Nature
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Icy Creeks in Cheyenne Mountain State Park
We saw Icy and Water Running in Creeks. At one juncture of trails, the creek was totally iced over. We decided to go up the trail we were on a bit farther, and explore this one some time in the future. But it give us a hint that in the Spring, we might have to […]
I Have Looked At Clouds From Both Sides Dark and Light
Every time we looked up, the Clouds looked totally different. They were sometimes very dark and ominous, other times they were white with the blue sky behind them. Other times there was a mix of dark and white clouds making for very interesting contrast. A couple had images of Cloud Creatures. One was reaching up […]