Upside Ann

 

  Kit Carson County Carousel in Kit Carson County (who would have guessed that?) Burlington, Colorado.  Beautiful carved wooden menagerie in full color.  Don't like horses? No problem. Ride a dog or a giraffe or a camel... Inside a barn-like structure with a museum chronicling the history of carousels from the turn of the past, past century next door.  Definitely worth a detour from I-70. Want to learn more? www.kitcarsoncountycarousel.com

  Considering my next career as a terra-cotta warrior.  I think I smile too much.  Need to work on that.  Fortunately, my teachers are very patient.

 I remeber the first time I heard this.  I was captivated.  The melody stole my heart.  I don't associate this song with any love I experienced - only with that drive.  Alone in my car.  Maybe because it is a memory of love song.

We have hit upon one of my favorite points in spring - the blooming of the peonies.  When I lived in Columbus and was attending vet school, I lived in a house that had a garden bed of peonies planted behind the garage.  Pink peonies.  Dark-red peonies.  Delicate white peonies tipped in pale pink.  When I had to leave that house, I attempted to dig up starts and brought them to Harrison.  I planted them near the back deck, at the back door, and in the fence row.  Zelda, in her eccentric doggy way, would meditate under the heavy blooms  or sit with a delicate bud held gently in her mouth.   Now, the only color I have is pink...though I guess you can't appreciate that from the photo above.  The plants by the deck did not survive the deep shadow that was created when the spruce trees grew.  The plants at the fence row got mowed over one-too-many times.  But the plant at the side door to the garage explodes each spring still: h...

 Because - we all can use a splash of magenta on a cool spring morning.  What makes me most happy? See that strip of near-chartreuse in the almost-center?