23 Sunday Apr 2023
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I saw a bear on the hiking trail today. Actually, quite a few bears.
Here a bear, there a bear, bears everywhere.
It wasn’t all bears, I did some hiking too.
It was a great day for hiking.
And a great day for sliding on the playground.
And a great day for bears.
22 Saturday Apr 2023
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My tulips and wildflowers bloomed this week.
They look at the snow as just a cold rain.
Spring in Colorado looks a lot like winter.
You have to get outside in it to feel the wetness in the air that ain’t there in the winter.
With the cool temps, I set out to run the Niwot Loop. I hadn’t made it that far in months.
This sign suggests I made it, six miles in and six to get back. It was a good run.
15 Saturday Apr 2023
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I don’t normally do public service announcements, but in case you don’t subscribe to AllTrails.com, this is an East Boulder Trail update.
I ran the three or so miles out to the bridge over Boulder Creek, despite having read the bridge-outage notice at the trailhead. I didn’t really know what the sign meant, if the creek was indeed passable. I needed to check out that bridge.
I would say the creek is passable. I didn’t care to climb down the slope and get my trail shoes wet, so I turned my planned eight-mile run into a six-miler. Boulder Creek is passable if you have to get to the other side, it’s not dry. In the photo above, which trail over my head do you think I ran?
I ran the outside loop, with the perspective of the straight, crushed gravel trail as my anchor.
08 Saturday Apr 2023
Posted in Britt&Eric, Ellie Rose, Margot
Ellie and I celebrated our joint birthdays this weekend because I’ll be in San Francisco the last week of April and Canada the first week of May, and she has finals approaching.
But of course, today wasn’t about us. Today was all Margot Fay.
Wearing her mother’s thirty year old dress and baby Doc Martens, Margot sprinted around the grass in search of eggs.
The sky looked like winter still but the weather was quite warm and the grass was starting to turn green – perfect for hiding eggs.
We walked home from the park for brunch.
Margot’s first discovery was her new Minnie chair.
And then she was off to play a song.
Margot never tires of climbing the stairs, although she can do it now walking on her two feet.
At some point, she discovered her Easter basket.
It was nice having the family home for Easter.
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