The surprises you find! This little guy was hanging out near my vegetable garden. He nicely held still long enough to get his picture taken. 

More pictures! What do ya know, the weather improves and there's all sorts of stuff to take pictures of again!

This batch was taken in the early morning (between 7:00AM and roughly 10:00AM) on May 13, 2006 in Eldorado Canyon , an area above Boulder, Colorado. Colorado is a beautiful place to live and these pictures are just a few examples of why.

Artist shot! I like the way this one works with the broken off branch almost exactly lined up with the main trunk and the break.

Just a nice picture looking down into a valley.  

Close-up of a branch, probably a spruce of some variety.  

Nice close-up on pine cones still on the branch. 

Blue sky and a contrail from a plane. Gotta love Colorado in the spring-time! 

Artist shot! This was taken about 9:30AM sun shining through the branches of a tree; probably a pine of some variety. 

Mother Nature will find a way. This is a fir tree growing rom a crevasse in a very large boulder. 

Wow, water, in this blog what are the odds. Pretty water fall, not very fall up the canyon. 

The same picture, but this time I've used a "filter" my sunglasses. Looks neat! 

Close-up of the seed pods on a fir tree 

No idea what the flower is, but it was growing up the side of the rock and makes a nifty shot. 

Using my handy dandy "filter" still don't know what kind of flower this is. 

Looking downstream 

Finally! Some new pictures. For the second year in a row, Denver has hosted an Open Doors event for buildings and areas not usually open to the public are accessible and many of them can be photographed. One of the areas we could not photograph was the Temple Buell Theater, but we did get a tour of a backstage areas, and we were allowed on the stage; what thrill! Enjoy the pictures! Below are pictures from the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, the Malo Mansion, the Governor's Mansion, and Coors Field.

An Echer-esque look at the stairways in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House 

Chandelier in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House lobby 

Stained glass window, Malo Mansion 

Ceiling detail Malo Mansion 

Govornor's Mansion from the rear looking into the Palm Room 

Window in the billiard room of the Govornor's Mansion 

Window detail in the Palm Room of the Govornor's Mansion

Ceiling detail inside the Governor's Mansion 

Neat prespective shot of the facade outside. 

Detail in the grass behind home plate 

Coors Field. It's baseball season, is there a prettier thing in the world in the spring other than a ball field? 

The sign says it all. It's nice to get the shot, when they have a game there are so many people trying to get into the space that stopping to take pictures is impossible.

It's been a few months since any pictures were added, I hope this makes up for the drought. Below are twenty or so pictures taken from our recent trip to Walt Disney World in Florida. We were there December 2 through December 8, 2005 and had a great time and wonderful weather. It was fun seeing the various parks and hotels decorated for the holidays, and if you get the chance I recommend Disney in December. Smaller crowds and beautiful, sunny days.

This carosel at the Beach Club Resort is made of gingerbread and chocolate. The horses are carved from chocolate blocks and the entire thing is supposedly edible.  

One of the trees decorated at the Beach Club Resort where we stayed. 

Waterfall at the Japanese pavilion at EPCOT World Showcase. I like the composition on this one, and you knew I would get water in here somewhere!

Shot of the Japanese Pavilion taken from across the water at the UK Pavilion. 

At the Germany Pavilion at EPCOT World Showcase is a miniature train set up outside. Here is a trolley arriving at the station. 

Another piece of the train display at the Germany Pavilion. Note the lizard, for some reason this little community is constantly over-run with the little guys. 

It needs to be seen to be believed. This is part of Osborne Family LIghts in Disney-MGM. Literally millions of lights cover the buildings from roof to ground, along with various lighted statues, and sculptures. 

This is part of Osborne Family Lights at Disney-MGM Studios.This was a family's Christmas light display in Arkansas, and was moved to Disney in 1995.  

This is part of Osborne Family Lights at Disney-MGM Studios.This was a family's Christmas light display in Arkansas, and was moved to Disney in 1995.  

Statue in the theming for Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom 

What every roller coaster lover is waiting for: Expedition Everest is set to open in Spring 2006 in Animal Kingdom 

Christmas Tree in front of the World Showcase at EPCOT. 

Garden art in the Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom. The Pooh characters are made from flowers 

This is from a show imported to Florida for the 50th anniversary of DisneyLand from Tokyo Disney. Cinderella is crowned as princess.

Pinocchio statue in the garden in front of Cinderella's Castle

Detail on Cinderella's Castle for the 50th anniversary of DisneyLand 

Cinderella's Castle lit up for Christmas, Magic Kingdom 2005 

Fireworks from Magic Kingdom, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party 

Fireworks from Magic Kingdom, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party 

Fireworks from Magic Kingdom, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party 

Fireworks from Magic Kingdom, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party 

It's been a few weeks, nothing really about to take pictures of aound the yard, so it was time for a road trip.

These pictures were taken Sept 10, 2005 at the Denver Botanical Gardens; just a beautiful place to visit.

This was just too perfect to pass up, framed and everything, all you needed to do was shoot. 

This is my attempt to be artistic. This is a varigated weeping fig tree taken looking up the branches.

Beautiful fern in the orchid room, I thought it looked nifty 

Orchids for any Nero Wolfe fans about.  

Another pretty flower, but I don't know what it's called.

No idea what it is, but it's purple, so I like it. 

In the orchid room, they have misters for the plants. This is just a neat shot of the mist. 

What's a blog entry without a bug! Dragonfly on cat-tails 

No idea what kind of flower this is, but those of you who are NUMB3RS fans, this is a great example of the Golden Mean

Lillies on the water 

It's been rainy the past few days in the afternoons, so the birds have not been out as much. Every time I try to get a picture of the goldfinchs, they get camera shy and fly away.

The chickadees are back and the mourning doves have gone. The flickers are still about, and I see the owl very so often.

Downy Woodpecker 

Chickadee with a few sparrows 

Sunny and warmer in Denver today. I'm still trying to get pictures of the various birds at the feeders. Today we only had an assortment of house finches so I took pictures of the insects instead.

A busy bee at work on the Butterfly Bush

Monarch with open wings. It look like he's been hurt somehow. 

Monarch Butterfly on Butterfly bush