Today's Pike Peak View is from Black Forest, just south of Hodgen and Black Forest Road. Taken last winter after one of the bigger snows, it is a good sample of the views from this special area.

This month our "From Your Friends" program postcard was for a free lunch at Texas Land and Cattle. They are in the old Lonestar restaurant at Montebello and Academy. We like to test these, since they are mailed to all of our local past clients, and got a chance to last Saturday. Their smoked sirloin is a unique thing I have not seen (or tasted) anywhere else, and it was delicious. The sweet potatoes and the wedge salad at the Lonestar were always good, and it was nice to see those are on this menu as well.

What kind of winter we are going to have? It is supposed to be 70 or so and sunny again today, and stay warm for a few days. Starting the sprinklers back up is a pain, but we really have had a dry spell since we shut them off for the year, and it is getting tempting to turn them back on the longer this dry spell goes, despite the occasional overnight freezes.