our afternoon walk when the sun came out:

 

 

 

and then play time in the back yard snow turned into a Mr. Handsome Photo Shoot