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Monday, September 9, 2013

9/9

The wind is blowing-- cool air comes down out of the mountains, night comes over the sky filled with clouds. Summer heat flees on the wind, last of the summer darkens with the end of the day. Curtains billow like sails out into the air and in again, floating on the wind on its changes. I turn off the fans, false winds, open all the windows, all the doors and let in the change. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Late Summer in the Garden

CCT has inspired me to shoot some things in the garden. Flowers, of course, and Violetta, and a visitor to the bird feeder. We are no longer having the daily thunderstorms, and though this is good news for some parts of the region, it is less good for others, and I, personally, miss them. Especially as, what we are having instead, is heat. I am not good with heat. Diabetics tend to handle heat stress less readily than non-diabetics, so I guess that's an element. These temps in the 90s F remind... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

She's back!

Little Black Squirrel is making regular visits now. Do you suppose the handful of almonds I've been laying on the rail have anything to do with it? She is wary but not shy. I can get close with the camera, close enough to touch, though I don't plan to do that. She is mostly suspicious of Violetta who mutters things to her from a tense position not quite a pouncing poise, but thinking of it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

I thought I had them all...

but it's like that old Christmas tradition in our household--all Christmas Day, I am likely to go up to anyone in the house and say something like, "I meant to wrap this but I forgot I hid it under the bed a month or two ago, and so... here it is now, Merry Christmas!" So--I forgot these under the bed, and here they are now, a little out of sequence, but... well, it doesnt' matter as long as they made it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

I just had to do it again

This time with Charlie, who couldn't come along the first time. Davy came along, too. We drove up the Pike's Peak Highway again because he--Charlie, that is--really wanted to go, and because there were still some photos I hadn't gotten. Davy always really wants to go, he doesn't care where. Today, the air was clearer: recent rain washed the smoke residue out so the views were more spectacular than last week. So, yes, I took a few of the same shots I tried before, especially trying to home in on... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 2, 2013

A clear sky with balloons

Labor Day weekend is the Colorado Balloon Classic, and sure enough, when I went out back to put a few almonds on the rail for my little black squirrel friend, there they were, four hot-air balloons, high in the sky, glowing in the morning sun. I am not chasing them this year, but I will watch through the morning to see if any blow this way. Here are links to the photos I've taken on previous Labor Day Classics, if you want to see more of these grand balloons:... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Slide over, TAPS!

You know that when I travel, I have a sense of you with me, especially where there are trails into the wilds! Kabu is coming along now, too, and Pat, as well. Whenever I am in a place where there are likely to be magic folk and little critters with bright eyes, I'll be thinking of Kabu. And where there are mountains and forests, especially when I happen to be in the Northwest, I will feel Pat there, too. When I have my camera in hand, I will be aiming at the things I know you'd like to see, as... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Photos of the Mountain

All the photos are up now, though as I went through them, I was already planning the next trip, the next photo session, for the things I somehow didn't think to get, like the switchbacks. Next weekend I can't do it, though, because the road will be closed for a few days, while some production company films scenes for the next FAST AND FURIOUS movie. I can't imagine them truly driving that upper highway at any kind of speed. When they say 10mpg on the curves, they're not kidding! It is not a road... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

I've been to the Mountain...

and back again: a 6 hour jaunt up the Pike's Peak Highway to the summit, which is 14,110 elevation--as elevated as I have ever been! I walked around, saw where the cog railway arrives to, checked out the gift shop and bought (for $3) a pint of water. It's important to stay hydrated, and I'd probably have felt the altitude less if I'd had that water before I went up! The road is in good condition. It has some amazing switchbacks: when they say 10 mph, you go 10 mph! Thegrades are not spectacular... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 26, 2013

He came up on my back porch, had a drink and a little lie-down...

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