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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Colorado skies

The clouds and sunsets over Colorado Springs have been particularly pretty lately... Some very interesting formations! And today we had a lovely dawn with some more interesting clouds. https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Home garden and Van Gogh event

https://flic.kr/p/2mD4GiJ Here are the home photos of the garden changes. If you start here and click to the left, it will lead into the Van Gogh event images in the right chronologic order. Or you can go here to get just Van Gogh and already in the right order. I've put them up as they were taken... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 11, 2021

Colorado October

Some sky shots, and yesterday's amble across the Colorado countryside between the little town of Elbert and the larger one of Falcon--As usual, go here and click leftwards: https://flic.kr/p/2mzJnLZ Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Florissant Fossil Beds Nat Monument

https://flic.kr/p/2mxGPB8 We took one of the shorter walks, ambling through the Ponderosa forest growing among and sometimes on top of the fossilized remains of the redwood giants of the Eocene period. Some people that morning had seen a badger out and about, but by the time we passed by the culvert... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 4, 2021

Leaf-peeping around Pike's Peak today!

https://flic.kr/p/2mxyrrc start here, click left for the chronological images--Enjoy! Tomorrow, the photos from Florissant Fossil Beds! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 23, 2021

The Compass Rose Traveling Theater

We drove out to California to buy it when it was The Red Dragon Stage, owned by the Dunkle family who built it for taking to California's many Renaissance festivals and fairs. The first pictures are of our first meeting with the stage and the Dunkles, who showed us how to assemble all its bits and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 21, 2021

A few Co Springs evening shots

photos from last night's sunset, and some views from the swing-chair... And the near-full moon last night. https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 20, 2021

A little early autumn

A few years ago, when I still lived in Olympia WA, the Watershed Park was a place I often walked. It was a good mile and a half trail through the Pacific rain forest with some good heart-healthy inclines, but mostly level. I went there one night and walked the trail in moonlight, and will remember... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 15, 2021

Great Sky country!

Last evening the clouds and setting sun through fascinating lights and shadows across the sky! https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 13, 2021

Mount Saint Helens

I found a few more photos of Mount Saint Helens from the time we went to check it out about 20 years after the big eruption of 1980. They have been added to the album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjUzxy4X Sign in to see full entry.

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Celebrating travel! If you think the world is too big, or the language barriers too high, come along with me, as I bumble my way here and there... The world really is an accessible place-- not as expensive to explore as one might imagine, nor are the language barriers as high, nor the mood of people beyond our borders unwelcoming... ***If you want good prints of any of my photos, email me and I will let you know how to get them. Please respect my copyright on these, they are my retirement account!

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