Posted on Mon, 12-Aug-2013Wed, 12-Nov-2014Minis in the Mountains Avon 2013 We like blue Mini’s…is Sarah wearing a mini skirt? The parade route in Avon. Then dinner, music and socializing in the park made for a fun day.
Posted on Tue, 30-Jul-2013Thu, 13-Nov-2014Dressed up My nephew is getting married. Family is in town and I am dressed up ready to go! Mom and I worked all day yesterday on the bouquets so we are ready to relax and enjoy ourselves. The bridal party with the bouquets Future photographer The florists – what a project! I attempted to grow the flowers but reality was a different story. We bought most and then in-filled with flowers grown from my volunteering connections. The rehearsal dinner was a wonderful outdoor BBQ. A rare shot of the official photographer. The Roys had not been together in quite a while.
Posted on Wed, 30-Jan-2013Wed, 12-Nov-2014Rocky Mountain National Park in January Not enough snow for snowshoeing but we enjoyed winter hiking in this beautiful park. Hiking up to Mills Lake Amazing ice formations on the lake. Vance Kirkland-esque ice formations at dawn on our round window at home.
Posted on Wed, 05-Dec-2012Tue, 01-Jan-2013Visiting Red Rocks Amphitheater & Park – Denver The youngest nephew and his girl came to visit. Great weather for early December. Remembering our concerts we had seen there: Peace Love and the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. It has been a healthy year for us. We both got into cycling again did many 27 mile workouts to Cherry Creek State Park. Such gorgeous Colorado scenery!
Posted on Sun, 26-Aug-2012Fri, 14-Nov-2014USA Pro Challenge Colorado’s Professional Bike Race 2nd Year A fan waiting at the finish line in Colorado Springs on Friday to catch the riders coming in from Breckenridge http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/route Don’t you wish you owned that bike?!!! We got up early to see the start Saturday in Golden and then went up to downtown Boulder to watch the riders come through before the final ascent. We also got our picture in the Boulder Camera blog http://dailycamera.smugmug.com/News/Pro-Cycling-Challenge-Stage-6/24961948_52NqfG/5 We got close to the start for the Time Trial in Denver Civic Center Park (with the professional photographers) under wilting, scorching, unbelievable heat – but was great to be able to cheer on each rider and see them (and their bikes) up close. Good fun!
Posted on Mon, 06-Aug-2012Thu, 13-Nov-2014Rocky Mountain National Park Straddling the beginning of the Colorado River at the summit of La Poudre Pass after hiking the Colorado River Trail through Shipler Park and the site of Lulu City. This was a 15 mile round trip hike! We were ready for the hot tub back at the condo. The Colorado River starts mainly as runoff and becomes swamp area near the summit of La Poudre Pass. The Grand ditch catches snow melt from a large portion of the Never Summer Mountains and also feeds into the Colorado River at the summit. The Little Yellowstone Canyon is on the Colorado River Trail south of the La Poudre Pass.
Posted on Wed, 23-May-2012Tue, 01-Jan-2013Black Canyon of the Gunnison Gorgeous claret cup blooms against the black canyon. We enjoyed our stop here on the way home from Utah. We met a fun Australian and enjoyed swapping stories – it is he that told us where to find this bloom and we set off just before sunset to find.
Posted on Mon, 30-Apr-2012Tue, 01-Jan-2013Kizuna: East Meets West bamboo site installation at Denver Botanic Gardens Working with Stephen Talasnik to set up his Floating World Bamboo installation in Monet Pond. Part of my role was to attach the white cable ties, they move in the wind looking similar to haiku wishes tied to trees in Japanese gardens. The team did a fun time lapse video of the water flooding back into the pond which you can see on this link. http://www.stephentalasnik.com/video_floating.html This tower of black bamboo adds a bit of the New York moment to our western plains. It was really fun to help build this and to watch it grow in the gardens. Fun to try to capture the spirits, reflections, and just to contemplate the changing patterns of the ripples in the water. A bit of Wabi Sabi in the gardens. I was inspired to write this haikuArtist Talasnik – Chaos meets Serenity: Float, Surrealist world The opening of the expanded Sho-Fu-En Japanese garden added a new area to view the floating sculptures. Tetsunori Kawana also created green bamboo sculptures that aged to a golden patina. The sculptures engaged all five senses: Sight, Smell, Sound, Taste, and Touch. When the 5 senses are united with the 5 elements (Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Sky) there is harmony. These sculptures changed each time they were viewed. It was fun to experience and to photograph. Kizuna means bonds between People, Art and Plants. It was great to give tours and hear people’s reactions. I appreciated working with the other 80 plus volunteers which helped install, the artists with their visions, the staff/volunteers who supported the exhibit, the horticulturists/volunteers for the gorgeous plantings, and the public for visiting.