Family visit, wildlife, and sweet baby green trees

Very nice quick visit with Lisa and Charles. It's a hop, skip, and a jump from Santa Fe to Star Mt. so we are thrilled to have them visit anytime.

Went into CB for lunch -of course most places are still shut, but Brick Oven was open with happy staff. Haven't been there in years, but we all agreed the pizza was great. Secret Stash, watch your back!

On the way back home discovered a fox den right by the road on Ohio Creek. This mother is tired, kits maybe big enough to venture out to hunt on their own?

The start of the wildflowers is here, way early of course. The first lupine.

Deer out and about. I was the intruder on my woods walk. Lots of elk too for days and days, but suddenly no sightings. They have their own mysterious schedule - they leave about now and then come back(or a different group?) to have their babies in June. As for the deer they just gather here in good numbers, have their babies and stay until late fall. We'll be looking out for Flap and her twins to return.

Green, green emerging everywhere - the aspen are mostly out now. Some of the passes are opening, but not Ohio Pass yet. Not sure why really, the snow is gone, gone except on the highest peaks.

future milk producers

We visited the farm to pick up eggs with Lisa and Charles. Animals out and about - combo beef cattle and the dairy herd pastured together
Mark is back to Detroit this week-we'll meet up on Friday. Still with our crazy schedule...
I leave tomorrow for CO Springs to visit my parents for a few days, and help out after Mom has her second (and final) eye procedure. Truly a miracle of our modern world - removal of a cataract and implanting a lens that restores vision. Amazing time to be living! And Dad is happy to be home and doing well, even gained some weight - that's wonderful home cooking I think.