a sunday afternoon with ice breaking up on red rock provided us a welcome return to bluewater (brown-green?). stripbuilder and i got caught in a whiteout crossing back to elk rock from cordova. the weather here can change on a dime and always provides excitement.
"beauty is everywhere a welcome guest" - goethe
the museum of modern art in boulder, co was next to the beautiful dushanbe teahouse, designed and created by their sister-city in tajikistan. the last pic was thousands of pieces of bicycle tires put together on the walls and in this one to form a tunnel with backlighting.
our recent trip was to loveland, co to preceptor an advanced cst class. time at the base of the mountains with morning walks and challenging work from 9am-midnight was complemented by great organic meals and a peaceful atmosphere. on one morning sojourn i was accompanied by about 80 elk and a small herd of cows looking for some bovine therapy.
on thursday it snowed 6 inches and the effects were spectacular creating a winter wonderland. it looked like an impressionist's painting. "things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art" - Cicero
sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. --henry wadsworth longfellow
with winter weather subsiding i'm reminded there are those that really like the cold climate. i'm sure these residents of southern climes were gathered for an "icecapela" program.
where else would someone want to be on valentine's day than next to some tropical atoll sipping on a cool drink...... or maybe paddling along with the dolphins. "valens" means "worthy, strong, or powerful" so gaining strength and worth could be a goal for the day. happy valentine's day!
a snowy saturday afternoon turned into a double feature of sorts with a couple hours kayaking on the river and an hour of cutting trail xc skiing at whitebreast park's kuyper trail. the ramp at howell station was iced over so stripbuilder and i put in at the south tailwater below the dam, and by the time i changed for skiing the snow was sticky and more of a hike than a glide.
