Colorado Disc Dogs and Sunsets

I decided to make this post as colorful as possible because this weekend was the most enjoyable and gorgeous weekend. I am sure I will be repeating this quite often, but the weather and scenery has just simply been amazing. On Saturday we left the house about 8 in the morning to drive to Fort Collins for the Colorado Disc Dog competition. On our way there we stopped at a really nice town called Castle Rock for some coffee at Crowfoot Valley Coffee. Then we continued up north through Denver and into Fort Collins. The Dog Disc competition was in a really nice park and the altitude was about 3,000 feet less, so everything was much greener. Here are some photos of the dogs in action.

This is Lily

On our way out of Fort Collins we stopped by the biggest nursery I have ever been to. I would say we only conquered about a quarter of their plants. We picked out some plants for the yard and a hanging basket that we are going to redo the chain links on in a more rustic and sculptural fashion. I bought some flowering cacti and I am going to make a little cacti garden dish for the front patio. This nursery also had tons of ceramic pots.

I think we are going to try and do a water fall

like this one in the larger pond in the back yard.

When we got home aunt Mary and I watched Lars and the Real Girl. Which is a great Sundance film. I recommend it.

SUNDAY SUNDAY!

Today we took 6 homing pigeons out on our way into town. My Uncle Pete releases them to get some exercise and somehow they always find their way back to the pigeon coop. They are really fascinating birds and they haven't quite figured out how they find their way back. When we got back home from our errands, 4 of the 6 were already back.

After releasing the pigeons we went to It's a Grind! and had some coffee drinks. Then we headed to the feed store to pick out some more plants and get started on our outdoor projects. The store didn't open until 11am, so we killed some time in the local park. We are definitely kids at heart!

We got home an unloaded the car and got to work. Aunt Mary had the front garden planting flowers in a big pot on the porch, a hanging basket, and other little plants. Uncle Pete and I started working on the smaller fountain that is going in in the backyard. Here is the beginnings of the fountain.

I picked out about 20 different rocks to fill in around the base of the pond. It's going to look so nice when it is finished. We didn't get as much as we wanted to get done because rain clouds started to roll in, so we decided it was time for a drink on the back deck. While aunt Mary and I were cleaning up uncle Pete made us the fanciest Gin and tonics I have ever had.

It was very refreshing. After our drinks, aunt Mary and I headed to the studio and worked on some creations. Tomorrow I have to finish a basket that I started out of pine needles for a calligraphy guild meeting on Tuesday. I'm kind of making it up as I go. It is looking really interesting though and it's a lot of fun to just experiment with other materials.

To end the day, the neighbors Susan and John came back from being out of town and they are quite a hoot. It was Susan's birthday and we joined them and two of their other friends for a Chinese all you can eat buffet. My first time at one, and it was stuffing and oh so good. Lots of laughter and Susan is in love with the best movies. She is a fan of Borat and I could not believe it that a person not around my age was so into that movie. I think we are going to see Burno when it comes out. After dinner we had a glass of wine of the front patio and watch the sunset. I am looking forward to many more nights like these.