Rainy Days and Mondays......
It hardly seems like a summer day when it starts like this. Woke up to rain and 50 degrees. In June. In Colorado!
Us Coloradans love to brag about our 300+ days of sunshine per year. But 2011 is just not cooperating!
Instead, I'm going to "make lemonade"...
3 Great Things About This Rainy Monday:
- I don't have to water my garden. About 2 years ago, we had major water restrictions around here. We had been experiencing an ongoing drought and lawns and gardens tended toward a color that was closer to straw than grass. Needless to say, my vegetable crop was less than impressive. But, here we are on June 20 and CHECK OUT my garden's progress:
You can see spearmint in the foreground, with strawberries and then lettuce at the back.
Making its appearance to the left are beets, and a row of carrots is poking through.
I've never had such great luck with seeds until this years rainy spring!
2. We get to ski until JULY 4th! How amazing is that? Arapahoe Basin tries every year to stay open until the 4th of July- sometimes with mixed results. Only truly hardcore skiers and boarders can be seen on a year when snowpack is low and there are more rocks than ski slopes.
This year, A Basin will open every weekend and for 4 days over the 4th. Right now there is 6 inches of snow on the picnic tables at the base of the mountain- wow!
This photo is actual footage from the Arapahoe Basin web cam from TODAY!
3. Catch-up. Much as I'd like to snuggle up with a book and a latte, I do have plenty of paperwork... and blogging!.... to do. So, today you'll find me getting out from under Administration Mountain.
And maybe by the weekend, I can pick a fresh salad and head up to A Basin!
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