self incentive

or bribery, if you prefer--is how I am getting through the final weeks of school.  Today I explored a new hike along the Colorado River.

Love how spring is bringing new colours of wildflowers every week.

Doesn't look like much, but it's a burbling bit of the creek at the Wild Basin Conservatory.

Source of diamonds--gorgeous spider web.

 Interesting pitting in the rock.

 And the true bribe, locally produced gelato with divinely embedded chunks of dark chocolate.