Humor and woodsy wisdom by Laura Lollar
In the early years, I took a lot of pride for feeding my kids nutritious meals. We had vegetables, a starch and some meat because I wanted them to be well balanced. I think I did okay on that front. Nobody can accuse my kids of being unbalanced. (Me? That’s a story for another day.) They gobbled up what I set in front of them. Or at least I thought they did. Unbeknownst to me, there was …
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My middle son was a soft-spoken little guy who never made a fuss. He loved to go outside and walk around on our back deck looking through the fence, up at the trees and down at the yard. He pointed to birds. He talked to squirrels. He didn’t miss a thing. I kept an eye on him out on the deck. With a baby in my arms, I looked out the window and saw he was pointing towards the house — his little …
You never know what (or who) you’re going to find when exploring through the mountains. Take Utah for example. We discovered the largest living organism in the world in Utah’s Fish Lake National Forest —it’s one hundred and six acres of aspen trees grown from a single seed. Trees in the “Pando Clone” are 80,000 years old and they’re connected to a root system weighing in at 13 million pounds. …
It's been a decade since the Black Forest Wildfire swept through our community, destroying over 14,000 pine covered acres, burning over 500 homes (including ours, see below), structures and killing countless pets and most tragically, two of our neighbors. Edith Wolford's cabin, before the fire: After the fire: an all-too familiar scene Tragedy manifests itself in different ways. For some, …
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We sure picked perfect days to stay at the Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort located between Salida and Buena Vista, Colorado. Descriptions of the Resort and what fuels the Hot Springs can be found on their website. The resort was beautiful and the food was great. And thank goodness, swim suits were required attire. I had an unexpected experience at a hot springs where we stumbled upon their …
Never in my life would I have imagined I’d be taking pictures of a septic tank. But here we are! Doug decided to take his do-it-yourselfer skills to the next level by installing a septic system for our new house. Estimated date of house completion is December 2023. Boy it’s been quite the journey! At first there were the measurements. I never knew you’d need to be so specific when dealing …
