Photo of the top of the Rockies. It's mostly green, but there is some snow.

Wordless Wednesday: Scenes from Aspen

My husband and I will have been married for 20 years this summer. We celebrated by taking our family’s first trip to Aspen. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the trip.

The book that has my 12-year-old bubbling over with joy this week

This week, my daughter discovered the Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat books by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard so much joy coming from her part of the world, so I thought I’d tell you about it.

Wordless Wednesday: Trouble in two ears

My cat has just discovered that the chair I usually sit in at the kitchen table is perfect for him, so now I will never be allowed to sit in it again.

Wordless Wednesday: You are getting sleepy…

My cat is doing his very best to convince me to take the day off today.

So they named a new dinosaur species last week…

News broke this week that paleontologists have determined that a set of bones found in Big Bend back in the 1980s is actually a hitherto unknown type of duck-billed dinosaur. Whenever I hear of a new species, I can’t help but wonder how long that new species identification will last.

Wordless Wednesday: Oleander

It’s just a glorious time of year for flowering plants in California. Google tells me this one is oleander.

sleek black vintage convertible with white wall tires.

A selection of vintage Ford cars

Earlier this summer, we happened across a line of vintage cars parked on a street next to a town festival in Northern California. Naturally, I took pictures. Here’s a selection of vintage Ford motor cars from that show.

Closeup of the dark pink bougainvillea against a clear blue sky

Wordless Wednesday: Bougainvillea

It’s just a glorious time of year for flowering plants in California. Google tells me this one is a bougainvillea.

a semi circle of flags against a pale blue sky

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! We’re going to take a few days off here at Caterpickles Central to enjoy the summer and maybe learn a few things about vintage cars. ‘Tis the season for vintage cars, after all.