Archive for the Nature’s Beauty Category


How Many Things Can You Do In A Day

There are times when I look at my list in the morning and wonder how I can get even half of it done. But what I do is chose what must be done, and get that done first. Then move onto the next must do item. That is why this blog gets so far behind. […]

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And Another Two Weeks Have Flown By

The day after the Dome Rock hike, I had a lovely Green Drinks “meeting” up in Crystal Hills. For some reason, I thought we were to bring food, so I baked some Bean Project gluten-free corn bread and added diced green chilies. I surprised the hostess with this, but it was perfect, as she had […]

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Sustainable Commonwheel Art Festival Not as Successful as in the Past

When I heard the number for how much waste was diverted from the Landfill this year, I was a bit disappointed. Then again, I had to realize that the main person who has headed this up the past 3 years was in Minnesota at a conference. And so were about 4 other people who had […]

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Very Quick Update After Commonwheel Art Festival

It is too late to begin catching up completely. It has been a very long time since I was able to post here. Between getting all the finalizing details for the Commonwheel Artists 40th Annual Labor Day Weekend Art Festival in place and doing the Art Festival, then trying to recuperate, I just haven’t had […]

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Stressfull Art Walk Friday And An Awesome Sky

Friday morning started with “Little One” arriving for her month long stay. She had started her life around here and I had had to find homes for her and her kittens. She is really beautiful Tortoise Shell colors. My long time potter friend had taken her in we think 2001 and she had loved where […]

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Very Full ThursDAY-Oh Deer!

I was scheduled to meet someone from the the Manitou Springs Parks in the morning to discuss some issues and learn how the water and electric worked. They showed up close to on time, but didn’t have the proper keys to unlock the electric panel. So while waiting for him to go get it, looked […]

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Quick Summary of the Last Week and Young Living Convention

Actually this is more than a week worth of summation. On Monday, June 23rd I rode to the Young Living Convention in Salt Lake City with two people I had never met and my Sharing Inner Health friend. I realized as we left town, that I had left my distance glasses at home . . […]

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Saturday Did Not Go As Planned

I opened some emails on the Commonwheel Festival Computer and that got me off to the wrong start for working on my book. There were things that did need immediate attention and I hadn’t sent out emails relating to the Festival meeting and a request by another festival organizer I needed input from the Festival […]

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Jury Day and a Sink Falls off the Bathroom Wall in the Cottage

I was awakened at 7:10 am on the morning of the Festival Jury with a phone call from my cottage tenant. She told me the sink had fallen off the wall in the bathroom. My first question was “Is there water spewing?” “No,” she said. That was good news. And next I said in jest, […]

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And the Challenges Just Keep Coming

Can’t believe I haven’t posted since the 13th of May! My hiking friend and I had discussed doing a hike and then going to the hot springs on Wednesday, but that didn’t’ happen. I wasn’t ready to expose the rash on my leg to water shared by lots of people and neither of us sounded […]

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