{"id":49760,"date":"2019-01-29T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T14:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=49760"},"modified":"2019-01-29T08:31:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T14:31:17","slug":"so-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=49760","title":{"rendered":"So Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Moon<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49762\" style=\"width: 283px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190129_065955-e1548770557955-420x446.jpg\" alt=\"Our snowpack. Needed for the trees and our well\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190129_065955-e1548770557955-420x446.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190129_065955-e1548770557955-744x790.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190129_065955-e1548770557955-768x816.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190129_065955-e1548770557955-1200x1274.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our snowpack beside the front door. Needed for the trees and our well<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another 6 or 8 inches of snow yesterday. Snowiest January since 1993. The northern half and eastern quadrant of Colorado watersheds have above average snowpack. Critically, the Colorado Headwaters area is at 116%. The south western quadrant of the state though is below average in two spots, including the Durango area where the big fires burned last summer.<\/p>\n<p>So beautiful. The lodgepoles carry snowy covers on their branches. The deer, rabbits, fox that come through our yard leave their tracks.The rising sun colors the snow on Black Mountain, right now a light flush pink. Bright blue sky behind the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Not so good for those of us animals who need carapaces and wheels. This is the google traffic map from yesterday. Rush hour. Add in altitude and you get a real mess. This is when commuting to Denver from Conifer separates the brave from the foolish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49761\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/metro-roads-1-28-420x318.png\" alt=\"metro roads 1 28\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/metro-roads-1-28-420x318.png 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/metro-roads-1-28-744x564.png 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/metro-roads-1-28-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/metro-roads-1-28-1200x910.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/metro-roads-1-28.png 1754w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kate&#8217;s initiated a get-out of the house plan. She said last week that she felt isolated and alone, so we&#8217;re going to go somewhere each day. Yesterday we went to the post office. Today, the King Sooper Starbucks for Kate while I pick up some groceries. Tomorrow? Who knows?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49763\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49763\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190121_065343-2-1-420x329.jpg\" alt=\"creation of the waters\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190121_065343-2-1-420x329.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190121_065343-2-1-744x583.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190121_065343-2-1-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190121_065343-2-1-1200x940.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">creation of the waters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week I painted the creation of the universe, the shattering of the ohr. Followed it with the creation of the waters. Next up: land. I tried to show an island in my first attempt. Not so good. I like the first two, I&#8217;m starting over today on land. I&#8217;m going to get somehow to Eden and humans and that tree. Will take awhile. Hard to say in the abstract paint language I&#8217;m using. But, that&#8217;s part of the fun.<\/p>\n<p>Astrological learning has been on hold. Painting, exercise, and Kate have gotten my focus along with CBE. Gonna get back to it, though. Probably a reading with Elisa&#8217;s astrologer, John, to kick off the next phase of my learning.<\/p>\n<p>Just entered the Chicken soup cookoff at CBE. Gonna get some practice today, picking up soup supplies during the grocery shopping at King Sooper. Taking some to a friend, leaving some behind for Kate and me. Kate loves my chicken soup. My heirloom recipe came off the Golden Plump packages when I bought chickens in Minnesota. Here, I do it from memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Moon Another 6 or 8 inches of snow yesterday. Snowiest January since 1993. The northern half and eastern quadrant of Colorado watersheds have above average snowpack. Critically, the Colorado Headwaters area is at 116%. The south western quadrant of the state though is below average in two spots, including the Durango area where &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=49760\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">So Beautiful<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4386,1113,4,65,127,4383,4312,4387,4317,3996,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-astrology","category-colorado","category-cooking","category-family","category-health","category-kabbalah","category-mountains-2","category-painting","category-shadow-mountain","category-third-phase-2","category-weather-climate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49760"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49765,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49760\/revisions\/49765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}