Oh, the gorgeous days of June

Flowers popping up everywhere - gorgeous. It's the first wave of wildflowers with lots of purples - lupine included. (that's bluebonnet for the Texans out there). I had to take another photo of my daffodils. A few didn't come up but all the ones that did have bloomed. (and no deer bothered them at all)

We went to a restaurant in CB that we haven't been to in 30 years. It's the other French restaurant called Soupcon. In all those years it's gone through probably 4 owners, and somehow we never went back. Anyway, this owner/chef is fabulous, the food wonderful, and the place is darling (still located down an alley off Elk). Only in Crested Butte does this work... One drawback - well, it's not inexpensive, so we'll go for special occasions...

Baby animals abound. This darling foal is on a farm  I drive by on Ohio Creek Rd frequently. And the massive amount of calves are everywhere. Cowboys are out hard at work rounding up and moving herds regularly. I think there's only so much trampling and fertilizing each field can take.

No elk or deer babies yet. I have eyes peeled and camera ready. Also no sign of bear anywhere around us, but I suppose that doesn't mean a thing. (I have my spray with me and a friend gave me a whistle, which I won't take unless I see some sign of something - there's a limit  to how much I want to carry around for my morning walk.
Mark is in Detroit this week-  back Friday to pick up my parents and bring them over for a few days. Hurray, we always enjoy their visit and I'll get to paint with Mom. Terribly inspiring for me and I can only hope to someday paint anything as well as she does.Planning on getting her expert advice on my paintings for my July exhibit. Time is marching by, and I have to be done and things all framed in the next few weeks. Pressure....