Saturday, January 25, 2014

And we embrace winter

Gorgeous weather has continued. It is amazingly beautiful around here. The Castles from a little different view (Carbon Rd) Had I mentioned what we learned in the Gunnison Cty history class last year at Western? The Castles are the remnants of a much higher volcanic peak that exploded - millions of year ago of course.

We still have not seen any wildlife around the house or in our woods. Now that's not saying they're not here, the variety of animal tracks around is great. It's the all skulking nighttime activity rather than in the daytime. I did see an amazing print in the snow of a hawk (above) near my snowshoe path. Swooping down for prey?

Speaking of snowshoeing, twice now have heard the avalanche boom while out. Mark was there as a witness one of the days just so I can say I wasn't imagining things. Somewhere on Carbon Peak or the Anthracites is our best guess. There is avalanche danger all over the place in this area. And our extreme skiers are just on it and going to the outer regions all the time. I overheard two young guys talking about the purchase of an avalanche beacon, apparently a save your money, must buy item for the wild and crazy. $400 crazy...

There was a goodbye/good luck celebration for Dr. Gloria Beim yesterday in CB. She leaves shortly for Sochi as the chief medical officer for the Olympics. From our small area - yippee!

Red tail Hawk nest - empty sadly
Finally signed up for another cross country lesson yesterday. Had a great instructor Molly at the Nordic center in Crested Butte. Whooey, we were two tired people after the hour plus session. Learned a lot -technique, technique, technique. We plan to go out to a different area tomorrow to practice. Keep the body moooving.

The "little" hill in front is Star Mountain
And the Roman Architecture class marches on. The real work begins this week, as they always give you a soft start before they hit you with quizzes, peer assessments, projects, etc. Ha, I know the drill.
Finally the books read list. Just forgot to add, and you may notice I have taken off the revolving librarything book list on the blog. I still am a participating member (great site for storing, cataloging , etc your books) just time to overall the blog design a bit.
My Father's House: A childhood in wartime Bavaria by Beatrix Ost - very goodmemoir, had to order a hard copy, no digital
Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie - one in a British murder mystery series - good
Lost on Planet China by J. Maarten Troast - great travel writer with a crazy sense of humor. China is a mess, I'm going to say...
The Devils Cave by Martin Walker - love, love his murder mystery series set in France
Paris, A Love Story by Kati Marton - wow , great memoir by the woman who was married to Peter Jennings and Richard Holbrooke both deceased sadly, and she is a great journalist writer in her own right.






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