Indeed it fell together. I love the spontaneity and I like how you explained that you got it. ;)

We had to kill time before our room was ready. We visited Alamosa NWR before lunch and Monte Vista NWR after lunch. The first wildlife we saw was a pair of jackrabbits. We also saw a pair of bitterns, our first ever ruddy ducks and baby coots. We also saw lots of baby Canada geese. Weather was moody

Great photo of your boys and love the background too.

I agree, the lighting is wonderful and her expression is too. Love how the greenery wanders across the page and hints of purple and pink from the fire in the background.

Beautiful. Love those trees and the yellow greens, especially the flowers.

Powerful ART. So original.

Gorgeous page! Love the colors.

Wow cool. Thanks

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Congratulations on the Standing O! Awesome work.

Great photo of the family, love the helmets and your page design with the big red rock vista and the Navajo silver and turquoise.

An amazing place. All I remember is the long long wall, but to be fair it was so many years ago. LOL.

Wow that water is gorgeous and I love the tall frames and the color you used above the frames. Beautiful page.

Wonderful ART. So creative. And of course, it's the RED.

Love how you made your photo into a whole nother playtime. Great mix of elements, framing and blending.

She's adorable and the flowers are the perfect companion. Also love the torn paper textures.

The more I read, the more promising the area around the Alamosa NWR looked for us to explore. It was the first refuge I knew of that listed elk, deer, jackrabbits and coyotes among its residents. Probably the reason we didn't know about it was that we weren't in the birder community.

Along with Alamosa NWR, Monte Vista NWR was often mentioned and the two plus Baca NWR the San Luis Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The runoff and ground water flows from the three mountain ranges surrounding the San Luis Valley are crucial to these refuges.

Interesting bird and beautiful blending.

So many great ideas come together to make this wonderful. Love the frames behind the extraction. The wooden fish. The blue watercolor.