Although striking a similar pose to the chillin’ Prairie Dog posted earlier this week, this Red Bellied Marmot was warming in the rays of the sun, which is slowly loosing that heating power, after a early fall snow blankets the high country the previous day.
Tag: fall
Dusting
It was cloudy and cold all day but as evening approached the clouds were on their way out, blue sky moving in and just a dusting of snow on the peaks in the distance. Morning will be crisp and the sky clear as a bell.
Fall Pinhole Triptych
I was having a difficult time seeing into the film advance window on my pinhole camera so I just had to wing it and count turns of the film advance knob. The frames ran together producing this triptych of beautiful fall fireweed and other fall splendid colors. Controlled chaos or a happy accident?
Pika
We spent an hour or so watching this guy collecting leaves for the winter larder. A sure sign change is coming.
Twins
Fall brings a bit more moisture and moisture brings spores to life. Twin mushrooms growing rapidly in the fall air. Anyone read the book Mycelium Running, very interesting.
It starts up high
Fall colors in full bloom so to speak up high near Hagerman pass in Central Colorado. It begins up high then works it’s way down the hill. In a week or so the aspen will be glowing yellow and in another week all the colors may be gone.
Last Standing
High up in the hills the flowers have all flowered and transition fills the air. What a wonderful time.
Days End
Goodbye sunlight. Now that the trees have dropped their leaves and daylight is short I find myself walking to work with the rising sun and walking home in the dark. It might be awhile before I witness the sunset again. Pinhole photograph of wonderful late fall sunset.
Pull over!
When on long drives I always see things I want to photograph but seldom stop to do so. Don’t know why but I suspect the lure of the destination becomes more important than the journey. This time I did pull over for a nice sunset lighting up the tall grass in Northern New Mexico a few weeks ago.
Bone yard.
Old aspens resting peacefully. West elk wilderness,CO.
nature has no boss 
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