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Family Summer Bucket List

Summer Bucket List Krista Montalvo

This summer our family decided to make a bucket list to hang on our fridge.  When we can’t think of something to do, we can look to our list to make sure we all have the best summer ever.  We all sat around our dinner table last night and discussed all the things that...
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Samples & Scratches

sam·ple  (smpl)
n. A portion, piece, or segment that is representative of a whole.

scratch  (skraCH)
Adj. Assembled or made from whatever is available


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43 Cents

43 Cents

  While out wandering a small town, I discovered this old abandoned gas pump sitting behind a building.  Immediately drawn to the decay and the rust, I began snapping away.  It was until much later I took a closer look at the print and realized this pump wasn’t even designed for a purchase higher...
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Outdoor Winter Activities with Kids

Ice Skating on the Canal

Before I had children I used to downhill ski about 40 days a season.  After children I was lucky to get a couple days in a season.  Plus, my first child would cry and cry after 30 minutes in the cold.  I am the outdoorsy type so it was awful feeling trapped inside.  Luckily...
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Ouray Ice Festival 2013

Ouray Ice Festival

Kids growing up in the US today will share many similar childhood experiences. Most will have grown up with SpongeBob and Dora. Most will have played in soccer leagues or on basketball teams. But there will always be certain experiences that are unique to the specific areas in which a child grew up. These...
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The Nutcracker

Weehawken Creative Arts The Nutcracker

Updated! You can read below about last year’s performance of The Nutcracker, produced by Weehawken Creative Arts. Tickets are now on sale for this weekend. ———————————————- 120 dancers ages two and up from Ridgway, Ouray, Montrose, Placerville, Telluride and Norwood performed this weekend in Weehawken Creative Arts’s magical performance of The Nutcracker at the...
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Top Ten Ways to Enjoy Fall in the San Juans

Top Ten Ways to Enjoy Fall in the San Juans

10.  Wear cozy sweaters and take a stroll in the crisp evenings.  How lovely it is to be able to wear cozy layers again!  Put on those favorite boots while you are at it and enjoy the change in wardrobe. 9.  Sit in your hot tub and admire the stars.  If you don’t have...
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World Suicide Prevention Day

photo credit trublueboy

World Suicide Prevention Day went by again this year with little to no fanfare from local news organizations. You may not have even known that it was Monday. Why is Suicide Prevention important to you? Do you know the warning signs of a suicidal person? If you have someone who is suicidal in your...
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Inspirational Quote

Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
Theodore Roosevelt

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