April 2, 2017

If you don't love quilts, this post is not for you.  :)

Two friends from our church in Boulder, a mom and her daughter, 

drove down after church and lunch this afternoon 

to see the current exhibit at the Golden Quilt Museum.

These are my favorites.

Some of the pics are close-ups of the details. 

Click on any picture to enlarge it.

 I love these tree branches!

 This quilt was my favorite, and the quilter is a local.

I love the detail and the inclusions.

 

I thought this was crocheted, but it's actually fabric instead of fiber.

Marsha and Becki, my companions for the afternoon,

in front of a 200 year old quilt.

We were wondering about the shape of this quilt - 

does anyone know why it would be cut the way it is?

March 10, 2017

We made our resurrection garden today!  

Jed loves the grass seed; 

I'm not a big fan, so I added some plants to the back of it this year.

March 7, 2017

Some dear friends of ours in Maine sent a gift to Jed years ago - a helicopter that is operated by your smartphone or iPad.  His dad could never get it working and they finally gave up.  I found it the other day when we were purging Jed's toys and he decided to tackle it himself.  You can imagine the pride of a 13-year-old young man who gets a piece of electronic equipment working when his dad, who up to that point has been the computer guru in the family, wasn't able to.  He's holding it back fairly well for the camera, but trust me - he was insufferable for a good while after this.  :)

February 27, 2017

This was a Christmas gift from my brother and sister-in-law.

I texted this pic to my sister-in-law and wrote what the towel says underneath:

"It's really not that far."

She wrote back, 

"Yes it is."

:)

January 21, 2017

One of the things I like best about Golden is the town leaves its Christmas lights up through the end of January.

We walked downtown for dinner tonight...

I stepped into the street and got this shot about a block from our house.

Then we walked along Clear Creek, where the lights are really blazing.

I didn't get any shots that come close to expressing how beautiful the entire scene is,

but here are some close-ups. 

January 11, 2017

We spent our last day of Christmas break at the Denver Art Museum to see the Star Wars Costume exhibit.

I'm not a huge Star Wars fan in general, particularly of the prequels and sequels,

but I will never forget seeing the original Star Wars movie in the theater in the 70s.

I didn't like science fiction - had never been a fan of Star Trek on TV -

but this movie was groundbreaking and even I knew that - and was in awe.

So it was pretty incredible to see the costumes from these movies and

all the behind-the-scenes artwork, storyboards and videos.

My favorite part of the museum, though, was the glass work in the gift shop,

particularly these trees.

The triangular prism in the middle of this picture was Jed's favorite...

the lines of color refracted in amazing ways.

Jed loved the Star Wars exhibit,
but our lunch across the street from the art museum,
at BurgerFi,
was a really close second in his heart.  :)

It was such a neat place!

If you're ever in Denver, we'll be glad to meet you there.  :)

January 6, 2017

We got our first snow of the new year yesterday, though sadly it didn't amount to much.

This hasn't been a very snowy winter so far.

We still have hope, though.  :)

January 4, 2017

Jed and I have so enjoyed having a few days of Christmas break at home 

before getting back to the grind next week.  

One of the fun things we did this week was make this chocolate house.  

The kit included molds so we can make it again each year.
We've already made a shopping list for candy for next Christmas to improve our design.  :)