Winter afternoon shade

Near the end of a bright, sunny and very cold day in January, the sun sets over the mountains to the southwest as seen from Sloans Lake.

Sloans Lake Flyway

Produced this seasonal greeting card from an photo I took at Sloans Lake last year.

Mt. Evans snow capped

Two days of cold, snowy weather and Mt. Evans is fully capped.

Sundial landmark in Denver

This sundial, familiar to Denver residents, is located in Cranmer Park, in the Hilltop neighborhood four blocks east of Colorado Blvd. The sundial pole, or gronom, points at polar north and the stone is perpendicular, making it parallel to the equator. 

Our tour guide at Rifle Falls

For our first visit to Rifle Falls in western Colorado, Gordy agreed to be out tour guide for the day.

Watching the Dragon Boat races

Overcast skies didn't keep the crowds away from this year's Colorado Dragon Boat races. What remains of the old main building at St. Anthony Hospital is in the background, about half way through its demolition.

Highway to the mountains

Memorial Day 2013 motorcycle ride along CO 14, the Poudre Canyon Highway, toward Walden. This is the approach to Sheep Mountain in Larimer County, not far from the Wyoming state line.

Rest stop at Walden, CO

Memorial Day weekend, I went for a ride across northern Colorado and saw this: bright yellow Union Pacific caboose on display at the rest stop a few miles east of the Park Range mountains.

Temple in Paia, Maui

Interesting temple on Balwin Avenue in Paia, on Maui, HI.

Waves crashing

At the Keanae District, a peninsula along the northeast coast of Maui, Hawaii. We found this while on the "Road to Hana."

Harvester and drill rig

This ancient International Harvester combine harvester sits abandoned in a field near Mandaree, on the Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation in western North Dakota. Oil rig in the background is drilling into the Bakken.

Geese fly over

Some stay for breakfast while other Canada geese gain altitude on a crisp fall morning at Sloans Lake in Denver. Maybe they'll keep heading south?

Graffiti at 2 miles above sea level

No matter how many times I visit Loveland Pass, I'm always impressed by the spectacular view. Too bad somebody thought it necessary to tag the marker post.

Geese crossing

Brought the camera to Sloans Lake Park last week to get the first snow on Mt. Evans (in the background); got this pair of Canada geese instead.

Young dancer at Mandaree Pow Wow

This year's annual pow wow event in Mandaree, ND, featured this young dancer as he made his way into the community center during the Saturday Grand Entrance.

Watching over a foal

A family of horses near Mandaree, ND, keeps an eye on a newly arrived foal on a hot afternoon in July.

Site of 10th Mountain Div. camp

The site of what was known as Camp Hale, near Leadville, CO. During World War II, Camp Hale was where the Army's 10th Mountain Div. was garrisoned beginning in 1942.

Notch Mountain overlook

North of the Turkey Creek bridge on US 24 between Leadville and Minturn.

Fenced in iris

From a few weeks back, this iris shows off its colors from a spot along the backyard fence.

Apple blossoms

The remaining apple tree in the yard overcompensated with these perfectly white blossoms. In a week, they'll be gone.

Barker Reservoir below Nederland

Still frozen after a week and a half of above normal temps.

Northwest Denver Historic District

The area was nominated for this designation by Allen's brother, Casper D.

Winter sun on drill rig

Afternoon at a rig operating on the Ft. Berthold Reservation. The rig is drilling for oil in the Bakken formation.

School bus at sunset

On a recent trip to the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, I saw this school bus silhouetted by the setting sun.

Arches National Park icon

After a long hike up a sandstone face, visitors rest near the most famous of the landmarks at Arches NP near Moab, UT. It's called Delicate Arch.

Monument Valley icons

From our trip through Utah last month, the Left and Right Mittens and Window butte at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in Utah.

View from the office

A warm, sunny morning looking southwest from my office. That's the Four Seasons Hotel at the left and Sports Authority Field at Mile High in the center. The Rockies, with some snow on the peaks, are in the background.

Afternoon at Arches NP

Near the end of a trail at Arches National Park, in Utah, saw this rock formation in the late afternoon sun.

Mountain horizon

A peak in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in southern Colorado is outlined by this historical marker sign at the Beckwith Ranch.

Summit marker at Mt. Evans

On a visit to the top of Mt. Evans, photographed the summit marker placed by Rotary International. There's a small USGS marker at the very top.

Service station no more

Long shuttered American station along US 52 near Foxholm, ND. The pump appears to be a Tokheim electric model from the 1940s.

The Legislative Building in Regina, Saskatchewan

Home of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, it was built in 1912 by the same builders who built the Centre Block of the federal Parliament Building in Ottawa.

Spider Rock

A geologic highlight of any tour of Canyon de Chelly National Monument in eastern Arizona is Spider Rock. According to Navajo legend, it's the home of the spider woman, creator of the stars in the sky.

World War II aircraft display

Shot this on my way to a departure gate at Midway Airport in Chicago. Not certain, but I believe the plane is a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber of the type that took part in the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

Fresh powder at Steamboat

A bit of overnight snow outside the condo at Ski Time Square in Steamboat Springs. Conditions at the top of the mountain were very good.

Liberty Memorial Building

On the North Dakota State Capitol grounds in Bismarck, the Liberty Memorial Building was dedicated in 1924 as a memorial to World War I. It now houses the state library.

Foot bridge over Stony Creek

Now a fully developed subdivision, the land south of Stony Creek, on the right in this photo, was one of the last large open parcels in Oak Lawn, IL, when I lived nearby and attended high school.

Beverly Metra commuter station

The 99th Street Metra station is used by commuters from the Beverly neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.

Old ComEd power plant

On the west bank of the South Branch of the Chicago River near where it crosses Roosevelt Road, the plant hasn't operated for several years.

World's Largest Purple Spoon...

Discovered in East Glacier, MT.

The Lodge at Glacier NP

On our recent tour of Glacier National Park, we stayed for a couple nights at The Lodge in East Glaicer, MT. Here's the spectacular lobby.

Gordy and friends at Berkeley Lake Park

Gordy at home

Small, furry creature in Rocky Mountain NP

This little guy came out to say hello at a vista point about halfway up Trail Ridge Road. Probably a chipmunk since marmots are bigger and don't have stripes.

Mt. Craig towers over Grand Lake

Late afternoon at Grand Lake, CO, Mt. Craig stands guard inside Rocky Mountain National Park.

Historic Strater Hotel in Durango

Built in 1887, the Strater has been an important part of Durango's colorful history. Western author Louis L'Amore was a frequent guest in the 1950s and wrote many novels based in Southwestern Colorado.

Fences in need of mending

Looking north from La Plata County Highway 141 south of Hesperus, CO, the San Juans rise in the distance.

New look at Aqua

Another new addition to the Chicago skyline is this building, called Aqua, fairly crammed into what little space was left at Columbus and Randolph. That's the Hyatt Regency in the foreground right. I wasn't clear about the name when I first saw this building during construction, but now the moniker makes sense.

Reflections in The Bean

In just a few years, the reflective sculpture called Cloud Gate, but known by all as The Bean, has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in downtown Chicago.

Conrad Hilton hotel and Buckingham Fountain

The traditional centerpiece of Grant Park in Chicago has been upstaged by newer attractions such as Cloud Gate.

Skyrocket flowers in the yard

Not sure what these are called, but they come up every spring and stand a couple feet tall.

Gordy takes a look

Late Sunday afternoon, Gordy says hello to a passerby.