Music in the mountains……...

Wasn't that a pretty moon last week?…..this pic doesn't do it justice but coming up over the Cimarron Mtns it was quite majestic.     And shining in our naked bedroom  windows, it woke us up with the bright light in the wee hours.  

   

The days have been warm and dry…… except for Saturday afternoon when I went to play golf with friends.    By the time we hit the 9th hole, it was 60+ degrees, dark gloomy clouds and winds so strong that hitting a ball seemed hopeless.    We scurried home before the rain.    The winds are still very gusty and legend has it that the winds stop when the snow is off of Horsefly Peak.    I'm not sure which one is Horsefly but there's still a lot of snow on the caps and it snowed in Telluride on Saturday.

On Sunday, after my coach and I played 2 hours of pickle ball with 4 others….(I'm slowly catching on  but not ready for prime time ), we joined friends at the Ridgeway Heritage Festival, highlighted by a 2 hour-long concert by Michael Martin Murphy.  His most famous hit is probably "Wildflowers" and his themes are the outdoors and cowboys.    He talked more than he sang but it was an enjoyable time among the families and cowboys.   It was a charity event for the Ouray County Ranch History Museum and we passed up bidding  for an autographed Stenson hat which went' for $250.

In the early morning hours, we heard a very loud odd sound.   It was impressive and upon investigation later, we found this wounded female mallard duck on the patio and a mark on the big window.     She looked stunned.          And then, a large brightly colored male mallard strutted up and took advantage of the situation.    I was astounded and tried to shoo him off but he was occupied.    No pictures due to the mature subject.       Later she managed to hobble over to the cart path and has remained there.    I doubt if she will make it.  

We had more furniture delivered today just as the alarm system decided to announce a FIRE !!   There was none but we couldn't turn off the system which was deafening and the electrician finally came over and deactivated it.    Just glad it didn't happen at 2 am.