In the clouds, deer, and rainbows

We are in fact a house in the clouds and here are the photos to prove it. At almost 9000 ft we have our own weather system. Means lots more snow in the winter - not sure if that's a good thing, but nature wins every time. We wee little humans just have to deal.

Seasons are a changing... The deer appear inside our fence at all hours of the day now, attracted by the spent wildflowers and grasses. They'll be here for another few weeks and then poof, vanishing for the long winter. Lots of does with their twin fawns, including yes, good old Flap and her babies. As is typical, she lets the fawns wander around our house on their own for a very long time before she shows up. Not like the other mother deer at all. Hmph I sniff...

fawn lost her spots but not gray yet

We've had rain off and on over the last few days and some spectacular color shows have lit up the sky. These photos are not color retouched - pretty amazing...

Rolled into Crested Butte for lunch and a few errands. Nursery did not have their daffodil bulbs yet, typical here somehow, local roasted coffee freshly ground and packaged now increased in price by $2.00. (they apparently think a lot of their coffee beans), and walked around in the chilly weather (40's) with a dusting of snow on all the peaks. Wow, really - can winter be that close? Yikes!

I have been remiss in reporting books read. Somehow with all the company and excitement of baby Penny I did finish 4. Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron - new author to me but entertaining story about small town southern female judge turning detective to solve a murder. I'll be reading more in this series. The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny (yes, it's baby Penny's name reversed! pure coincidence) I've read a couple of hers - also female solving murder story set in Canada. Hmmm, what does this mean about my taste in books?  Anyway, next is Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan, highly recommended by one of my blog book authors, but unfortunately, I disliked it a lot. All the characters were completely unlovable and the character flaws they  had were not resolved by the end. Lastly, another author that I've read multiple books - Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn.  Very consistently good.