Weather.com said the high today in the Denver metro would be 62°. My thermometer disagreed. It said 66° when I took the dog out for a turn around the block. I put a sweatshirt on over my T-shirt before I left the house and was uncomfortably warm by the time I got home. Uncomfortably warm. … Continue reading Warm is good
Winter getting you down? Here’s a suggestion: Phoebe the hummingbird has two new babies, Bea and Jay, in her nest in Southern California. She’s on a live, streaming webcam, complete with all the spring sounds of birds chirping, hummer wings humming, etc. Sunshine, rose bushes. I won’t go into all the details; I did all … Continue reading Sure cure for winter blahs
In February 2009 I wrote excitedly that one of Yellowstone’s wolves had, according to her tracking collar, made her way through five states and finally into Colorado. I began dreaming of someday seeing wolves reestablished in Rocky Mountain National Park. Of course, I should have known better. Today I learned the wandering wolf was found … Continue reading Colorado wolf count back to zero
And you thought artist Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) made it all up. Above is a webcam shot from Rocky Mountain National Park. But as soon as it filled my screen this afternoon, I thought immediately of Bierstadt’s paintings. This looks like his work. It is a wonderful example of the dramatic, glowing light he often depicted. … Continue reading Bierstadt was here
Clouds in Rocky Mountain National Park fill passes on the Continental Divide. No good reason to post this webcam shot other than I thought it was interesting. The antics of clouds in the high country are always entertaining. Continue reading Just another mountain vista
Remember that little “oops” of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico over the summer? That wee little incident that BP and the U.S. government kept insisting wasn’t as bad as we all knew it was? The one they assured us was all better now? Of course we didn’t believe the whole mess was … Continue reading Surprise, the oil isn’t gone
