Archive for the Manitou Springs Category


Water Leak and Racoon Challenges

On Saturday, when the Festival applications were dropped off, I also had to redo the Excel a bit for the jurying of the images. I realized we had way fewer applications than in the past. Not even enough to fill the park! This was a very stressful realization. At least when we looked at the […]

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Hiking Ute Trail and a Long Day at Commonwheel Gallery in Manitou Springs

Woke up feeling a bit achy the Monday morning. After yesterday’s gardening adventure, the muscles in my upper legs and butt were a bit sore. Though not too painful, just a good reminder that I need to exercise is ways other than hiking to keep all parts of my body in better shape. I worked […]

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Gardening on Easter Sunday 2014

Easter Sunday dawned with a bit of clouds in the sky, but no snow or rain. Last night my roommate said she wanted to put some straw as mulch on the first garden bed. I really wanted to clean the weeds out before she did that. When I got up and saw she was still […]

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“Old Spokes” Gather At Commonwheel Artists in Manitou Springs

The Celebration of Commonwheel Artists Co-op’s 40th Anniversary was a highly successful and Fun event! The Gallery was filled with beautiful art and people. Old spokes were there showing off their most current art endeavors and friends of old spokes all had a delightful time reconnecting and laughing about old times and delighting in friendships […]

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Successful Opening at Commonwheel Artists Gallery for Old Spokes

Tax day came and went without my even noticing it. My accountant has all my info and usually files for an extension. So won’t know what I owe for quite some time. I am very complicated with a variety of businesses, none of which make a lot of money yet. Not that I won’t someday […]

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Festival Discussion at the Chamber & Commonwheel Work Day

I guess I am writing longer posts than anticipated, as I didn’t get to my full day at Commonwheel in the last post. Tuesday morning I had a meeting at the Manitou Springs Chamber or iManitou with Leslie to discuss issues relating to the Art Festival on Labor Day Weekend. I discussed the Beer Garden […]

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Catching up and Catching my Breath

Some days just fly by, others whiz by, not drag by for me recently. I looked at my notes of what I did the last few days, and will only write up a few of them. With all the added expenses in my life, I again considered canceling my hair appointment last Friday, then decided […]

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Measuring The Fields Park In Manitou Springs for the Commonwheel Art Festival

Happy First Day of Spring! It was beautiful outside and I was happy that I was able to get to be outside for a couple of hours today. I had thought I had a webinar this morning, but couldn’t find a payment or a notice for me to sign on to it, so did some […]

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Cottage, Commonwheel and Cookies Filled My Time

The Three C’ made my day interesting. Got to the Post Office and no one else was in line. Collected the over-sized mail for the Festival. Learned about what it would cost to ship a mask to the UK. The Postmistress was in a chatty mood, so she even looked up what was not legal […]

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Taxes and Dancing and Hiking on My Current Tenants Moving Day

Focused on work to clear the way for writing. On Friday, and early Saturday, I also got most of the images my nephew and brother needed done in a way they liked them for Ellis Brush Mowers. I sent off 300 dpi ones to my brother to create a brochure, and put some on the […]

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