Variety's the very spice of life.

"Variety's the very spice of life that gives it all its flavor."

William Cowper

I love living in a place where there is so much elevation change, and - with it - a variety of different landscapes and microclimates. Yesterday, I hiked up to tree line at 10,200 feet where snowy winter reigned.

Today, I trekked to a south-facing rock ledge at 7,000 feet that serves as my wintertime mediation place. It had flies buzzing, green plants - mullein - and a temperature, in the sun, in the upper 60s.

 

Photos: (Top) Rock Spires above Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, January 19, 2015; (Middle and Bottom) Mullein leaves, Lory State Park, CO, January 20, 2015