ravencajun....I've LIVED in Manitou Springs for 23 years now. Lived in Colorado Springs & Boulder, nearby, before that. There are NO gold mines. Maybe your thinking of Mollie Kathleen mine in Cripple Creek? There used to be a spa there in the middle of town, which is now where Adams Cafe is located. This was the epicenter of the flood last year.....due to the fires devasting the area around us. We are now making history as a town that sells pot.

I haven't uploaded much lately. This is w/ my point & shoot, it's my DH pulling a string line in the garden that borders our diveway...:0) It needs thinning: day lilies, lily of the valley, chives, lupine, snow on the Mtn...

Record temperatures around here in recent days, about 60 degrees today. I brought the overcoat - over my arm, for it'll be dark when I leave, I figure ... though I may leave early, for I'm inviting a number of neighbours to contribute to Heart and Stroke research and support, these days (February being Heart Month) and there are only a few days left but a number of doors left on which to knock. I'm slipping, I think, for I invited the old guys at coffee hour at church to participate, and one did, last year: this year - none. Contributed myself, last year, as the stock that I gave to the United Way, which enables me to pay zero income tax on the capital gain, was for somewhat less than usual, so I agreed to write a check for a couple of hundred to four agencies, one of them being Heart and Stroke. Confession time ... I neglected to send a cheque to the other three agencies ... procrastination? laziness? lack of enthusiasm to pay them with after-tax money? Anyway, last year's fund (to go out this year) was somewhat larger than usual, so I'll send a double amount, this year, to those three ... of after-tax money. ole joyful

Saw this pretty planter at one of my neighbor's on our walk this morning. Have been meaning to take a photo. May have to do this next year as it just says 'summer' to me.