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This past weekend as I was working in some of our local parks near Nederland, I noticed the Aspens are turning yellow. Now that may not seem like a revolutionary idea, until you look at the calendar, and realize we are only in the first week of September. Today we…
Continue readingToday was one of the busiest days of the year here in Nederland and throughout the mountain resort areas and parks. Working in Nederland today at the local museum, I reflected on the different visitors you see during a holiday weekend compared to other times during the summer. Between working…
Continue readingAs I was cleaning around the house this morning, I spied a small hummingbird in front of the window, wings beating furiously as it hovered in the air. I couldn’t help but think of how busy it must be in these final days of summer as it readies for its big voyage…
Continue readingSimon and Garfunkel penned a song many years ago called The Sound of Silence. The song lamented the sound of silence, comparing it to “a cancer that grows.” But for me, the sounds of silence are something I treasure about living in the mountains, and especially at our home here…
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