Springtime Jig

Happy Friday,
I hope this note finds you well and that the week is winding down to a Friday Happy Hour! In the Northern Rocky Mountains we are still snowing and experiencing some onery and ferocious storms which come in the form of rain, sleet, gropple, slop, flakes and the like. I tell you, this is the hardest time of the year in Bozeman. I am ready to be done skiing, but it is far too muddy to do anything else. Spring mud season is a beast of her own caliber. So my Springtime Jig is to show Mother Nature that I am holding strong in a flowered skirt, because there aren't any flowers popping in the garden. In fact, we are something like %135 of our normal snowpack in the Gallatin Range and hubby left at 6am this morning to ski powder that fell yesterday. Truly, all this snow and moisture will amount to ample stream flows for the fishies and less forest fires. I wrapped up two major projects with deadlines at the real job, I am thrilled that it is Friday, and we have an exciting birthday party this evening.

Do have yourself a good day,
Lolita

PS. I took these photos alone with the help of a remote control :)

Have You Eaten Your Glacier Lily Lately?

Good evening to you. Hubby and I spent last Friday night at the cabin. We knew it would be great but the flowers were amazing. The Glacier Lilies were in full bloom, there was an entire field of them. I had to nibble a couple of the blooms. They are a tasty, velvety, sweet treat that comes once a year. After reading a bit, the bulbs are edible and eaten by deer and bears frequently. I have been eating just the blooms since 1997, we are lucky to have these wildflowers in Montana, as they are one of my favorites. Make sure you do you homework before you dine, I don't want you eating something that will turn your stomach, or much worse. Their nodding posture, as well as, their two leaves coming out of the base of the plant will help you with identification.

We awoke to snow and trees that were dusted by silver sparkles, but only on one side. This place is so sweet I can't believe it. Have I told you how nice it is to camp at the best spot ever, but never do we have to take down our tent? And the weather is a welcome factor. During this stay, the quiet pitter patter of sleet on our steel roof put us in a deep slumber. I feel grateful to have such a dreamy haven. Actually I feel grateful for many things lately, and that is calming.

Be well.

My Gram's Baby Girl,

(she called me that on the phone today :) )

Kristin Lee

Signs of Spring

Happy Friday Friends,

we made it,

thank goodness.

Our weather here in

southwestern MT is

quite volatile at this point,

including rain, snow, graupel,

sleet, warm sun,

and everything in between,

and that may be all in the same day.

There are however,

signs of spring.

Pretty crocus.

My tulips which were grazed

and we live in town, mind you!

These deer are smart,

they have eaten my tulips

for consecutive years.

But, if you notice,

they did their chomping prior

to blooming and I will still get a flower.

Oh goody.

Our groomed moss.

Hyacinth spreading their wings.

Fuzzy poppy.

Hens and Chicks

still red from the winter.

The deer muched these too.

Here are some fresh smithings

from Wednesday and Thurday nights.

I am gearing up for the Women's Expo

here in Bozeman.

My fingers hurt.

freshwater pearl, turquoise,

MT chalcedony, sterling, gold, and kyanite

Bangle Off

and a happy fat band.

The shop may be a little slow with regard

to listing until after the

Expo is over.

But the unsold goodies will

be put in the shop.

Enjoy the weekend!

Kristin

Happy Bluebird Friday!

Well, we all made it through another week.

It is just amazing here today, we got about 20" of new snow in town. Two feet EASY in the mountains. But today the sun is shining over a blanket of sparkling snow.

All the trees are covered in snow.

No wind whatsoever.

We are planning to x-country ski into the cabin this evening to spend the night.

I can't wait. Good thing we stocked wood in the trap door. The wood will be nice and dry and it's split for burning. I will post details of our adventure.

What are you doing this weekend?

With love,

Kristin

Look What We Got!

10+ inches of snow

AND

new earrings

First the snow....

what a suprise, when we had nothing yesterday.

This is our backyard and the wires are weighted from all the fluff stuff!

Oh so pretty, that's our Aspen tree!

And the snow is still steadily falling.

Bella eats snow, she's in the act now :)

And new earrings!

Sterling silver, light wieght and O so CHIC!

I plan to list these in the shop about lunch.

Looks like I am wearing my Muck Boots to work today, and promptly heading to the tire store for new snow tires. Ouch!

I hope your day is going swell!

Snowily,

xoxo Bisquit