This has been the driest winter. We've had an incredibly long string of sunny 60° days. Not that I'm complaining, but it's kind of a pain to have to drag out the hose and water the yard in the middle of February (nice though when you have to wash the car). But we finally got a few inches a snow on Friday. Bruce actually had to haul the snow blower up from the basement; it's been so warm, he's been riding his ebike up to the clubhouse for Tai Chi. The snow was great for us, but the whiteout conditions and ice were just enough to cause DIA to cancel over 1,000 flights. Yikes! Good thing I wasn't flying anyplace last Friday.
But believe it or not, just 2 days before (on Wednesday) I went up to Black Hawk with the Senior Center folks. It was a gorgeous day with more 60° temps (really unusual for the mountains). I took my sketchbook with me and sat outside trying to draw the rocks and trees. I accidentally left my hat on the bus, which meant it was almost too bright to see well.
At lunch time I went into the Monarch Casino for their lunch buffet. The prime rib was good, but overall, I thought their buffet was a little overpriced. Even though it was Senior Day, I found out later that you had to actually gamble to get the senior discount.
I finally finished my winter bucket list, though I think Janet officially beat me by a couple days. For my "volunteer" square, I designed a bingo card with activities for the neighborhood kids to do in the summer. All the activities focus on our neighborhood parks. Some of the smaller parks, I didn't even realize existed, but Charlie went with me when I went out to check them out (he loves checking out new places and their smells). For the "theater" square, I went over to the Parker Arts Center and looked at their art display in the lobby of the theater. I figure that counts, especially since there aren't any theater productions going on right now. This month's art installation was on fiber arts, and believe it or not, this knitted frog was over 6 ft tall. I think the artist said she used 9 million miles of yarn to make it. The cost if you wanted to buy it was $28,000; I think I'd rather buy a car for that price.
