We arrived to grey skies in Denver yesterday, May 6, 2025, a first I think. Usually as we’re driving north to Boulder, I’m shooting photo after photo of beautiful white clouds backed by an impossibly blue sky. Not yesterday. It’s rainy and grey today too.
We’re staying in a CHARMING neighborhood in Longmont — what? Green spaces, mature trees, and a big variety of well-built homes had us scratching our heads. The homes look newish, but the trees are older? How? In Colorado, so many neighborhoods are cheaply constructed boxes surrounded by parking lots, lacking greenery, often plopped next to highways.
Come to find out, this neighborhood used to be a tree farm! And luckily, the developer was the tree-farm owner himself, not some outfit who wanted to do the work as cheaply as possible which invariably means taking most trees down. It’s lovely.
The developer had a lot of fun naming the streets too. We’ve got: Tenacity Drive, Confidence Drive, Half-measures Drive, Hundred Year Party Court, Katy Lane, Tempted Ways Drive.
I’d want to live on Incorrigible Circle.
Ceiling from restaurant yesterday — The Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse. Its history is fascinating.
Those street names are hilarious!
Tempted Way was another.
We moved from Colorado to Washington State when I was very young. The house my parents bought used to be a peach orchard. The developer designed the houses aroung the orchard. Our house had nine peach trees. My mother used to can and freeze the peaches all summer for us to eat all winter.
Sounds heavenly. One of the neighborhoods I lived in growing up was sited in an old apple orchard. They were great for climbing but the fruit was tart.
Dee~ Love the street names. Now, what would I name streets? Mmm? You could have fun adding that into your next book!! haha
The Tea House is amazing! Truly.