I always hate when daylight savings rolls around in the spring. Since I'm an early-riser, I enjoy seeing the sun come up early in the morning. But when daylight savings hits, it's dark all over again. Charlie and I have been going to Starbucks on Sunday mornings, so we had to wait until almost 8:00am to go this past week. Even though there was frost all over the ground, he likes checking out all the trash in the landscaped areas around the strip mall - good sniffing.
This week we had fairly decent weather - so nice, in fact, that we were able to get outdoors and do some yard work. Charlie and I pulled weeds along the fence line. Or rather, I pulled and Charlie supervised.
Bruce replaced the landscape edging with some new paving blocks. When we first put in this landscape, I thought this section would look like a waterfall of stone between the 2 curved walls. But it just looked unfinished to me, so we decided to just add in another wall.
I went on my first eBike ride with the Bike Club. We rode to the Aurora Reservoir (about 23 miles roundtrip). Even though I was on my eBike, I was dragging by the time I got home. It's been a long time since I've ridden that far. And contrary to what people think, eBikes only "assist" you by making the pedaling easier, especially when going up hills. You still have to do all the pedaling yourself.
I went on a field trip with the Senior Center to the state Capitol building. Unfortunately, the organizer didn't realize that it was 4th grade government day, because the place was packed with little 9-year-olds. Luckily, we were there a bit before them, so were able to climb the 276 steps up to the dome (at least those of us not using walkers). Those windows behind me are actually Jefferson doors that open onto a narrow catwalk. So even though it was really cold and windy, we got to walk around the outside of the dome. The city views were OK, but you couldn't see the mountains because of all the fog.
It was kind of interesting walking up to the dome, because there were cutouts in the walls every so often so you could see the internal structure of the building. The main areas are very opulent with lots of brass, marble, and painted murals. Our guide told us that all the materials were from Colorado, except for the oak doors and window frames. Since trees have a really hard time growing at high elevations, all the wood came from the Missouri Ozarks - small world.
After the tour, we all had lunch at Steuben's Diner. It was the start of Colorado Restaurant Week, so they were offering a lobster roll special for $35 (pricey!). I opted for the plain fish & chips, and I think I got the better deal - those chunks of fish were huge.
For my Something Old, Something New challenge this week, I made some ricotta and olive oil toast with Everything Bagel seasoning. It was much tastier than the ricotta toast with apples I made last week.
I dropped off my quilt blocks at the Quilt Club meeting. I was anxious to see the blocks that some of the other people made. I think the blocks are very interesting, but I still don't like the color scheme they picked out. Maybe if they'd stuck with all browns, or just greens, or grays, but not all 3 mixed together. That pinkish fabric doesn't seem to match at all.
My last project of the week was a baby book for Pearl, or rather Pearl's grandmother who will hopefully be keeping it up to date this next year. It's hard to find baby paper anymore, because so many craft stores are going bankrupt. JoAnn's and one of the Dollar Tree stores closed this week, but luckily Hobby Lobby was still open. If Melissa has any more babies, I may have to make their books out of grocery bags.
