Erik Stensland posted this new photograph of Longs Peak on his Facebook page this morning. It was shot last night as the sun was going down. Longs is my favorite peak in Rocky Mountain National Park and I always love seeing it in new ways. For some reason I found this shot particularly reminiscent of the … Continue reading My heart is in Nepal
This ran on Jimmy Fallon’s show last night. And it certainly does not inspire confidence. Of course, it wasn’t meant to. For those interested, the actual speech went like this: Not a great improvement. Whatever happened to that inspiring orator we first heard back in … 2004, delivering that rousing keynote address at the Democratic National Convention: … Continue reading Obama explains global warming, sort of
“Earth laughs in flowers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson . . . Continue reading Happy Earth Day
By now most of my readers must be convinced that I’m a paid shill for Rocky Mountain National Park and the gateway town of Estes Park. I assure you I am not. It’s just that I’ve spent most of my vacations (since the late 1940s) in those areas and love them more than anyplace else I’ve ever … Continue reading Smithsonian declares Estes Park #1 small town to visit
Nature is endlessly fascinating, especially when she creates some beautiful anomaly. Like an albino hummingbird. Or a bi-colored cardinal. Last week, it was a black flamingo. The unusual bird was spotted April 8 in a salt lake on the island of Cyprus during an annual flamingo count. It’s a melanistic flamingo, a normally pink bird with … Continue reading Rare black flamingo spotted on Cyprus
A beautifully photographed video of a red-tailed hawk chasing a squirrel. Unfortunately it appears to have been ripped directly from the National Geographic “Untamed Americas” series. A few opening scenes were changed, the NatGeo voiceover and logo were removed, and dramatic music was added. But it appears to me to be substantially the same video. The … Continue reading NatGeo’s hawk vs. squirrel video
