Day lily bloom shows a bright yellow throt with dark peach colored outer petals

Great Flower and Garden Photos With A Camera Phone, Six on Saturday 7-28-18

Not every picture speaks a thousand words, but once in a while you capture something…

baskets of ripe tomatoes fill a table at the farmers market

How to Freeze Tomatoes: Cooking Up Your Farmer’s Share

Once you have a few bags or containers frozen, you can add your tomatoes to your favorite sauce.  The tomatoes will bring a new level of flavor to your recipe.

Photo of purple mushroom

The Color Purple in Home and Garden

If you are looking for a special accent color, whether in paint, fabric, or flowers, consider shades of purple. From lilac to eggplant, there’s a purple for just about everything.

Blue pulmonaria, rhubarb and forsythia fill the garden with texture and color

Play the Garden Plants “Name Game”

After you’ve mastered them, have your kiddies take the quiz.  Once they’ve aced it, send them out to pull some weeds! Ha!

Zucchini Squash 9-1-1!! Cooking Up Your Farmer’s Share

Instead of making another loaf of zucchini bread (though my son wouldn’t mind THAT at all!), try this pasta dish that is so flavorful even your zucchini haters ain’t gonna hate.

photo of walkway to restored barn winery

Sarah’s Vineyard Winery: Enjoying a Beautiful Summer Evening

When our pizza arrived, I was surprised that the waiter slid it from the pan right onto the paper table cover.

My Friend, Flicker, a Woodpecker Rescue Story

The bird looked so odd, like a kid hanging by one leg from the monkey bars, not knowing whether to pull himself up or let himself fall down, in order to change his status.

Any-which-way Cauliflower Bites: Cooking Up Your Farmer’s Share

Don’t tell the kiddies (or, spouse??) that it’s cauliflower; they may not realize it! Ha!

the Crystal Mill is built log cabin-style.

The Crystal Mill, Crystal, Colorado

Built in 1892-93, it was not a “mill” in the traditional sense, but generated compressed air which was used by the Sheep Mountain Tunnel and Mining Company.

pale blue petals surround the white corolla of columbine

Colorado Wildflowers – Six on Saturday, 7-7-18

The views are amazing, and a reward for the climb.  
I find the flora equally amazing. 

Three snow covered mountain peaks

Hiking Anthracite Pass Trail in Colorado’s Crystal River Valley

There are many wonderful hiking trails in this section of White River National Forest, but the Anthracite Pass hike has taken a top spot on my list.