Sunday, June 9, 2013

Springtime in Colorado

Jane and I flew out to Denver last month to visit with Brad (Jane’s son) and to generally site-see and also catch up with some other relatives and a friend or two who are living in the area. On our very first full day in town Brad drove us up to Red Rocks where I took the following picture.

Brad and Jane at Red Rocks


And on the following day were drove down to Colorado Spring for a visit to the Garden of the Gods where this next picture was taken.

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It snowed while we were in Colorado and as proof here’s a picture that I took mid-week in Golden

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And getting back to Red Rocks later in the week I was able to get a pretty cool picture of the Amphitheatre

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I’ll finish off this entry with a picture from Boulder where we visited Jane’s sister and her sister and grandson. It was a fun place to spend a sunny day, although my camera did get a little dusty at point point courtesy of a motorbike emitting copious amounts of exhaust and caused us all to hold our breaths. Unfortunately the Sony NEX-6 could not do that but at least I wasn’t caught changing lenses at that time. Anyhow, here’s typical shot in downtown Boulder.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Manatee Springs State Park

We got down to this park close to the Swanaee River just before lunch. Here are some photos of the springs and one of the river itself.

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Just a patch of green


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No one on the water today


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Classic view of the springs


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A pleasant day for fishing

In the Butterfly Rainforest

During our stay in Gainesville Florida a few weeks ago we had the opportunity to visit the Butterfly Rainforest. I've included some pictures that I took while we wandered around looking for difference types of butterflies. It was a fairly simply challenge to get pictures in focus since they didn't move too quickly while feasting!

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Some contrasting colors


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Perhaps looking for sustainence


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And now for a blue theme