Sprout Update: 2

Transplant day!!

After letting these little guys get a bit sturdier, I transplanted them out of the house plant pot and into their own 4 inch pots.  They are now in the sunniest window in the house.

Despite being the sunniest window, it also has snow piled about a third of the way up it.  A good amount of light still gets in and very brightly reflects off the snow.

I 'm still not sure what these are, beginning to think tomato due to the leaf pattern.  However, I can't smell anything yet and I know what a tomato plant smells like.  Perhaps when they are hardier I can break off a leaf for closer inspection.

More to come as they grow!

Birthday Girl!!

Aspen is 6 now!!

Her birthday was on Valentine's day and she celebrated with an "A" shaped pancake.

A little older and a little whiter in the face, but still young at heart and obsessed with her ball.

Another birthday still to come this month, stay in touch!!

MysterySprouts

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Sometimes I go about the house and rearrange my house plants, maybe shifting them to different windows depending on the season and so forth.  Well, I did that about a month ago.  I moved this plant to a sunnier location and gave it some extra water to help with the move.  Low and behold, look what's sprouted!!

I don't know what these three little sprouts are yet.  (or will there be more?)  My best guess is that they were dormant for quite sometime.  I have a worm compost and I know the worms do not eat seeds nor does it get hot enough to kill the seeds.  I haven't added any compost to this plant for over two years (best I can figure).  These must be left over from then.

Talk about late bloomers!!

Well, out of curiosity I am going to continue to let them grow, see what happens and hopefully what they are.

I'll keep ya posted!!



Birthday Boy!!

Douglas Fur of Durango

Last Friday, February the 3rd, Doug turned 4 years old.

Can't you just feel his excitement?

Jim says, "Doug is the "blue-est" yellow dog he's ever met."

I think we should have named him Eore, after the mopey donkey from the Winnie the Pooh stories.

Either way, Doug is Doug and we love him.

After a bit of scratching he rolled to his back for his famous bat impression.

Happy Birthday Doug!!

February holds lots of birthdays in our house, stay tuned for more...

Snowshoeing...again!

Really, how often do I get to go snowshoeing two Wednesdays in a row?!

This week I went with my friend Barb, her sister Jill (visiting Durango) and Jill's funny lil' pup Sally.

Of course, we went to one of my favorite places - La Plata Canyon.

We explored a series of frozen beaver dams.

 Lead the way Sally!!

 We found mountain lion tracks.

Which didn't photograph very well.

 A beautifully constructed and still intact paper wasp nest.

 A peek at the opening, shows it to be dormant or vacant. 

I wasn't gong to knock and find out.

(I believe it was a paper wasp nest but I am no expert, if someone knows better please feel free to comment with a correction.)

 Barb and Jill

At the end, Sally was so excited with her new buddies that she hopped right in my car with them.  Sorry, Sally you can't go home with your friends.

Another peaceful day spent in the canyon!!

Oops, again my failure to be competent in computers shines through.  I compressed these photos to email to someone and now they are forever small.  I was later informed that I should make a separate file with duplicates in it , one for originals and one for altered.  Ugh!!  Live and learn.

Creede!!

Scenes from the past...

Remnants of lives long ago...

Beautiful erosion...

Glorious growth...

Happy haunts...

 Tailings of tales...

Cunning craftsmanship...

 Cliff side crossings...

Inspiring spires.

Creede, Colorado

An amazing mountain town with so much history.

 Jim, Sam & Me

We left for a quick trip to Creede this past weekend to catch our friend Sam in her first play, "Stealing Home".   What a wonderful production!!  Jim and I enjoyed an evening with Sam and the next day we set out about the town.  Creede is primarily a summer town, so not much was open.  However, a lovely lady at the local filling station recommended we drive up the canyon and check out the old mines.  What a neat trip back in history!!  We got down, back into town to catch the Sunday matinee performance.  Way to go,Sam!! 

It was only 26 hours away from home (Sat - Sun) but sometimes that's all it takes!!