• clouds,  landscape,  mountains,  natural areas,  prairie

    Connection to the natural world

    March 15, 2018
    Cloudy afternoon at Cathy Fromme Prairie Area
    Cloudy afternoon at Cathy Fromme Prairie Area

    I needed more time away from the bustle of the city so drove out to the Cathy Fromme Prairie Area for a walk. This short grass prairie was established because of the large prairie dog community and the support it provided for coyotes, raptors and rattlesnakes. This area has never seen a plow so it remains in a pre-settlement state. They built a nice covered observatory allowing visitors to see hawks and eagles. The birds are amazing with my favorite being the Western Meadowlark and its song. A sad part was the city deciding to poison off the prairie dog community due to disease. Never the less its always a place to find a connection to the natural world for me. 

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  • clouds,  landscape,  mountains,  sunsets,  trees

    Sunset at Horsetooth

    March 14, 2018
    Sunset on Horsetooth
    Sunset on Horsetooth

    I had about a half hour of free time before meeting friends on Monday night. Felt the need for some quiet time closer to nature so I stopped at an overlook area above Rowland Moore Park. The sun was about to set and dark heavy clouds were constantly reshaping themselves above me. The glow of the sun was illuminating the clouds edge just above Horsetooth Rock. I needed this short time of quiet watching my nature channel in nature. 🙂

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  • quotes,  snow,  trees

    February 25, 2018
    Snow Covered Trees
    Snow Covered Trees

    “When you criticize someone, see if you are doing it out of envy. Your criticism reveals more about yourself than you realize.” Haemin Sunim

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  • Black and White,  Cityscapes/Urban,  clouds,  Documentary/Street,  flowers,  lake,  landscape,  leaves,  mountains,  natural areas,  Plants,  prairie,  sunsets,  trees

    Happy New Year

    January 1, 2018

    [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”61″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”680″ gallery_height=”420″ cycle_effect=”fade” cycle_interval=”4″ show_thumbnail_link=”1″ thumbnail_link_text=”[Show thumbnails]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]Here are a dozen images from 2017 that I liked. Happy New Year and hope the coming year is full of good things for you. 

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  • Cityscapes/Urban,  quotes,  sunrises

    Sunrise

    October 30, 2017
    Sunrise on Campus
    Sunrise on Campus

    We have had some very pretty sunrises lately. I took this one this past Friday morning as I walked across the parking lot of the Lory Student Center on my way to Mugs Coffee shop for my fix. What was enjoyable for me in this image was the texture of clouds. Yesterday was lines and chaos, today was patterns and chaos. This is a jpeg file from the camera. All I did was bring out a touch of the blue.

    Once photography enters your bloodstream, it’s like a disease. – Anonymous

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  • landscape,  sunrises,  trees

    Memorial Day Begins

    May 29, 2017
    Memorial Day Sunrise on County Road 13
    Memorial Day Sunrise on County Road 13

    I awoke at 4:00 am, made a French Press coffee, put it in my thermos then drove out east to Weld County in anticipation of the morning sunrise. It is a beautiful day. We had a few rain showers yesterday afternoon which makes it a bit humid and therefore I came home chilled. However, the need to be out there and listen to all the Meadowlarks singing to me and watch the sun rise was worth it.

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