I Look To the Mountains …
May 11th, 2007 by Sonja

… from whence cometh my help (or is that hope) … I can never remember. But here are some more photos from our adventure yesterday.

Longs Peak

Longs Peak

Church

Church on the side of the road

Loveland Pass

Loveland Pass

Snowbanks on side of road

Snowbanks on the side of the road driving down from Loveland Pass.

Hairpin turn in road

Hairpin curve in road … note the lack of guardrails.  We noted this lack on a plethora of occasions.

Lake Dillon

Overlooking this lake I was inspired to write:

Sitting on a mountainside overlooking Lake Dillon – listening to the wind rustling through the pines.  It’s both soothing and lonely.  I imagine how it might have sounded night and day; endless days, endless nights — no music, no television, no entertainment …

hard work, bitter words, sour tears, sick children, dead husbands and the endless wind for companionship whispering through the pines which stand stark against the spring snow as a three day growth of beard — spiky and jagged.

Ground Squirrel

Ground Squirrel investigating my pen.

Relaxing

This morning began with coffee and sunshine … what could be better!! :-)


5 Responses  
  • Makeesha writes:
    May 11th, 20078:06 pmat

    that’s a chipmunk :) this is a ground squirrel
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermophilus

    and that is your lesson for the day LOL

  • aBhantiarna Solas writes:
    May 11th, 20079:31 pmat

    That’s good to know … because last night on the news they reported a number of cases of bubonic plague being spread by ground squirrels. Which kind of freaked me out. So … I’m glad this was a run-of-the-mill chipmunk … he was a friendly little guy 😉

  • Makeesha writes:
    May 11th, 200710:14 pmat

    LOL…I just heard that news report but the report I saw was saying tree squirrels so I thought I’d leave you blissfully ignorant if you didn’t know hehe

  • lyn writes:
    May 12th, 20072:51 amat

    SO SO gorgeous!

  • Becky Chapman writes:
    May 17th, 200710:32 pmat

    Looks like a bit of heaven! Funny thing, I’m doing a commission painting of a mountain right now. Your pictures are inspiring me.


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