Birds
Very Short Hike at Memorial Park in Manitou Springs
I was planning on refilling my bottles at 7-Minute Spring, so parked across the street from Manitou Springs Memorial Park. I had seen lots of heavy equipment working at that park when I headed off to my meeting, and wondered what they were doing. While I filled my bottles, I watched the equipment, which […]
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 […]
Spaceship Cloud and a Bird
Cloudy sky had some really beautiful cloud formations today. Most were around the sun, not a good way to shoot photos. Though I may have to find some of the cloud photos I took on a different hike a couple of years ago in this park that were really intriguing. But I did keep looking […]
Bench View Near Pulpit Rock
The hike up to Pulpit Rock is pretty short. And even though we played up there a bit and enjoyed the views it offered, we weren’t quite ready to quite hiking when we got to a fork in the trail. The gentleman with the black Pepper dog, had told us some trails would loop around […]
A New Camera Arrives
I had a gift certificate that hadn’t been totally used up on Amazon, so I ordered a NEW CAMERA! And it arrived today! A bit heavier than my current one, but lighter than the one two cameras back. It has some fun features that neither of my other ones had. Such as being able to […]