August 20-21, 2026 Dillion Colorado

 Sunny and beautiful. We are up here for my cousins wedding. 

Loveland pass north and south. Arapahoe basin ski area. 

Our hotel room at Comfort suites. The bottom part is the pool with the view of Buffalo Mtn. I took a short walk to Lake Dillon. 

The welcome dinner for the wedding. Carla, Steve, Chris, Katlin and Jamie.  Chris, Katlin, Jamie, John, Lys and Paul.

It was Justin's, the grooms brother birthday, so he got a cupcake and we all sang to him. Sunset was brilliant.

The groom Morgan and bride Megan. We went on a hike to the Dillon nature preserve with my friend Rosie. Chris, Carla, John, Sue and Rosie. Beautiful day and lots of fun,. Great to see Rosie.

View of the lake from the hike. The wedding took place on the peninsula in the photo.  Flowers seen on the hike. 

Megan the beautiful bride at the altar. Megan and Morgan saying their vows.

They tied the knot! You may now kiss the bride.

Steve and John, Carla and Jamie.

Clarissa, Tobias, Chris, Lys, Brad and Jinna. Chris and Justin.

Paul, Katlin and Lys. The happy married couple. 

The meals took place in this lovely camp shelter. John-point the camera at him and of course he makes a face! He looked so nice dressed up. 

During dinner it rained and hailed. Perfect timing, we were inside the shelter.  Lake Dillon after the rain.

Cutting the cake. Part of the band, not sure of the whole name but something like Sweet Love Tigresses. They were great. 

Megan and Morgan dancing. Tammy. Katlin, Chris and Jinna dancing. 

Jinna. Tammy, Carla and Sue. Sue and John. 

Happy couple!

August 4-19, 2026 Fort Collins, Colorado

 Near 100, smoking and still miserable. 

Still smoky. Sunsets look cool. 

Saw these deer on my bike ride. The fawns were on the bike path, the mother on the other side of the fence, the fawns could not jump it. The doe jumped back over, the fawns ran to here and nursed. Not sure if these are the same ones in the bottom, or another set of doe and fawns. The buck. 

I dyed some more needles. Peacock green, tropical teal, teal came out dark blue green, light color don't work as well on pine needles, and royal purple. Another smokey sunset. 

Thursday's free music in the square was a blue grass band. Wonderful. First Friday art walk was fun. We were on a quest to find the ones that gave away food.  We ran into my niece Heidi and James at the art walk. Their daughter Cora was showing and selling her pen and ink work. Nice to see them. 

Smoke. Sunset.

Dyed some needles orange, came out too dark. It finally rained. 1 inch in 30 minutes. I was just getting ready to bike ride right before, glad I had not left. 

The alley with rain. Sunset after the rain. 

We took a walk, the bike path is flooded. 

Dyed the last of the needles black. Finally done with them till I start making baskets when we go back to the bus.  Sunset over more rain puddles. 

My friends Billie and Jackie from high school came up for dinner.  Billie is in Denver visiting Jackie. They are perusing jewels I made here. John cooked us a scrumptious dinner of smoked pork, corn on the cob and baked beans. John, Darwin, Jackie and Billie. 

Jackie, Sue and Billie. We've been friends since junior high. Sue, John, Jackie and Darwin. It was so good to see them. 

Crescent moon and venus last night at dusk. Jackie and Billie at the Butterfly pavilion in Denver. I love this place. 

Jackie, Billie and Sue at the butterfly pavilion. Some of the butterflies and plants. 

Sunset over the bike path. Sunset over the water park.

Canada Geese with sunset. Wide angle shot of the rainbow in sunset.