The Colors Of Letting Go

Letting go is colored by our perception but it’s colorful none the less. Trees shed their leaves showing us that after all else has been stripped away we are still there, we can be reduced to nearly nothing, yet we are still there beneath everything we have adorned ourselves with. “Wherever you are, there you are.” There is something to be gained from loosing what has been so precious. This is the nature of the life/death/life cycle which is in natural alignment with the lessons of Scorpio season. Nature demands we let go of old forms entirely. A cycle ends…

Colorado’s Super Bloom 2019

Year after year, Crested Butte’s wildflowers continue to leave visitors and locals in utter awe, suspending one in a state of elevated bliss. This summer was beyond measure with hillsides covered in gold, violet, crimson, scarlet- a palette of natures finest seasonal colors. Fields of diverse native plants all growing together. They sprouted early, and went on to be late bloomers, even now flowers are blossoming above tree level. Today is the last day of Virgo, ruled by the earth element, and tomorrow we move into Libra which is ruled by air. A change in seasons has already been underway,…

Moose eating grass on its knees. ©Victoria Lise 2018.

Moose at the Motel

Happy December friends! And happy Monday! After many years of hoping I’d see a Colorado moose, 3 graced my path this fall. Unexpectedly of course, so I was rather unprepared, fidgeting with lenses in hopes to capture the grandeur of a Moose, while being mindful not to disturb the wild creature or provoke them to charge. The scene below was captured a couple of months ago on our way out of Colorado. We were cruising down a two lane mountain highway, passing by remnants of a once lively place, when I spotted the moose grazing in front of what used…