Living in a resort town at seven thousand feet you get very used to pine cones, pine needles and tree sap. Being a mountain girl, in our household, we use pine cones a lot more as fire starters then decorations but normally just like clockwork when we have friends come to visit they see a …
It was September 16th and overnight autumn was here with chilly breezes, ripe golden delicious apples on the trees and pine needles covering the back yard pavers. Life in a small mountain resort town at 7,000 feet means when fall shows up at our doorstep, summers hot days are definitely over almost before you can say …
It must be fall. The bees are angry, pine needles cover my driveway and there is finally a chill in the mountain air. I love the mountains in the autumn. I love autumn flavors like cinnamon, sweet potatoes and squash. Crisp autumn days were meant for afternoons fishing and drinking Sierra …