Now into our second week of May, the grass keeps getting greener and the snow continues to melt. I like the direction things are heading. And today, it rained! No snow this time. I have been very busy working on my upcoming downloadable High Altitude Bakes Breads Cookbook. A lot of progress was made this week and it looks like I’ll have that finished up and ready in the next week or two. I’d also like to mention that for the past two days my diet has consisted mostly of, well, bread. Oops. My favorites so far- naan, almond coffeecake, no-knead dutch oven bread, and chocolate-filled whole wheat buns. All of them, however, are delicious. Nothing compares to freshly baked, homemade bread. This upcoming Sunday is Mother’s Day. Even the [...]

May feels good, doesn’t it? The mountain is closed, the sun is shining, and bit by bit, the grass is turning greener. In a few weeks the aspen trees will also start to open their tiny leaves. I’m looking forward to summer in the valley, and I always do. Yesterday evening I noticed something out of place in my backyard. A second look confirmed my surprise- two HUGE moose grazing! It was that time of day when it’s light out but too dark to get a clear photo, so unfortunately I have nothing to show for it. But it was pretty neat and I enjoyed watching them. I grew up in the midwest, so moose and other mountain wildlife sightings get me more excited than most. There’s just something so [...]