Slap! Slap! I stopped, holding the dogs leashes taut. Looking into the bushes, I tried to locate where the sound was coming from. Slap! I glanced towards the creek. Then I saw it. A blur of fur and a flat tail that slapped the water, as the creature slithered through…
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“Here’s a present for you!” my friend proclaimed. With that, she presented me a small fig plant in a tiny container, about 3 inches in diameter. I put it on the end table in my living room and did my best to keep it alive. At the time, I lived…
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Well, that didn’t take long. After weeks and months of snow on the ground, the warm April sun has finally melted us out. All of the sudden, green is starting to sprout here and there. That green is now taking over the lower foothills. From afar it is beautiful —…
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One warm evening in July, we found Hanging Lake. Wanting an evening hike, we only had 2-3 hours. Like most people, we turned to Google — short hikes near Grand Junction. Several canyon hikes came up, but we sought something shadier, cooler. Hanging Lake. One and 1/4 miles through a…
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