ReFrame

It's been a long couple of weeks, capped off by a long business trip this week. Thankfully, the training I attended was excellent. As I was flying home yesterday, I decided it was time to reframe my attitude and stress. There are too many good things happening to get mired in negativity.

So on our usual evening walk, I looked at the surroundings with a tighter crop and found these...

 

And then we ended with this little lovey...

Spring

The beauty of spring, on my urban walk to class today.

Scraps for spring

We are to the wonderful season in Denver where it is snowing one day and 60 degrees the next.

Each winter I save my scraps - small bits of yarn and thread. When spring arrives,  a pot on the deck is filled with the colorful fiber scraps. I am always surprised as they slowly disappear.

Somewhere in my neighborhood there are colorful and warm nests.

My favorite detail of the season

Every year my husband takes the low boughs and makes wreaths for our cars (and the front door). 

I love having the wreath on my car during the holiday season! One of those lovely holiday details.

Beauty in the bark

Roscoe helped me find this tree in our neighborhood. Sitting in some amorphous space in the cycle of living and dying. The way the bark and the knots combine reminds me of Irish Aran sweaters. Beauty in the bark.

Christmas Tree Hunting

One of my favorite days of the year.

(at Buffalo Creek)

Green Mountain

Roscoe and I did a quick morning hike. The shadows were beautiful.