Amaranth plumage for @chunshek (and everyone else too 😊). 🌾🌞

#plants #bloomscrolling #Colorado

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Two tall amaranth plants putting on a show in bright midday sun. The plants both have showy, burgundy-red, seed head plumes at the tops of their stems, with lots of red-green leaves on the stems below the plumes. There is a leafy green tree and some green shrubbery in the background, as well as a deep blue sky above on a clear, warm, late summer day.

📸 My View > Sunset in the Great Sand Dunes

#Colorado #Travel #TravelPhotography #TravelGram #Hiking #Sunsets

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Sunset in the Great Sand Dunes

Cyberattack damages files at Salida School District in Colorado #Cyberattack #SalidaSchoolDistrict #Colorado #DataLoss #NetworkShutdown #cybersecurity https://dysruptionhub.com/salida-school-district-cyberattack/

Arkansas River flowing through Cañon City, Colorado.
The tap water has a slightly musty smell as the river is low due to drought.
#ArkansasRiver #Colorado #water

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Arkansas River in Cañon City, Colorado. There are mountains in the background.

Thinking about the garden today, and how the chiles have been the most successful and have brought me the most happiness this year. 🌶️😊

Also been thinking about those things that I keep trying to grow, but which don’t ever work out very well. It’s time to say goodbye to those and maybe try some new things. I’d like more of a happy Bob Ross kinda garden that feels less of a chore, especially as summers keep getting hotter and drier. 🪴🎨

#gardening #food #Colorado

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A piece of natural red sandstone outdoors with a variety of colorful chiles spread across the rock — a purple bell pepper, yellow and red/green jalapeños, red/green serranos and calabrians, and red/yellow/green sweet peppers.

Wish I could grow tea and citrus… then I’d be set. 🪴🍋

#gardening #food #Colorado

📸 My View > Sunrise in Dream Lake, Colorado

#Travel #TravelPhotography #TravelGram #Colorado #RockyMountain #HikingColorado

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Sunrise in Dream Lake, Colorado.

It’s true. You can never go home again. Especially if you’ve forgotten how to get there.

After living the majority of my life in the Denver-metro area (55 years), how delightful to discover that in the five short years since moving away, I’ve managed to forget 90% of what I knew about how to get around here.

#Colorado
#OldPeopleOfMastodon

Terrific ideas hide behind good ones.
-- Arthur Koestler

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ArthurKoestler #Ideas

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Dinosaur #Tracks #Colorado

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photo by richard rathe

Drove over 1200 miles in the past 3 days 😅

We went more north to avoid the SLC area since I was driving and I hate the highway mess through there. So glad we did - driving through Wyoming was amazing!

Gimli has chosen this as his Airbnb spot 🥰

#colorado #dogsofmastodon #corgi

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Corgi claimed the loveseat

1/2 Landed safely in Denver last night. Went on a nice walk along this creek in Golden this morning. As I climbed down the rocks along the bank to take this pic, I was greeted by one of the “locals”….. (CONT) #Colorado #hiking #nature

#photography #landscape #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #mountains

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Photo of creek as viewed from bank looking downstream. A small mesa is seen on the horizon. Blue skies and puffy white clouds overhead. Green foliage and boulders line the sides of the creek. Clear Creek, Golden Colorado.

Well, this was a first. Today, I went fly fishing for the first time ever! I had a lesson from a family member (left) who has lived here and fly fished his entire life. I also spent a lot of time watching the “master” at work. No outdoor adventure is complete without a dog (owned by the family member) who has accompanied him on fishing adventures since being a pup. A fun day! #Colorado #fishing

#DogsOfMastodon #nature #landscape #photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

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Photo of a person fly fishing in a mountain stream. The photo is taken looking downstream. He has much gear attached to him. Blue skies and puffy white clouds overhead. This is S. Platte River, Colorado.

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Photo of black and white dog walking in stream toward the camera. Mountain ridge on horizon and blue skies and puffy white clouds overhead. This is S. Platte River, Colorado.

