What Petey is up to lately...

Well, the threat and promise of snow continues and will through late next week. Time to turn our attention to being indoors and for Petey whose been taking guitar lessons for most of this year, it's practice, practice and more of the same. He's actually sounding darn good, in my estimate. His focus has strictly been on blues chords and the new electric guitar & amp are working for him!
Sorry, no sound bites just yet!

Fall Came, But It's Gone Now!

Just a few images to prove I did get out and away from the books and projects early this fall, I think it was Sept 25th. We even made it all the way up to Silverton and had breakfast!

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We also made a trip around a portion of the Alpine Loop in late summer. It's an old one lane, bi-directional mining road in the high country. Here a link for all the images: Alpine Loop trip August 2010 - Silverton to Lake City, then round trip to Durango via Creed

Here's a few images from that trip...definitely better done in a jeep style 4 x 4 vehicle, or by Donkey!





Yes...this is one of MANY beaver ponds!
We also saw two moose, but on the early part of the trek.

The Power Project!

Looking from our driveway down to the worksite. Petey coming up for some ice tea.



A little ice tea refreshment!









View looking east from the ditch area


View towards the north looking up at "The Cabin"


View towards the westerly


Petey on his way back to the "barn"

Here's a parting shot one evening after Petey put in 12+ hours working on the trench for the underground utilities one august summers eve this year.

My Latest Art Project.

Title: "Gone fishing, Again"

Just you try & fit into these hip waders! made from sheet metal and recycled stove pipes for legs. What a lot of fun it was building! Peter asked me on several occasions..."What are the other student using for material, could you have picked something a little more difficult?" My reply..."Why? This isn't this difficult enough!"



Final clean up before going public.



First public showing at the Fort Lewis College Scholarship banquet. Three artist were invited to show works, this was the only sculpture that arrived, we mostly showed paintings.

The Cabin & Late Summer Goings On

A few photos around the property.
This is our camp area we affectionately refer to as "the cabin"




The fire pit area - looking South.



Roughly standing in the same area looking SE.



Photos from the BLM land & hillside behind our property overlooking Vallecito Lake area to our north and the Weminuche Wilderness area.






Looking east towards the continental divide & Pagosa Springs