Archive for July, 2010

happy birthday, mimi!

Posted on July 20th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

Zia painted this watercolor for Mimi’s birthday. It’s a pink dinosaur with a large dark pink eye and dark pink legs. Actually, she drew a blob that I thought looked like a dinosaur, so she added the eye and legs. She also gave it some green grass to eat and a couple of green tree [...]



where the wild flowers (and things) are

Posted on July 17th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

This weekend finds us roaming in places where beauty abounds…places where there’s no need to remind ourselves to stop and smell the flowers!



hummingbird with coneflower

Posted on July 14th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

When you are convinced that all the exits are blocked, either you take to believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird. The miracle is that the honey is always there, right under your nose, only you were too busy searching elsewhere to realize it. The worst is not death but being blind, blind [...]