snow: The Eleventh of Mayuary
- 05/11/11 03:04 AM
May 11th - woke up to a couple of inches of snow on the ground. It's 32 degrees outside and still snowing. It reminded me of a short poem I wrote a few years back after moving to Colorado from south Texas. The winters here can be cold and wet and dreary, but those days usually happen in January. They say its springtime now, but I’m a bit leery, I'm calling today the eleventh of Mayuary!
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snow: Fiery Dawn on Snowy Pines
- 12/01/10 05:13 AM
A few days ago, I was treated to a spectacular, fiery sunrise the morning after a few inches of fresh snow softly coated the pines near home. Hear was a golden opportunity to try out some HDR (High Dynamic Range), using my new camera, the Nikon D7000. So far I've been thrilled with the results from this camera, finding it to produce very clean images with low noise at reasonable ISO's. One of the things I'm really liking is the ability to save settings to two of the positions on the mode dial: U1 and U2. I haven't tried everything … (24 comments)
We had a few inches of fresh snow just a few days ago. The morning brought us clear skies and sunshine, and as I walked around the end of my garage, I was treated to this beautiful sight!
This mule deer buck was just meandering along, looking for food (or maybe love - it is the season), and of course my sudden arrival definitely got his attention. But he didn't run - he just stood there like a majestic statue studying my every move.
I quickly went back in the house, got … (20 comments)
I love it when spring comes here in Castle Rock. The trees are budding out. Tulips are starting to push their way up out of the ground. Sixteen inches of new snow and wind chills down around zero degrees! I know - I know - you folks up in North Dakota have weather like this in July - what am I complaining about? Actually, I'm not complaining. I love Colorado and the weather, here. This time of year is when we typically get a lot of our snow, so it's just a part of life here.
May 11th - woke up to a couple of inches of snow on the ground. It's 32 degrees outside and still snowing. It reminded me of a short poem I wrote a few years back after moving to Colorado from south Texas.
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