From text messages on the author’s iPhone:
I sat for several minutes thinking how I might help readers see in this photo many things that are found in Colorado. Dave and I had been to Colorado before when he played his trombone with a band at the Evergreen Jazz Festival. There I had been fascinated with mountains 14,000 feet tall in the distance.
Our current trip involved seeing our family members after two years, so it was most meaningful. I took this photo from a front porch to capture the tall, cloud-covered peaks in the distance. This scene will also remind me of my brother’s story of a brown bear which sometimes comes near the house to find food. Yikes! Perhaps the barking of the two old dogs frightens it away.
Dave is a train guy, and we really liked the narrow gauge steam engine train ride. I was bounced around during the ride back down the mountain as train cars bumped into each other. Ouch!
Not only are my brother and his wife great cooks, they are both artistically and musically gifted and belong to a trio which plays guitar and sings for parties, dinners, and community events.
We had all been vaccinated for COVID. Our outdoor social distancing was sitting in front porch chairs! Whenever I look at this photograph, I will smile about the puns and jokes that made us all laugh, foods prepared the way our grandmother did, what kept family members busy back home, and when we all might make this trip again.
