This view is only ten or so miles up the road from my house. I have to remind myself that this is my blessed reality, to live in the midst of this glorious display of nature’s beautiful fall showcase for a few special days each September! I headed up Highway 103 to Evergreen as I took the long route to work at Bits & Pieces this afternoon. Mt. Evans has a fresh dusting of snow, and the Aspens were at the peak of their golden color.
And here’s the Aspens changing color in Central City on Monday: (with remnants from gold mining days, of course!)
And up on King’s Flats above Central City, the house (hiding in the Aspens) where Mark and I lived for a year with Kevin and Teresa on Bald Mountain Road:
Here’s a collection of some more shots from a recent hike to the site of the Black Eagle Mine ruins, which is just up the mountainside behind our house. Most of these are abstract detail shots; you can read more about the Black Eagle’s history and see more images of the mine itself in my previous post and on Flickr.
I have an obsession with old rusty metal…and found a whole pile of it! Read the rest of this entry »
Black Eagle Mine in Idaho Springs, CO
Sunday was a beautiful day here in the mountains, and I got to spend most of it OUTSIDE!! I’ve been itching to get out and work in the yard, but I have been so busy with my sewing business transition that I haven’t had many free moments in recent weeks. It was Memorial Day weekend, and I was thrilled to have a free day to spend outside. I’ve been sewing every Sunday for months now, with Shabbat being my only day off each week. Now that June is here, I am now working from home all but one day a week, which I’ll be spending at Bits and Pieces. This is my first week of the new expanded sewing schedule, and I’m finally getting caught up on some things (including blogging!!) The windows have been open, I’m eating lunch in the sun, and sewing for hours and hours at a time.
Which brings me back to the outside air….we made some good progress on “reclaiming” our yard and the beautiful stone landscaping. I spent alot of time weeding and uprooting grass so that I could plant some new perennial flowers. Everything just started budding and blooming here in the Rocky Mountains a few weeks ago, and now there are fresh green leaves and beautiful blossoms everywhere! I’ll have to take pictures of the yard in a few weeks when it fills out with new growth.
Old power lines…they don’t make them quite like this any more!
After spending all day in the yard, with occasional thoughts ruminating regarding the possible hikes we could take straight from our house, I suggested that we just take a walk up the road behind our house. It was already 5, but the sun would still be up for hours (it happened to stay up just long enough, until we got back about 9!). I had only been up Black Eagle Road once since we bought the house two Septembers ago; I was alone and had turned around after encountering private driveways and a steep, rocky road up the mountain (in bear and mountain lion country!). Now I was curious to see more of what’s up there. So, Mark and I set off up the road that cuts into the hillside directly above the back of our house, and that serves the 5 or 6 neighboring houses above us.
Black Eagle Mill
Here’s some background: Read the rest of this entry »
I took these pictures a couple of years ago, shortly after I moved to Colorado. The top picture is of the abandoned Nevadaville mine, just outside of Central City. The second image is some type of old mining equipment that is now grown into the scenery.
