With Wrens and Robins singing in the trees and Chipping Sparrows chipping we were treated to a wonderful summer morning.
Mt Zirkel Wilderness
Tag: mountains
Elephants on Parade
Shortly after the snow melts and the boggy grassy areas are still wet the Elephant Head Lousewort Flowers (Pedicularis Groenlandica) come into full bloom. Their blooms always seem short lived but this year we were lucky enough to stumble across fields full of them in their prime on a recent hike in the Colorado high country.
Elephants on Parade in the Mt Zirkel Wilderness, CO.
Fishing hole
Usually you like to keep the location of a good fishing hole to yourself. In this case it looks like the word got out. Pelicans, Cormorants, a Blue Heron, Western Grebe were all present and the Tern you can’t forget the Tern. When the fishing is good you gotta get fishing.
Stormy Monday
Spring storms seem to be prevalent this week as ominous clouds build over the ever arid landscape of the high desert plateau of western Colorado. A stormy Monday might not be such a bad thing for a landscape in search of a drink.
On the banks of the green
On the banks of the Green River looking back at time.
The fresh green of spring heralds another year has passed while the rocks have a greater story to tell.
Canyon of Color
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone on a quiet fall afternoon.
Enough color for a lifetime or at least a lifetime of viewing.
Sun Dog
A sun dog shining brightly near the Karlae Glacier in East Greenland. Photographed on a kayaking trip last summer and yes, this sundog did portend for a dramatic weather change, and not for the better.
Iconic spot iPhone shot.
With the “good” camera packed away for a winter journey into Yellowstone we made a quick stop at the snake river overlook to snap this photo of the Tetons in the distance and Snake River below. Grand Teton National Park, WY.
Mr Freeze
We saw this guy while out walking on cold foggy morning. He looks charming enough but a gut feeling told me to not get so close that he could wrap his frosty arms around you. I kept him at camera length and admired his beauty and thanked him for allowing us to take a photo.
Grand Teton National Park, WY.
Before my memory fails me
As December welcomes me with ever chillier mornings.
It feels like a nice day to remember what will be again.
nature has no boss 
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