Bed & Breakfast in Estes Park

This is a photo I shot in our meadow. We have a wonderful natural rock garden…which is doing much better than my domesticated flowers this year. Click this image for a beautiful Estes Park site.

Eric celebrating Kym’s success in making a small pallet of wool. Annually Kym and Susan (see Susan in next picture) bless our home and our lives with their woolly tales and woolly laughter after attended Estes Park’s yearly Wool Market. Have I said WOOL ENOUGH YET? I’m hoping to grab the search engines attention on this one. (where’s Waldo? That’s our Waldo-Maggie sneaking by in the back). Kym and Susan are laughers–we love a good laugh. Thank you Kym, Susan and Cheryl for laughing with us. Susan, Newbie-Cheryl and Kym with items they made at the wool market classes. Three ladies, three teachers, one a teacher of teachers. Our newest guest Cheryl (center) took on an entire mountain with her forehead and lived to tell her tale at breakfast. Thank you Kym for having your first aide equipment on hand. Cheryl is now known as, “she-who-walk-on-rock”. The woven basket resting on the white table was made by Susan. We love ya–see you all next year.

Marie and Tony came to Estes Park from New Jersey to give us a breath of fresh air. Yes, New York has fresh air and they keep it bottled up in their warm hearted citizens. Lovers of the East Coast and its people, Marie and Tony brought laughter and fun to our home and breakfast table. Thank you for the beautiful light catcher — I feel sure you both must have looked high and low to find us this perfect gift– which matches our breakfast area perfectly.

Kettle Crock eggs topped with cheese and pine nuts

Previously I introduced you to Gene and Marilyn who were guests here for a week. They allowed me to experiment on them by willingly giving me feed back, on two separate occasions, on a new dish created in my kitchen. It’s the first full fledged recipe created out of my imagination. Previously I re-created dishes based on tried and true recipes, however, this time I was simply inspired by the cute cast iron kettles I bought and my husband’s love for my cheese enchiladas. See recipe page for pictures and directions.

The miniature roses were a birthday gift from our guests, Gene and Marilyn of New York. Two fun, interesting and gracious guests that were with us for six nights. The pretty pink rose bush has been on my table now for a week receiving morning sunlight on our breakfast table. This antique milk pitcher has held many 3 inch flower pots. I place the pot in a plastic sandwich bag to protect the glass from calcification damage.

Gene and Marilyn from New York.

Gene, Marilyn, Chris and Mike met here for the first time and left as friends. Opening ones mind and heart makes a bed and breakfast stay more than a place to eat and sleep. We are a very social bed and breakfast encouraging conversation between guests. On occasion our schedule doesn’t allow us to spend time with our guests, but over all we’re generally an element of a guest’s time here.

Cute and practical hats and sunglasses are a must here. The UV rays are strong at 7500 feet in elevation which causes damage to skin and eyes. Click this photo for an informative site called Sun Safe Colorado.

Chris…what can I say, she’s fun, expressive and totally in the right profession as a children’s non-fiction book author and writer’s conference coordinator.

Mike, of Mike and Chris are both local Colorado folk.

See why I call her sweet-pea. Maggie will save her steps by peeking around a corner. She was hiding her tennis ball when I called for her to come to breakfast.

I bought this great set of cast Iron kettles. I love to cook with cast Iron. The new pots have inspired a egg dish which I will share with you once I “iron” out the kinks. Excuse the poor photo I took it while my husband was trying to eat his mystery dinner.

We’ve been very busy here, planting, cleaning (late start to spring cleaning), weddings, and taking care of our dog Maggie. She is making a full recovery from what we believe is, Vestibular disease. I will find a link to include on this post at a later date regarding this disease. Finding out Maggie’s true condition saved Maggie’s life. I’m thankful for the information which came to me via a good friend who was familiar with Maggie’s symptoms.

Again, thank you for all your wonderful emails and posts wishing Maggie and us well.