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We have a really sweet flock of black capped chickadees (called a Banditry of Chickadees) on our birdfeeders and trees the past few weeks after having very few bird visitors this summer and this middle-aged gal was loving it. Youth is usually not spent watching birds and listening to the way the wind sounds in… Continue reading Last Week of Summer: Bring on Fall Melancholy Season
The morning light is a little different in August - we've got about a month left of Summer, but I'm seeing signs of Fall in the shadows, in the smells, and in the feel of the evening sunset. We've got fires burning up and down the Front Range in Colorado right now and that, paired… Continue reading Charm and Coziness: Interior Inspirations for the Summer to Fall Shift
Will we ever have nostalgia for this particular summer in America in 2024? Will books be written about this decade? No doubt, but they were going to be written even if this was the most boring decade in human history so we might as well try to enjoy ourselves a little. Hey! We even all… Continue reading Summer Vibes or How Not to Drown in Melancholy
It's the first day of Spring, the snow is melting, the skies are blue and I have determined squirrels doing incredible gymnastics to get at the bird feeders. Here's a recent remodel of a home on an Historic Block in Denver's Congress Park neighborhood. Despite keeping the original built-ins in the kitchen, dining and living… Continue reading Cute Vintage Kitchen in Denver: Adding charm to old cabinets
I've been dreading 2024 in earnest since 2022. This is the year our one and only child (almost adult) graduates high school and heads to college. I've spent multiple walks giving myself pep talks about how great it will be for her, how ready she is and how I can find a new chapter for myself. Change is… Continue reading 7 Glorious Interiors to Ring in 2024 (and temporarily forget your personal dread for the year).
It's year two of my attempt to turn our front yard into a prairie meadow and native extravaganza. I scattered seeds in the fall of 2021 to cold stratify them, which is just a fancy word for refrigerate them. That fall and winter was incredibly windy and DRY. The first summer was not pretty. Cleome's… Continue reading Suburban Prairie Dreams
Dazed and Confused. Love the style in this movie. (Photo Source) Texture, color and shape - so nostalgic, so good. (Photo Source) Setting the mood! Pink, mustard yellow, green - adorable lamp shades too. (Photo Source) The colors in Joel Meyerowitz's photographs resonate with me. I could look at his work for hours. (Photo Source)… Continue reading August Moodboard: Nostalgia
A sound of summer: a screen door slamming. (Photo Source) Many reasons to love this room - the well worn table, the layered rugs and the dog under foot. (Photo Source) Butter yellow pantry goodness. (Photo Source) Cool blues in the kitchen paired with an orange checkerboard tile in the back hall. (Photo Source) Beautiful… Continue reading Summer Vibes: Color Inspiration in the Heat of the Summer
We're almost halfway through May and I have barely noticed. I don't want to be a person who brag-complains about how busy they are, but it's. been. busy. and time feels like it's speeding up. I'm someone who needs a little daydream time built into my work week to keep me feeling creative and I've… Continue reading Interiors for Spring from this Daydream Believer
Ever since the incredibly destructive Marshall Fire in 2021, when I look at my phone in the morning for the day's weather, I see two words on a regular basis: "Fire Weather." What a great way to wake up. This week we've had Fire Weather almost every day. If you're not from here and you're… Continue reading Shrugging at Fire Weather
The Colorado Nest 