Hummingbird to Stitch

For my stitching pleasure. (-;

Love Colorado

These are pics that I took in our neighborhood the other day. The mountains have a dusting of snow on them which is my favorite view of them. If you look closely you can see Canadian geese on the picture on the left. Later they flew over my head and I was able to get some close-ups of them flying over. I have a fondness for them because when I was little I lived on the Mississippi River in Minnesota and they would come and eat the corn we left for them.

More pictures near our retreat site

Sometimes I felt too busy to take pictures, but one day Cathy and I went out for an hour or so and just took pictures of our surroundings -- what a gorgeous place!

The Beauty of going to a retreat!

These pictures were all taken within 5 miles of our retreat house. Nice place to be inspired by beauty, isn't it?

Great View

this is the view out the deck of my Mom's house whom I visited recently. This is the mighty Mississippi river. Actually the main part of the river is just past the farthest greenery which is an island. We saw dear and heron on the island while we were there, but have also seen eagles, geese, cranes and other wildlife in the past. The picture is deceptive because there is really a large hill down to the river. It is seriously over grown now -- they used to cut out a trail to the river and mow the flat base at the bottom of the hill, but it is quite a chore!

Paint Mines

This is a picture of the paint mines. My husband and daughter and I went for a walk here this afternoon.

This is a picture of the paint mines. My husband and daughter and I went for a walk here this afternoon.

Garden of the Gods Camera Shoot

This was the perfect week as far as I'm concerned. High levels of creativity and quilt stash building! This is a departure from my quilt life - although some day I may make silkies of my photos! I'm learning to take pictures with an SLR camera and am having some major learning curves! Last Thursday we (a real camera buff & I) went to Fountain Valley Nature Center and I got some training (got the pic of the cat (Oreo) warming up before the trip and the water in Fountain). Evidently I learned very little, because yesterday we went to the Garden of the Gods for a couple of hours to shoot and I got very few usable pics. Why? My camera had no card in it! Arghhhhh! Luckily, I brought my Canon digital (cause it has an awesome zoom and the lens on the SLR I am using is wide angle) and so still came home with some pics (the top two). I am planning a return trip to get some shots with the SLR though!