#SilentSunday

#nature #photography #landscape #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #Colorado #mountains #hiking

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Photo closeup of red rock formation that has a somewhat circular opening in it. Through the opening, a distant mountain can be seen with a green forest in the foreground. Blue sky above the mountain with puffy white clouds. This is part of the “Siamese Twins” rock formation in the Garden of the Gods park that I hiked to earlier this week in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Hey everyone— I’m packing now for the “main event” here in Colorado. Tomorrow I’ll start on a 5-day, 4-night horsepack trip. We will be traversing across a mountain range, which includes going up and over a pass at 12,000 ft (3,700 m). This is a “progressive” trip in which we break down camp each day, ride, then set up camp at the next spot, just like backpacking (no base camp). Using all of my backpacking gear! I’ll be off the grid the entire time— see you on the other side! #Colorado #horses

And here’s a not-so-SilentSunday video (7 sec). I stood on a rock in a mountain stream that I was camping next to last week and captured the sight and sounds of the stream. Sound on! #Colorado #nature

#nature #landscape #photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #mountains

Happy #MountainMonday! This is a peak that dominated my horsepack trip last week— both logistically and aesthetically. From the beginning of the trip, its presence and beauty dominated the view. On Day 2, we traveled along its base up and over a pass. While camping at the base on the far side of the peak, I hiked up above the treeline to take this pic. I love this mountain! #Colorado #hiking #mountains

#nature #photography #landscape #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #horses

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Photo of mountain peak as viewed from a hill of jagged boulders (“scree field”). The peak is seen protruding above the evergreen trees. Blue sky with puffy white clouds overhead. This is Capitol Peak, in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Colorado. I took this pic near Avalanche Creek, downstream of Avalanche Lake.

In addition to the picturesque mountains in last week’s horsepack trip in the Colorado Rockies, there were also open meadows with many beautiful wildflowers. In this particular meadow, there were a number of these colorful thistles that decorated the area. #BloomScrolling #Colorado #wildflowers

#nature #photography #landscape #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #mountains

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Photo closeup of single purple thistle in open grassy meadow. The thistle is in focus and the mountains in the background are blurred. This meadow is near the Avalanche Creek, halfway between Avalanche Lake and Avalanche Trailhead. Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Colorado.

The peak seen off in the distance dominated the view from the very beginning of last week’s horsepack trip in the Colorado Rockies. After camping on this side of the peak on Day 1, we rode by it via a mountain pass on Day 2 and then had a view of the backside of the peak while camping on the far side. My fourth time there and I can’t get enough of it! #FootpathFriday #Colorado #mountains

#horses #nature #landscape #photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

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Photo taken while riding a horse on a dirt trail in open grassy meadow in the mountains. The horse’s head is in foreground. A large gray mountain peak is seen off in the distance beyond other closer peaks. White clouds overhead. Photo taken early on Day 1 on Ditch Trail which runs parallel to and above Capitol Creek in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. The peak featured is Capitol Peak.

Evening garden — asters, coneflowers, ice plants, and sunflowers. 🌸🌻

With the hot, dry summer, I’ve spent more time watering flowers and plants than taking time to enjoy them. That kinda makes me sad, but hopefully I can enjoy them a little more as summer begins to fade and watering chores ease up.

#gardening #flowers #bloomscrolling #Colorado

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A cluster of flowering asters, with purple petals and yellow centers, blooming at the top of their green, leafy stem in a wildflower patch in gentle evening light, with other plants and greenery blurred in the background.

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A gray-headed coneflower in bloom with its distinctive droopy yellow petals (like a skirt) around its dark brown, spherical center, with another bud nearby getting ready to bloom, with green, leafy stems in the background on a late summer evening.

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Bright, magenta-pink ice plants flowers that look like little fireworks displays blooming in their dense greenery near the ground and next to a gray, weathered piece of wood in a wildflower patch on a summer evening l

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A small sunflower with golden yellow petals and a dark brown center blooming on its leafy, green stem with other fuzzy, green sunflower stems nearby and more plant greenery blurred in the background.