4.12.15

old home

this is the house my dad built.  for years we lived on the property in a trailer while it went up bit by bit.  it's the perfect ranch house; wood floors, beautiful kitchen, wrap around porch, spectacular views in every direction.  i would wake up to sunlight streaming into my room, hearing the sounds of birds and the click of sprinklers on our fields.  even though it was isolated i loved growing up here.  we didn't have a tv so john and i read and played outside alot.  i will never forget the smell of the fields, the sunset over the la sals, hunting for butterflies in the sage and grass, riding our horses bareback through the alfalfa.
even though we haven't lived there in years and years i always partially hoped to live there again one day.  so it was pretty bittersweet today, taking the last of our things out of the crawl space to make way for the new owners.  a chapter of my life has officially closed.  goodbye ranch house!

4.11.15

coventry

7.15.14

bear day

hiking with my dad is never so much hiking as it is tracking; which is why it's hardly surprising that we didn't turn back when signs of bear activity appeared everywhere.  we bushwacked our way down the canyon until, of course, we came across a bear.  

then we turned back. 

7.14.14

missing out day

12.29.13

 

                                                                                                circusy person

Just a little family/holiday/circus time.

12.28.13

merry christmas new home number 17!

today i thought about jumping on the "snowga" bandwagon and going outside to take yoga photos.  then i looked outside and i thought 'fuck that.'

8.2.13

three year gypsy

happy anniversary to me.

7.30.13

lone cone summit day

the lone cone is a 12,614 ft. peak that stands alone, the furthest west of the major peaks in the san juans.  it has looked down at me from different angles my whole life and today dad and i finally climbed it.  we went early and fast to beat the afternoon thunderstorms that have been coming through norwood.  some parts were incredibly steep and unstable and paired with the altitude i got pretty dizzy and momentarily scared.  i just kept thinking, "danger is very real, but fear is a choice."  thanks will smith!

7.28.13

 

                                                                              ranching it