mountain cottage straw bale house plan

straw bale house finally taking shape - at least on paper

1895 victorian house renovation

dinning room looking into kitchen - after and before

living room - dining room - kitchen - after and before

upstair's landing - 2 views - after reno and before

an old derelict house brought back to life with much tlc

december 1, 2012 - the fourteeners san snow

straw bale house in the distance

on the lot - t-shirt weather at 7000 foot elevation

 chauk cliffs forefront and mt princeton (14,000+) on the background

 looking towards brown's canyon vegetation extremely dry

 winter time colors

blazing skies over colorado

another spectacular sunset

changing skies over colorado

last night's blazing sunset

deep blue sky

clouds moving over a lovely pasture

mist engulfing the aspen trees

on the road to aspen to view the autumn colors

fall comes early up in the mountains. although the fires from the west dulled the skies, the changing colors of the aspen trees gave a spectacular show!

half way to aspen we stopped and looked south. the higher we climbed, the aspens gave way to a blanket of evergreens dominating  the landscape to timberline which at this latitude is at 11,400 foot elevation.

above timberline, the top of the mountains appear barren with only sparse ground cover. down below the golden aspens are barely visible.

riparian splendor

 the river at dusk evokes a serene moment to contemplate the beauty of it all.

bright yellow wild flowers on the bank of the river.

the metamorphosis of this beautiful wild flower.