I left Wisconsin for Colorado 32 years ago. I’m living a wonderful life in Colorado with an amazing family and dear friends. But every once in awhile, I get a little homesick. My trip back to visit family and old friends a couple weeks ago was a lot of things…joyful, tearful, delightful, and even frightful once around the campfire. We shared wonderful meals, laughter, old stories, and memories. The people you come from shape who you are. But the place you come from is the backdrop for all the memories. The places even become memories themselves…the Queen’s Chair, the Fort, the Res, and the Woods. On Wisconsin.
Category Archives: musings
A hike along Pine Lake Loop trail
Kitchen still life
There are always flowers
Colorado plants
A few of my favorites
The signs of summer
The other day I noticed signs of summer underway…hot temps? Yes. 91 degrees in my living room (no joke). Pavement too hot to step upon? For sure – no more going barefoot on the driveway. The newly planted blooms already thirsting for water? Sadly, yes.
I see signs of a HOT summer…
Peeling paint…didn’t we just paint that last year?
A lawn chair dusted off and sitting in the sun…
The perfect summery strappy sandals…
And alas…the ubiquitous coals that won’t light.
How will you keep your cool?
An exquisite peony
A cloudy day in Montana
On this day, dark gray clouds enhanced the colors of the world. Greens emerged more emerald. Blues turned a deeper violet. Yellows brightened in contrast, and pinks, reds and purples deepened their blush. This is for Mom and Jerry. LYMY.




