… him who writes this stuff …
Writing forces me to examine my views as cold words on a page.My views are borne out of my experiences on this world.
My experiences are slowly adding to the short story that is my life.
While I still can, I choose to share some for anyone who might find them useful, or perhaps just entertaining.
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Category Archives: Colorado
Mega-Update
I considered splitting this up into smaller posts, but wanted to see if I could break my own record for the longest, most diverse, and difficult-to-read post. This will surely tax the determination and fortitude of most readers. Here goes … Continue reading
Posted in Other Stuff, Photography Stuff, Personal, Colorado, YouTube Stuff, My YouTube, Animals, Birds, Spiders, Flowers, Tree Swallows, Deer, Spiders and Insects, Macro Photography, Photography, Weather, Snow, Snow, Black & White, Black & White, Hobo Spider, Phlox, Pansies
Tagged Photographs, snow, Photography, Tree Swallows, flowers, Black and White Photographs, Mule deer, Personal, photography stuff, B&W photos, aspens, animals, birds, pansies, phlox, flowering shrub, macro, swallow, perched swallow
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My ADAY.ORG Contribution
As I mentioned on a previous post, I signed up to contribute to the aday.org effort to document life around the world using pictures. All pictures were to be shot on May 15, 2012. I did not realize there was a … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Personal, Photography, Photography Stuff, Scenery
Tagged aday.org, commute, Life, Photographs, Photography, photography stuff, Pikes Peak, work
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2012 Tax Day Update
Busy, busy, busy . . . but taking a few minutes to do an update. Now, the title of the post is a little lie. This is April 15th, what would traditionally have been “tax day”. But this year the … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Photo-effects, Photography, Photography Stuff, Scenery, Snow, Snow, Weather
Tagged Colorado Weather, Fatten Your Husband Dessert, food stuff, GIF animation, Photography, photography stuff, snow, Weather
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Western Colorado / Eastern Utah – 2006 Trip Report
As opposed to many short posts, I figure I will do fewer, but longer, posts. This is exactly counter to what they say you need to do to build readership to your blog. The way I figure it, people can … Continue reading
Posted in Arches NP, Arches NP, Colorado, Colorado, Colorado National Monument, Colorado National Monument, Independence Pass, Independence Pass, Mesa Verde NP, Mesa Verde NP, Photography Stuff, Scenery, Travel Stuff, Utah, Utah
Tagged Arches National Park, Bell Rock on US-191, Colorado National Monument, Devil's Garden Trail, Driving tour, Independence Pass, Mesa Verde National Park, Photography, photography stuff, Red Rocks, trip report, US-191, Wilson's Arch
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HDR: Photoshop HDR Pro and HDR Express
Those who read the Train and Trestle post will recognize these shots, and remember I had taken a number of bracketed photographs to test out HDR tools. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range, and it refers to the practice … Continue reading
Posted in Black & White, Black & White, Cabin, Colorado, HDR, Other Stuff, Photography, Photography Stuff, Photoshop, Railroad Trestles, Scenery, Structures
Tagged Black and White, Black and White Photographs, Black and White Photography, cabin, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Photography, photography stuff, Photoshop, railroad trestle
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The Two Hours Drives – Part 3: The Train and The Trestle
The third post documenting the mid-February picture-taking drive consists of pictures which drew their inspiration from this post: http://sarahtakespictures.com/2012/02/16/the-railroad-trestle/ As it happens, there is a railroad trestle about four miles from my house, just on the outskirts of Larkspur, Colorado. … Continue reading
Posted in Black & White, Colorado, Machines, Photography, Photography Stuff, Railroad Trestles, Scenery, Structures, Trains
Tagged graffiti, Photographs, Photography, railroad cars, railroad trestle, train
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Driving Colorado – July 2005
In a few of the previous posts I mention going on drives whenever we had guests. In July 2005, a month after we had moved into our house, we had guests. The following pictures are from the drive we took … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Colorado, Flowers, Photography, Photography Stuff, Prairie Dog, Scenery, Travel Stuff
Tagged Adeline Hornbek Homestead, cows, dead trees, Florissant Fossil Beds National Park, flowers, Gold Camp Road - CO, Indina Paintbrush, lichen, Petrified trees, Prairie Dog, rock formation, rocks, stream
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Pikes Peak and I
In 2006 The Gazette of Colorado Springs held an essay and photo contest for Pikes Peak Centennial celebration (a brief history of Pikes Peak HERE). New to the area, I had, as I do now, a profound fascination with Pikes … Continue reading
Free Wallpapers – Long Time No See
It’s been a while (two years?) since I’ve added to the free screen wallpaper galleries, so here are three additions. The galleries can be found at this link: http://ejdalise.smugmug.com/Free-Wallpapers These days there is little interest in screen wallpapers, and least … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Colorado, Colorado, Free Wallpaper, Galveston Bay, Photography, Photography Stuff, San Leon - Texas, Scenery, Snowy Egret, Sunrise, Travel Stuff
Tagged Aspens Colors, free screen wallpaper, Galveston Bay, Lake City - CO, Photographs, Photography, San Cristabal Lake, San Leon Texas, screen wallpaper, Snowy Egret, Texas
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The Icy Fog Cometh
Two nights ago a freezing fog passed through the area. I knew about it because I was up late . . . er . . . I was up to my normal late hours I keep when I am not … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Black & White, Black & White, Colorado, Horned Lark, Photography, Photography Stuff, Scenery, Snow, Snow, Weather
Tagged Black and White Photographs, Colorado scenery, Horned Lark, icy fog, Photographs, Photography, Photos, snow, winter, winter photography, winter scenes
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Closing out 2011 – The Stragglers
In the last few days of 2011 I shot pictures that did not fit anywhere in particular. Not enough for a series, and not enough for individual treatment. What to do? Well, how about using them as part of a … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Photography, Photography Stuff, Scenery
Tagged cows, grass, grass through snow, scenery, snow, winter
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