…but you talk yourself into a hike instead (because: fitness!!) then decide the hike is too hot and get in the stream, you see some delightful things:
Hike rating: meh. Stream rating: 10/10, would play “Wind in the Willows” again.
weekend report
Relaxing Weekend
There was a lot less going on this weekend–“just” the gym and cleaning the house and restocking groceries and seeing family and making a couple weeks’ worth of freezer burritos–along with looking at some wildflowers and an excellent sunset.
10/10, would repeat this weekend again.
Things Done Over The Weekend
- an HOA meeting
- cleaning
- the gym
- a visit to Tracey Aviary
- seeing family
- meal planing
- weekly planning
- a trip to Costco
- hiking up a mountain
I’d like a weekend to recover from the weekend, maybe?
Favorite Hike
We repeated the “John Denver” hike from about this time last year and went up to see the aspen forest knee-deep in blue flowers. That trail to Willow Lake is one of my top five–just look at these magic meadows.
The Story Of The Weekend
Friday night: “What’s that you say, Mom? A long weekend? Prince Sir Toby approves.”
Saturday: “What a pleasant day to be color-coordinated on the deck.”
Sunday afternoon, on an urban hike: “Is this stupid or genius?”
Right after we got home Sunday afternoon: “Wow I’m glad we didn’t go for a real hike”
Not shown on Monday: Getting some help at the gym with my lifts and then sewing and organizing allll daaaaay (aka The Best Day).
Hiking, Cleaning
Just a normal sort of weekend around here: some mountains, some laundry, and some bathtimes (for Toby, that is).
Floral Weekend
We went to the botanical garden on Sunday to check out the orchid show, which had some very cool things (orchids with parents, tiny orchids, orchids I’d never heard of). We also walked around the gardens and saw my favorite Secret Garden wall covered in quince. Then Toby stuck his tongue out and the weekend was complete.
How I feel about Monday, too
Snow Day
We got a foot of snow overnight Saturday. We usually visit Doc’s family on Sunday but they were out of town–so we didn’t drive anywhere, not even to the canyon where it was sure to be amateur hour on snowshoes. We shoveled out, read the newspaper, did some sewing, and walked over to the grocery store for store bought cookies. Thrills!!
Spring Fever
There’s two feet of fresh snow in the mountains and it was a cold hike on Sunday, but I’m d-u-n with winter. It’s going to be March this week; I’m looking forward to projects made with linen and finding some sunshine. (Toby agrees!)
Weekend Signs
I made the call that it would be too sloppy and too worrisome to head into the canyons (seriously, the Wasatch Front gets all its water from mountain snow melt and this year there just…isn’t any). Instead, we took a tip from Austin Kleon’s blog and found things of interest within a two-mile radius of our house: an accountant’s precise signage, a cemetery, the grocery store’s most excellent chalk art.
