This is my 19th year of teaching! I taught elemrntary art at Needham for 18 years and absolutley loved it. I am so happy to have made a change and am thrilled to be the teacher leader for the arts at Mountain Middle School! While teaching and my family occupy most of my time from August through the end of May, I LOVE my summers!!
I will never stop exploring and finding peace in the mountains during my summers off from teaching!
It is refreshing and revitalizing; giving me the energy I need to teach.
All photographs were taken over the summer of 2025 in surrounding areas around Durango. Above image is off of Ophir Pass on the Columbine Lake hike.
Vallecito Lake Columbine Lake
On the way to Ice Lakes