Springtime at my son's home in Cortez CO

 I love taking photos of the places I visit (in case you haven't noticed!) Warning...this post has a LOT of photos!

Today I'm going to be a bit domestic, and focus on the home and garden my son and his wife put their energies into...and reap some great bounty, as well as a lot of comfort and healthy living.

Perched on the edge of a canyon, a mostly unassuming house offers just the right blend of new craftsmanship with the original building...and a huge kitchen garden.

They just started waking up the garden, enclosed in an 8 foot fence to keep the deer out. Nearest neighbor is a good distance away. Mountain in the distance to the west is "Ute Sleeping Indian" mountain. Beyond it is Utah. Next photo was taken just past those arches looking back in this direction toward the house. 

This is the short side of the garden. It is probably twice as long as this.

Tai is raking some hay in the beds.

Here Kendra is putting in some early seeds. Tai is turning the compost (out of frame). 

Their cat, Shiva, stalks invisible things near the compost, with the shed beyond sheltering the bags of pressed-sawdust used for their wood stove in winter.

Across the back of the house is a large patio with the view over the canyon.

I loved looking out my bedroom/Kendra's office window to see this huge cedar. 

And beyond the cedar is one of their Ponderosa Pines.

Tai and Zora playing ball...you can even see the blue ball in front of the dog. She sometimes misses and it goes over the edge and down the slope a ways, usually stopped under some bush or cactus. There's an electric fence which keeps her in the yard.

Tai's art work hangs in various places throughout the home. And Kendra's green thumb is also evident, with plants everywhere.

A wonderful corner window in the kitchen overlooks the vista through the jade plant. (I'm going to use one view of this for my header photo for a while!)

A large well equipped kitchen keeps the good food coming.

Wednesday is bread making day (here two sour-dough loaves are cooling). Tai makes the bread, and yogurt weekly, since he's at home during the day to check on things. Kendra is pretty much in charge of the garden, though he helps as she needs, and she cooks most meals while he cleans the kitchen.

The front yard looks toward the back (north side) of Mesa Verde.

While the dining room looks over the canyon.

And the living room provides a quiet place for conversation or reading.

Though of course Zora thinks anywhere Tai sits is a place to play.

OK, I'll quit now. There were so many more photos...they took a vacation to visit with me and take me everywhere. Let's see, we still have a lot of pictures from Moab UT and the Arches National Park. I'll give them to you in smaller batches!

Today's quote:

Be a true representative of the goodness in your heart, and don’t expect it to be easy or even noticed.

Adyashanti

PS, while I was loading these photos, I was "taken back to Colorado" and a phone call shocked me back into sitting in North Carolina...wow, I'm still somewhat there!

Sharing with Sepia Saturday this week - as I took a lot of photos but avoided this position to do so. But there are a couple of photos included of my family members squatting down!