Happy New Year!

Pippin - Shadow & Light

Holiday Foodie Gifts

Nashville Trip

 Denver Airport

 The delicious Herzhaft at Fido's (dark chocolate, oat milk, walnuts, and espresso) with a treat from Provance.

The Parthenon in Nashville, TN.

Mikey

 

Denver Sushi and Ice Cream

Sushi was good, but not good enough for me to recommend location!

Highly recommend High Point Creamery! Delicious mix of amazing flavors. Try the flight and get 5 flavors plus a sauce. Yum!

Saturday Morning

Pumpkin Cranberry Pecan Spice Scone, Tea, and Cookbooks

Squash Flowers

Squash Flowers stuffed with Goat Cheese and Herbs, lightly fried... so delicious!

Gratitude

I am grateful for my supportive and loving husband, for my caring mother, and for the kindness and thoughtfulness of all my friends and family (and of course, sweet Pippin). I feel fortunate to live in such a beautiful state and to have a job that allows me to make difference in other people's lives. 

My Jewelry @ the G44 Gallery Holiday Show

A Sad Day

Sometimes a shadow wins. -Sarah Bareilles

A friend's facebook post:
"The only thing I can think to do is start volunteering. Keep people safe. Be it the way people love, the gender they identify with, the Diety to which they pray, the manner of their dress, the color of their skin, or where they or their ancestors called home at one time, scary times are coming. Make them your family. Defend their voices. Stand up for their loved ones. Be an ally. Rally for peace. Be a model of environmental stewardess.

Build yourself into such a flame that we drive out the -phobias, the fear of change, the resistance to new ways, the rejection of people who live a different life, and the willful ignorance of the reality of the world we're destroying. Educate, protect, speak out, stand up, act, donate, write ...

Be brave. Be the light.

We can drive this shadow back."

Amazonite

A historic day - get out and vote!

Rainbow on Sherds

Happy Halloween!

full moon on 9/17 in Santa Fe

Water || Grass

Trees

 Top of Patrick Doherty's piece in Cascade, CO

Yellow Grass

Summer Grilling

We've enjoyed grilling pizza, veggies, potatoes, steak (later slathered in my famous salsa verde) and more this summer!

Views of Aspens on the Way to Breckenridge

We saw many orange aspen leaves on this trip...

The road from Fairplay to Breckenridge, near Hossier Pass.

Fun with a filter while the leaves flutter.

Meow Wolf

I celebrated my birthday by going to Santa Fe's Meow Wolf. An incredible experience! There were so many layers to this immersive art space -- a house built inside an old, abandoned bowling alley... rooms that lead to strange, trippy places... fireplace leads to some magical cave... a kid bursts through the fridge -- wait, what? Exactly! The laser harp room was my favorite -- I felt transported out to space... and then there was the mini-Turrell-inspired dome that captured my heart.

 Can you find the deer head?

 "playing" the laser harp

 You can always pick up your needle and more to another groove.