Xylo Hill Design

Colorado part 2: these photos fail to capture the immensity of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, the ancestral land of the Ute. Who knew a large hole in the ground could be so awe-inspiring?

[ID: 1. View of sheer dark brown cliffs above a sliver of blue river. 2. Detail of a sheer rock wall, dark brown with pink intrusions. 3. A dark blue river cutting through a deep canyon of dark brown rock. 4. A narrow dirt trail winding between short Gambel oak treed with knarled branches, with a wooden sign reading "Uplands Trail".]

Very dramatic clouds on our drive through Idaho and Utah

[ID: 1. View along a sunny highway leading toward ominous dark clouds. 2. A sweeping arid landscape with dark grey clouds in the foreground and blue sky over snowy mountains in the background. 3. A puffy white cloud with long trailing white mist hovering over a highway with a backdrop of brilliant blue sky.]

It's that time of year!

[ID: a stack of 2 trays of tomato and pepper seed starts covered with greenhouse covers]

A quick hike today to enjoy our moody weather.
📍ancestral land of many, including the Duwamish, Coast Salish, Stillaguamish, Muckleshoot, and Suquamish

[ID: 1. A foggy sky fading into a grey lake, with a cormorant on a buoy just visible on the right.
2. A rocky shoreline of a lake, with a distant view of trees mostly obscured by fog.
3. A dirt path curving through a foggy forest of moss-covered trees.]

Utah adventure day 2: drove out to the Islands in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park with to get eyes on the Shafer Trail switchbacks down into the canyon before driving down to the White Rim trail.
[ID: 4 views of the Shafer Trail, a narrow, unpaved 4x4 trail, descending into a canyon.
1: Shafer Trail is visible in the foreground up high, and in the distance down 1500' in elevation.
2: Shafer switchbacks down a sheer canyon wall.
3: A section of Shafer curving along the sheer canyon wall.
4: An interesting rock pillar formation in the foreground and a very distant view of the beginning of White Rim road.]

In my fiction reading binge, I've been forgetting to post my finished books. Remedying that now! .
[IDs: A series of book covers: 1. "The Fifth Season" by NK Jemisin on a grey linen background, 2. "The Obelisk Gate" by NK Jemisin on a background of green, blue, and brown stripes with green dots, 3. "The Stone Sky" by NK Jemisin on a background of blue quilt and blue waffle blanket, 4. "There There" by Tommy Orange on a background of blue abstract leaves, 5. "Kindred" by Octavia E Butler on a brown quilt background, and 6. "The Round House" by Louise Erdrich on a yellow waffle blanket background.]