Views of Denver, C0, and an Apology

When my husband and I arrived in Denver International Airport a few weeks ago, to visit my son and daughter-in-law and to attend our grandson's first birthday, there was this beautiful floral display at the main arrival terminal to greet the airport arrivals .... poinsettias galore!

There were even large potted poinsettias on every luggage carousel. They were a wonderful and festive decoration and, along with the holiday music playing over the airport speakers, made everyone smile.

The next sight we were greeted by in Denver was snow! We happened to arrive on one of the coldest weeks the city has had this year. It was five degrees Fahrenheit on the coldest day, but just as Arizona has their "dry heat," Colorado has it's "dry cold," and it honestly seemed a little less stinging and freezing than what we are used to here in NYC when it is that cold.

This was the view from my son's home's front porch for much of the time of our visit.
When Denver has a snowstorm the bright hot sun usually warms the air and melts the snow in a day or two, but the unusually overcast skies and cold air prevented that from happening this time. I thought it added a pretty winter appearance and was Christmas card perfect!

The Colorado State Capital building in Denver. The capitol building was built in the 1890's. In 1908 they used 24 karat gold to plate the dome to commemorate the Colorado's Gold Rush days. The Colorado capitol has the distinction of being the only state capitol situated exactly one mile above sea level -- and there is a step in front of the building which is marked at exactly 5,280 feet high.

Denver City and County Building. The buildings are beautifully lighted at night for the holiday season

The Denver Post newspaper building and the Pioneer Monument Fountain.

The Denver Public Library The 540,000-square-foot structure was designed by architect Michael Graves. The library holds a large western history and genealogy collection as well as a large African American research library.

The Denver Art Museum is known for its collection of American Indian art, and has a comprehensive collection numbering more than 68,000 works from across the world. We were able to visit one day and I'll show you some of their exquisite collection in a future blog post.

A view of Invesco Field in Denver -- home of the Denver Broncos football team.

I believe this is Longs Peak in the distance -- one of the 54 "fourteeners" in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, meaning it is over 14,000 feet high.

A couple of views of the beautiful Rocky Mountains in the distance in Denver.

Now for my sincere apology. It has been an unusual month for me. In the middle of traveling, dealing with the inconvenience of my foot stress fracture and treatment, and trying to do Christmas shopping and decorating, another event occurred recently which had terrible timing ----my computer decided to go haywire after I updated my browser and virus program. I lost my settings, my favorites files. Eventually I lost all normal operation of almost everything on my computer. It was a total disaster! I now realize how much of my life revolves around my computer and I really felt lost without it.

Luckily Santa Claus rewarded me with a brand new lap top computer for Christmas a little early, and I have been setting it up and learning how to use it the past few days. I apologize that I haven't been responding to e-mails or blog comments as much as I'd like this past few weeks, but I promise to try to catch up as soon as I am able -- please be patient with me just a little longer.

Thanks so much! I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season and I look forward to visiting your blogs.