Poppies and Pickleball

We're still in Denver and finding it a bit hard to pull up stakes and mosey on down the road in the next couple of days.       It's been a slow spring warm-up out here but the change has been refreshing.   Any plans to head to the mountains have had to be put aside for a bit as it is still snowing up there.    And A Basin is still open if you need one more run down the ski slope.    We've thoroughly enjoyed catching up with the grands, eating good Mexican food, taking advantage of the wealth of shopping and just being in one place for awhile.   

Paul managed to find a pickleball group nearby......Parker's Picklers.   He said he hadn't even noticed the altitude and looks forward to the play moving to the outside courts this week.      

Meanwhile, I've spent the last few days at the Denver Botanical Garden.   They have a wonderful Botanical Illustration program and I was able to slip into a class.   The facilities are outstanding and the instructor is top notch.      My old brain is pretty tired at the end of the day but I'm finding that my younger classmates are feeling the same.    Now, we're trying to figure out if I can fit in a few more classes this summer.    Registration is in a couple of weeks and it would require a severe change in plans thru August........ decisions, decisions. 

Meanwhile, I wandered the gardens during lunch break.....it was very windy, the curse of flower photography but you get an idea of what was in bloom.  

 A waterfall and small orchid in the rainforest area.  

The poppies were resplendent.....and overflowing .....and brilliant.