Salida trip

We ventured up to Salida, CO for a short birthday expedition. The beautiful Arkansas River flows past downtown and there are lots of wonderful views of big mountains.

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Happy Birthday!

To my favorite biker babe!!

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Sunsets 9_4-5_26

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Jemez and Rail Trail views 8_26

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Bumbles, butterflies, Bull snakes, birds and bobcats.

Another critter collection that includes our resident one-legged thrasher we’ve named Peg and the family of bobcats that Joan photographed. It’s also getting colder and the tarantulas are strolling long the roads in their annual migration.

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End of August clouds, storms and sunsets

Clearing out my backlog of movies and photos from the end of August’s weather and sky shots.

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Art demos and museums 8_27_26

We watched a demonstration on paper marbling by our friend Tom Leech at the celebration of our library’s 25th anniversary. Marbling is a process of dropping dye onto water and then carefully laying down paper to create the marbled patterns. Later we visited the Museum of International Folk Art for an exhibition of art coffins from Ghana and then on to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture where we saw a nicely decorated Triumph.

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Holy Ghost Creek 8_19_26

In a bid to shake off our doldrums and take advantage of a relatively smoke free day, we journeyed up to our favorite Holy Ghost Creek. Unfortunately, we found it was pretty smokey the higher up we drove. So we found a nice spot off the road, had a picnic, watched some mule deer pass by and meditated on the sounds of the creek. On past trips, we’ve noticed areas for the road where the hillside is protected by metal fence posts. This is where the rare Holy Ghost Ipomopsis flowers are located (last image below). It’s only found along this 2 mile stretch of road and is undergoing a recovery effort by volunteers and the Forest Service.

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Smoke and sunsets 8_19_26

Latest collection of smoke plumes, clouds and sunsets.

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Birds, a Bumble, a Butterfly and a Squirrel 8_26

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