Peach PIE at home...

I made a homemade pie with a little help from Philsbury pie crusts.

Years ago I used to make my own fluffy delicious pie crusts but...

Now I can use all the help I can find...

It turned out okay and smelled luscious while baking!

Eclipses and Clouds

We live in the high desert where it hardly ever rains or is cloudy. So, yesterday we had light rain and thick clouds which only parted for a little while to let us see a partial eclipse but we weren't over the direct path anywhere but it was fascinating to watch it on TV.

Clouds got in the way

Partial eclipse through my collander as we didn't have any special glasses

Great coverage on TV especially when the total eclipse darkened crowds

Needing a RECHARGE?

In this day of multiple electronie devices, sometimes I feel like I need a station to plug me into to GET RECHARGED? It's been a long hot summer this year with a few medical challenges to overcome, BUT now that Fall is in the air-it's only 69 degrees at 6 am rather than 80 degrees––I'm reinvigorated. It always seem that way each year. Somehow with school starting even though my sons now have kids in school, I start to get a better routine going and work on some new projects.

My projects are mostly poetic as President of Dixie Poets, chair of the Youth Poetry Contest now in its 7th year and also finalizing some details for Poetry in the Park for next March plus will serve as Daughters of Utah Pioneers Historian for my camp to try to motivate them to write and collect their family histories. Then I'm doing several blogs and miscellaneous projects AND hubby just decided to trip to Texas for his 55th HS reunion-so that will be a fun adventure. Probably too many projects, but it's fun to feel my energies return as the sun heads south towards fall and winter.

How about you, what are you looking forward to?

The THIEF

A small miniature peach tree produces!

Loaded with peaches we found this under the tree yesterday

Luckily the critter got full, so hubby picked these remainders for us

Returning from Vacation

Driving back through the redrock deserts of Southern Colorado, Page Arizona through Kanab, we were headed HOME to St. George Utah...our retirement home sweet home.

Coming down from the Colorado Mountains to the desert below

Quite the view below, I love mountains and valleys

A few puffy monsoon clouds are trying to form.

Colorado River in Colorado

Navajo Reservation views

This is the land we gave the Navajos to live on in Arizona

Lake Powell Arizona-popular tourist and boat destination

Anyone have an extra house boat? It's only 90 degrees today so far.

Heading towards Kanab and Utah-our home!!

Rocky Mountain National Park-Colorado

Driving into the park, lots of wildlife-an elk here

Scenic drive up to 11,000 ft and back down into Estes Park

Views in every direction and coolness

Snow near the summit and not trees

I loved the green coolness

Rocky Mountain HIGH Colorado!

Beautiful landscapes in every direction.

More Vacation Photos

Been home for a week or more but still have lots of great photos to share...

Leaving Wyoming, heading to Colorado

Beginning of Colorado River at Fair Play elevation 10,000 ft-that's high!

Heading to the Pine trees

Granby Lake outside of Rocky Mountain State Park

There's something peaceful about lakes and open space and mountains

Great place for a cabin by the lakeside

Great place for boating....

Peaceful surroundings....