Westward Ho!!!

We just spent the last eight days on a 3,404 mile round trip drive to see our daughter in Denver, CO.  We didn't have the normal time to put a regular road trip blog together but I will be posting some more pictures from our trip over the next several weeks.

One of the many road signs that I shot during the four days of driving that it took to go out and back to Colorado.  I could probably make a whole blog just with the signs that I shot.

A sculpture in one of the many public parks in Denver, CO.

Unfortunately, Union Station was under renovation while we were in Denver so we didn't get to see any trains.

Different wall art in downtown Denver.

Storefront display on Platte Street in Denver.

One of the more unique street performers along Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, CO.

Another one of the many street performers working the four blocks of Pearl Street, Boulder, CO.

Foothills near Golden, CO.

One of the passes through the foothills of Golden, CO.

View of Golden, CO from a pulloff along Lookout Mountain Road overlooking the valley.   The Coors Brewery can be seen in the background.

Playing With Light

Labor Day is fast approaching meaning that this summer will soon be history. I spent the last week shooting the end of season growth in the yard. The summer birds will soon be leaving us and the winter birds will soon be on their way here.

Walking in the woods after a rain storm.

Stone Garden.

Spray painting a $1 cement gargoyle with a $10 can of paint.

Purple Gladiola after the rain.

Some people say that I've changed, but I can't see the difference.

Hens and Chicks in an old wheelbarrow in early morning light.

One of the few annuals that have survived.

An old antique school bell hanging on a wall.

Sam, the local AAA dog, is enjoying the last few days of wearing his summer attire.

The next six photographs were shot within 5 minutes of each other working with the clouds and the sky.

A wide angle shot showing the garden shed, but concentrating on the clouds in the opening of the tree line in the lat afternoon. around 4:03 using an ISO of 100.

The gargoyles were purchased from a local artisan.  We painted them to our taste.  The one on the right is painted with a paint that gives a stone effect.  They then move on to a new career.