Friday, November 11, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Cliff Dwellings Near Manitou Springs
One doesn't have to go to southwestern Colorado to see remnants of ancient ones.
This attraction is a great mixture of old and new. Most of their native plants have identification tags.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Coors Train(s)
Several times a day, several trains rolls through the neighborhood whistling at crossings and tying up traffic. Or is it one set of engines very, very busy moving railcars around and delivering goods to and from Denver?
Our Fire District had to create fire stations on both sides of the tracks as there was no telling how long they would have to wait to get to a fire or auto accident on the other side. We have a high-speed freeway (State Highway 58) as the south border of our neighborhood as well as Interstate 70, so there is no lack of traffic emergencies.
The train has it funny moments, too. Early one morning, I saw the train stop across the road from our convenience store, the engineer jump out, run across the street against the light and buy himself a cup of coffee. To the chagrin of people at the Indiana Crossing, the tail of the train blocked it during his java run.
As anyone who lives near the railroad tracks can attest, we have one particular engineer who likes to lay on the whistle at 5 am and that gets the coyotes going.
Our Fire District had to create fire stations on both sides of the tracks as there was no telling how long they would have to wait to get to a fire or auto accident on the other side. We have a high-speed freeway (State Highway 58) as the south border of our neighborhood as well as Interstate 70, so there is no lack of traffic emergencies.
The train has it funny moments, too. Early one morning, I saw the train stop across the road from our convenience store, the engineer jump out, run across the street against the light and buy himself a cup of coffee. To the chagrin of people at the Indiana Crossing, the tail of the train blocked it during his java run.
As anyone who lives near the railroad tracks can attest, we have one particular engineer who likes to lay on the whistle at 5 am and that gets the coyotes going.
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| Crossing Indiana |
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Garden of the Gods
These are beautiful rock formations.
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| Garden of the Gods |
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| Garden of the Gods |
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| Balanced Rock |
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| Balanced Rock - another perspective |
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| behind Balanced Rock - almost looks like miniature cliff dwellings |
Monday, October 31, 2011
Door Art - The Witch is In
Seen on a door in Morrison. Talked to owner, and she said she saw sign at King Soopers several years ago, and had to have it.
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| door art |
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Trick or Treat at the Children's Museum
Halloween 2011 is a big deal for children both inside and out at the Children's Museum. Here are some recent Trick or Treaters, staff and volunteers in costume as well as yard art:
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| boo to you, too ! |
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| trick-or-treat booth |
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| a bumble bee adjusts her bag from Children's Hospital |
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| success |
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| beautiful princess |
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| cutie with cat shirt that reads "Have a Purr-fect Halloween" |
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| cat suspicious of photog |
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| witch in silhouette |
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| father in stripes supervising his ghost and goblin |
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| white tiger checks out his stash |
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| Mario - note great mustache |
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| fireman |
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| lady bug |
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