I suppose like most photographers something will occasionally catch your eye allowing you to stop, pause for a moment and analyze what it is you are seeing that totally intrigued you. The temperature at daybreak hovered near zero degrees Fahrenheit. Overnight ice crystals formed on an outside door. As I went outside to fill up […]

Most trips to the mailbox usually disappoint. Like just about everyone else the arrival of bills is kind of a downer and the abundance of junk mail just frustrates me because even though we recycle all our junk mail here at our Evergreen, Co. dwelling , it just seems to me there has to be […]

Spring like all the seasons has special meaning to all of us. It’s  a time of intent. New beginnings, rebirths and regeneration. The initiation of a new cycle. And it too, has it’s smells and sounds. One event in particular defines spring for me. Like they have for centuries, the majestic Sandhill and Whooping cranes, […]

I often get asked, “What’s been your favorite assignment?”. The response is usually pre-empted with a chuckle and  a smile and a rather bewildered reply of “That’s a hard one.” Much like with a bucket list there are assignments you hope to cover in a career and then there are the ones you have encountered […]

I have been diligently monitoring the higher altitude weather patterns , reading wildlife reports and checking with locals to see if the bears have been coming out of hibernation. There  have been no confirmed reports of activity in our  area though certain regions of the state have definitely seen bruin movement recently. With an armory […]

Living near the Upper Bear Creak drainage from our closest fourteen thousand foot peak  Mount Evans provides a remarkable view into the lives and habits of a lot of wildlife. It’s not unusual in this montane environment  to see unique animal movement and behavior this time of year at 8000 feet. Many of the migrating […]

Clouds began to separate late last night after a significant winter storm rushed through Colorado leaving close to twenty inches of gorgeous powder here in Evergreen. When I looked outside around 10 p.m. there was a stunning bluish glow bathing our new blanket of snowfall. It was hard to resist not taking a photo. Every […]

As kids growing up just down the hill from Evergreen (CO) we had no problem entertaining our selves around the neighborhood even during winter months. Our “playground” consisted of a frozen irrigation ditch for pond hockey, snow-packed cul-de-sacs or dead-end streets for a shoe version of pond hockey. We had nearby awesomely steep, teeth-rattling hills for our […]

Yesterday’s first big winter storm of the season brought a lot of critters out of the forest to forage for food. I noticed a small cluster of mule deer rooting near the house close to  one of our large sliding glass doors. Out of curiosity I decided to lay down near the window and wait patiently to […]

  Viewing full moons at 8000 feet provide lots of entertainment. Often they creep slowly up over the crest of Kinder Mountain east of the house creating mysterious silhouettes. Other times the lunar glow can be so intense that night hikes or snowshoeing are better illuminated than if one had a headlamp. We had a full […]