February 2014
Cactus Contrast Winter at Denver Botanical Gardens
There are many different types of gardens growing in this urban setting. At the far end of the Denver Botanical Gardens where one can view Cheeseman Park, sits a simple adobe building. Looking at the exterior of this building one wouldn’t know they were about to enter a different type of desert. Though adobe buildings […]
Winter Hike in the Denver Botanical Gardens
Such a different look the Denver Botanical Gardens has in Winter. The only other time I have been to Denver’s Botanical Gardens was when Henry Moore sculptures were placed around the Gardens. And it was a bit more green. But really enjoyed walking around seeing how the plants were wintering. Some of the paths were […]
Blue Sky, Birds and Clouds Helped Get My Spirits Soaring
Birds and Clouds Floating Across a Blue, Blue Sky Chase the Blues Away. This hike started with a bird cooperating with me for a photograph. Posed in a tree, then flew towards me on my next click of the camera. All day long other birds were seen, but I just couldn’t capture them. Still a […]
Ghost Clouds Chase the Blues Away
I did take a moonlight hike last night. I hadn’t realized how high I would have to go on the streets behind me to get away from street lights. Actually, never did. And my photos looked better in the camera than on screen. But It was a lovely walk in a very quiet neighborhood. The […]
Rocky Gateway Embedded with Sparkling Stones
Trying to recapture the feeling of peace found yesterday. Looking around my home at all the crystals that abide here, brought back the thoughts of sparking stoned embedded in the red boulders along the Crystal Valley Cemetery section of the Intermann Trail. I brought home a couple that were loose on the trail to add […]
Manitou Springs Cemetery has a Trail Head
Hiked among some Red Rock, but not at Red Rocks Canyon. My hiking buddy called this morning and suggested we take a hike I had mentioned before to her. It is one that begins in the Manitou Springs Cemetery instead of at Red Rocks Canyon. I haven’t hiked this trail in years and couldn’t remember […]
Ready for a Red Rocks Hike Tomorrow
It seems like forever since I have been out in Nature. Winter is such a cruel season for my spirits. Usually it isn’t so harsh and has more sunshine than this one. Yet we could be experiencing what the Southern and Eastern states are enduring without being prepared for icy weather. The power outages and […]
Alien Clouds Over Red Rocks Canyon Hike in 2011
My next hike will be on Thursday in Red Rocks Canyon. In the dry season, I like to hike in a river bed that takes one away from the highway noise and I can find an all encompassing peace in solitude away from other hikers. “I go to Nature to be soothed and healed and […]
The Laugh Cure Found in Wooden Faces
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” a Hebrew proverb. The “Laugh Cure” is a chapter in Orison Swett Marden’s book: “Cheerfullness as a Life Power”. I created a Natural Health Book Series inspired by this book. I took each chapter and made it into its own book. In each of these six books, […]
Frigid Walk to Commonwheel and recalling Intermann Trail
It was really foggy and frigid today in Manitou Springs. I did take a walk to Commonwheel Artists Gallery after getting my FantaFaces inventory photographed using my freezing front porch studio. I really hope it warms up early next week to get in a real hike without having to freeze my face, feet and hands. […]