2014 Hike
Stark Beauty Against a Blue Sky in the Garden of the Gods
White branches and a very blue sky make for a beautiful sight on a winter day. I especially like the way the sunlight intensifies the tiny ends of the branches to make them look like they are reaching for something. Or just expressing joy of feeling its warmth. In the winter and I find bare […]
Life Is Too Short To Be Anything But Happy
“There is always something to be happy about. Truly happy.” And if you have the audacity to find it and the courage to make it your focus, in spite of the countless temptations to do otherwise, you will have learned well, your life will be transformed, and all things will be added unto you.” – […]
Trail Builders in the Garden of the Gods and Life
I have the utmost respect for all the people who build hiking trails. I often wonder, how do they determine where a trail should be? I am sure many were deer trails that became rough hiking trails that many people began to enjoy and then became established hiking trails. Sometimes there is little choice, as […]
Cedar Trees Growing in the Garden of the Gods
The Ancient Cedar Trees in the Garden of the Gods have weathered many storms. Looking at these ancient beauties always gives me faith that however twisted life sometimes appears, something beautiful can come from it. Seeing how they still have green growing sections and other areas that look so very dead, yet beautiful, inspires me […]
Rock Images in the Garden of the Gods
I always find hidden messages and creatures in rock formations. The Garden of the Gods has many rock formations that are named. I don’t think I have ever actually connected their names to them EXCEPT the Kissing Camels. And in this photo, I just couldn’t resist reconnecting the camel who lost his hump many years […]
Twisted Cedar in the Garden of the Gods
The ancient cedar trees that have died and weathered in the Garden of the Gods have a unique beauty. I am very fond of driftwood found in the mountains and at the ocean. I find so much beauty in their weathered forms, and just as with rock formations I imagine I see various creatures and […]
Rock Formations Viewed Through Ancient Cedar Trees
I am always trying to find a unique view of Nature’s beauty. This is one of the trails I have used ancient cedar tress to frame rock formations or mountains in the distance. Still a learning curve with not having a view finder. But some of the shots came out pretty interesting. These two have […]
Many Views of Pikes Peak from the Garden of the Gods
Beautiful Blue Sky Day at the Garden of the Gods! A little windy at times, but mostly just gorgeous weather for a hike on the Palmer Trail. I so needed a hike in the sunshine and this was a perfect day for that. A friend wants a picture of Pikes Peak on her web site […]
Rocky Faces in Red Rock Canyon
Rocks everywhere create images in my minds eyes. On this hike, not so many, but a few stared down upon us or looked upon things only they could see. My hiking companion was sure she saw a bird on the rocks above us. What I saw through the lens of the camera was a series […]
Red Rock Canyon was a Quarry and Landfill
Red Rock Canyon has a history of not always being a place where Nature was preserved. A large section of it was a quarry that had huge equipment removing rocks from it central core. This is a picture of the quarry as viewed from the Lions Trail. On one of my hikes this year, I […]