Scrabble is a great game for COVID-19 quarantining. (And I finally won.)

A mountaintop picnic in Colorado’s Pike National Forest sparkled with nature and pineapple mimosas.

My lost loved ones were in this sky, whispering a gossamer goodbye.

A return to the slopes provided a fierce hunger and Amica’s Pizza in Salida beckoned to us from the street. What a great choice!

The sky over South Park Valley demands a haiku today, the first day of NaHaiWriMo 2020.

Hummingbirds work hard. They do what needs to be done.

Haiku inspired by a coming storm in the Colorado Rockies.

A video and photos of an unexpected Memorial Day weekend snowstorm in central Colorado, and a haiku to capture the feeling.

Something in this Food & Wine magazine will be on our table this weekend during our quiet time in the mountains of Colorado.

A magnificent bighorn sheep posed for me, turning this way and that. He was either mildly amused or mildly annoyed, and we enjoyed a few moments together. Three haiku and these photos are the result.

“Desperate times call for desperate measures,” said the Grill-Meister as he fired up the outdoor burner to cook bacon in 5° weather.

5:30 a.m.5 degrees, a pot of teapeaceful solitude © 2018 Glover Gardens

Magpies pose and inspired haiku with their tuxedo coloring and bright blue wings.

sparkling crystal limbs perfect in their nakedness waiting for springtime We’re back at Little House in the Rockies. It’s beautiful. I’m thankful. © 2018 Glover Gardens

Autumn is all around us at Little House in the Rockies, and a haiku came naturally, like the fall colors.

Gorgeous fall colors and a mountain landscape – so easy to create a haiku from that inspiration!

Fall colors in Jefferson, Colorado make the perfect backdrop for an uninterested llama, who inspired a haiku.

The fall equinox is a perfect time to be in Central Colorado – the cool air, the fall colors, the azure sky… life is good.

Chipmunks posing in Park County, CO make for peaceful pictures.

I’d like to be on that porch at Little House in the Rockies, looking at that sunset, feeling the mountain air, shivering just a little.