What’s in that tree? A bear!

A few of these photos appeared in the local Boulder newspaper, the Daily Camera: http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_21513429/bear-climbs-up-tree-across-street-from-fairview And they even were shown on the Channel 4 (CBS) Denver news! It was a fun day of news stories about bears…

New kid on the block

This flowering cherry tree was planted just yesterday.  The cottonwood stump looming in the background was cut down on 12 February.  Wouldn’t it be a little intimidating to stand next to that reminder of greatness?  Doesn’t it seem like a harbinger of doom?  Fortunately, they plan to remove the stump soon. I continue to mourn [...]

On My Walks

The other day walking along the trail next to my house, these signs drew my attention.  Who passing by would need reminders of these basic practices?  And yet, just a few steps away there is dog poop on the path…left, I’m sure, by someone completely surprised by and consequently ill-prepared for Fido’s need to relieve [...]

On My Walks

I walked twice today…twice!  Getting back into the swing of things after a long winter’s gap.  It’s not that I never walked during the colder months, but it was much more difficult to motivate myself.   Now, though, the weather is perfect. Along my usual route this morning, I came upon a grocery cart.  It was [...]

Hanging on…or wanting to go

When I was young and the snow would hang around, folks would it say it was “waiting for more.”  And it might be true, I suppose.  Perhaps some climatological circumstances that keep the snow from melting on the ground (could it be cold ground temperatures?), might, in fact, be indicators that more snow is possible.  [...]

On My Walks

This afternoon it was all about shades of green out in the world.  Wow!

On My Walks…sort of

This is the first of two birds in a twenty-four hour period to crash into our deck.  What’s going on all of a sudden?  Both eventually flew off of the their own accord…thankfully.

On My Walks

When I left the house today to walk, I was in a huff.  Throughout the day, I made several careless errors on documents that I sent out to others and when I considered them as a group, I was feeling pretty bad about myself.  How could I have made those mistakes?  (One of them I [...]

On My Walks

My, oh my, spring is coming!

Within one block…make a meal?