ME (Noobie) 365
Our home beneath the big red mountain...
Nestled at the base of the majestic cliffs of towering vermilion sandstone lies the community of Ivins.
Nowhere in the United States can so many reasons be found to relax and enjoy life as you will find here. Located in Southwestern Utah, next to the City of St. George and away from the busy I-15 corridor, you can still wander and hear the whispering solitude of the delicate desert. Here is the place for the rest of your life -- figuratively and literally.
Standing in one spot an unparalleled panorama unfolds: fifteen hundred foot red sandstone cliffs with white sandstone formations above, dark black lava flows, blue gray mountains, pink peaks of Zion National Park, gray green sage covered hills, brilliant desert flowers, peregrine falcons in flight, eagles soaring, coveys of quails, the scamper of cottontails, chirping crickets, buzzing bees.
Depending on the season, nature treats you to a bath of sun or rare and gentle snow, an evening breeze or a stiff wind moving in a thunder storm with billowing clouds and a dashing display of lightening, maybe soothing rains or a desert thundershower with cascading waterfalls.
All these are here in one place without turning except to see another spectacular display of nature's wonders."
Welcome to Noobie 365 my first attempt at chronicling a year in the life... of me.
You bitch! I think I have officially become jealous of you. If there is one thing that I miss, it's the view and landscape... I don't think I could move back there again, but I'll miss it forever... What's humorous is I didn't notice it until it was gone. It was always there, comforting me. Even that Gawd-awful desert we grew up in had hidden sights in it that were absolutely gorgeous. There are so many things I miss from back there, but then again I already know several are gone and I don't know how I would take it if I saw it in "real-life". In my mind they still exist (everything else is just a photoshop).
ReplyDeleteThanks Mike...
Lol. I miss you brother!
ReplyDeleteFrom the last couple comments I have gotten from you I can tell that you too, have become quite introspective. When I lived in Vegas and would come to Utah, it was like discovering all over again the beauty that we have here. I wish mom hadn't ditched the homestead. The heat down here, ugh. I've wanted to run up there so badly! But for me anyway, it appears you can't go home again.
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Yeah, I'm with you. I made the "you can't go home again" comment to someone back there, and of course that got back to Mom. She sounded like she was in tears when she asked me about it. I explained it was a philosophical comment about how things change. Things aren't the same as when you left (or grew up). It doesn't matter whether those changes are real or only a new perception of what was there before. I guess Mom decided to go from philosophical to literal...
ReplyDeleteNo problem! I enjoy reading your blogs!
Chris