Spring evening at City Park...

Warmer than usual spring brings more people out for evenings in the park.  And what a variety...four youngsters with a hacky sack, three teenagers tossing a football, several kites drifting on the wind, at the water's edge, a girl with a guitar and a guy with a bongo drum...and I swear the ducks were joining in...a guy with a wide yellow rubber band tied between two trees improving his tightrope walking skills, several families dining al fresco, walkers, runners and lots of fisherman.  I walk over to watch the sunset and with the sky full of clouds it promised to be glorious...nope...daylight just quietly faded away.

Walk to the art gallery...

This small gallery in Old Town Fort Collins has a new show every month...all feature local artists.  This month's theme is transportation and I just love this little covered wagon...all in metal...very vintage!

I have said it before...I HATE to walk, even though I know it's really important that I get the exercise.  So last week I decided to try walking at sunset...oh, wow...it was so calming, so quiet, so pretty.  I've been every night since then...I think I'm hooked! 

And so it begins...

...adventures with Zoe.  She's six months old and can sit up in a stroller.  So starting today...and for as long as I'm able...Zoe and I are going on adventures...it's going to be quite a trip!!  And aren't those sunglasses just the cat's meow?

Walked uptown today...visited several stores and the library...looks like she's really interested, right?

It's quite a walk up and back...she enjoyed a nap...I could have used one.

Even cowboys...

...need a card now and then.  This SU cowboy is a favorite and I like the challenge of making an interesting card that's not "too much" for a guy.

Finally bought the Papertrey "Take Note" stamps so I'm going to be making lots of these notebooks in the next few days...people really like them. 

Bookmarks for kids

Once a week I read to some pre-school kids.  The nonprofit I work through...Fort Collins Read Aloud...has a goal of getting at least one book into the hands of every child.  So today each boy and girl is getting their own book.  That gift seems to call out for a bookmark, so I made these.  Very excited for today's session.

It's coming...

Spring is on its way!!  Doors and windows open today for the first time in months...love it!!

Sometimes it's not a card...

It's an expensive tote bag from Walmart.  Find six fabrics you like together...measure, cut, gather, hot glue and, voila, you have a summer purse.  Not sure I can see myself actually carrying it...we'll see!!