Morning

It is another fabulous morning here. We have been outside (and I use we for the kids Boggie and Olive) and checked out our world. It rained again last night but now the sun is waking up and as she stretches she is pushing away all the heavy rain clouds.

I finally figured out what is so upsetting to Olive through the night, or at least one of the things that is upsetting my fabulous guard dog. I went to get a Sonic late (almost 11pm which is very unusual for me) and had a CAT run across my path as I was leaving the house. If only I had known, I might have begun feeding it so that it would stay around and de-mouse the area. I have learned many things being out in the country sort of. One of those things is Mice. They love my home, no this is not a statement of my cleaning ability, it is warm here and every once in a while Bogart or Olive will drop A piece of dog food. I hate to admit to all of you that I love catching the pesky little things and have been known to do one of those ridicules laughs when I have one in my traps. In my opinion, it is like being in the jungle and if the pesky beast decides to hunt in my neck of the woods, then it is only fair that I hunt him down! I do keep a box of surgical gloves in the house at all times for the clean up. Ha!

As I write this, my two very protective dogs are snoozing. One is on the couch (and yes I am still working on this) and one is on the chair that Bogart has eaten. All is quiet here. The only noise is the sound of my heater going on and off. I love the mornings. Everything is fresh and new. At this hour my floors look clean, my face looks almost made to go, all seems right with the world. All this will change when the light comes in, when I have my all the time glasses on (opposed to the readers I used to wear and loose).

Some biking buddies came by yesterday. He owns the local bike shop and also sells extreme stuff. Stuff that I love but am trying to be smart and not do any more. He has back country ski's, rock climbing equipment (this would not just be shoes and chalk, but the things you see in the movies where they hammer stuff in the rock and sleep hanging 1000 feet up) And just fyi - I have never hung 1000' up! I have had night mares about such...but that is a whole nother story. He also carries the best tops and pants in the world for this weather. I bought the fam several of his tops last season Marmot - and the new ones are in now! Back to the bikers - they are the nicest couple. They had been out for an extremely long bike ride and stopped by to say hello. They are very hard workers and love to play on their day off. She is going to be my ski buddy this season along with a couple of other crazy women. I can't wait! Hope we have great snow again...

I went over Monarch pass the other day. I was absolutely amazed at how quickly the trees are changing. One day there are a few leaves, and now the whole trees are on fire. It is big swashes of color amidst the evergreens. As I drove over, the clouds were so low! I love going through the clouds. Really makes it feel like fall. I used to love driving 2222 and Mt. Bommell (embarrassed that I can not remember how to spell that) years ago. The steam coming off the Colorado river would give that same feeling. The road is/was so narrow and windy. I just loved the early morning view!

It is hunting season now. My neighbor got his BIG buck on the opening day. He was so proud! He drove around all day with the buck in the back of his truck showing everyone what he had gotten. It was a 4X4. Sounds like a nice jeep to me... The streets are full of men with their atv's in the back. When I say atv plural, let me explain. And let me also say, men who hunt should never comment on the number of shoes a woman has in her closet. There is no comparison on costs here... One truck was pulling a FLAT BED full of 4 atv's. Another truck has some sort of device that holds two atv's side by side. I have not seen a single truck with less than 2 atv's. It is black powder and archery season. Let's just say the equipment is amazing, it is not what we shot at camp at the big round archery target. Proper term is a compound bow. I have one actually. It is a kid's size. I am pretty good at shooting it - and really enjoy shooting it. They are a bit expensive, and then the arrows are a whole nother story! Again, let me say, shoes are so much less expensive! Every one of the hunters is in camo. Like they don't think we can see them walking around town? It would be fun to go through with a paint ball gun and mark them. They would really rethink that camo stuff. I have a wonderful camo one piece outfit. I wear it on the cold mornings to walk the dogs. It is really warm - and it has all these wonderful zippers for ventilation. Now that is a cleaver idea!

The birds have finally woken up. I am sure the cold makes them a bit slow getting out of their nests. I still have one or two hummers. Mainly now I have the sparrows and swallows.

Hope you all have a great day!