August 1-9, 2025 Fort Collins, Colorado

 Yikes, in the 90's. And we are getting a little smoke from the Grand Canyon fire.

Hawk in our back yard. Sunset over Old Town Fort Collins, reflected in the fountain.

Kids running through the fountain. Sunset on Linden St. They do a great job  with flowers in Old Town.

These are what I am working on. I am using the murrine I have been making for the flowers and leaves. Finished aspen pieces. 

The finished flower pieces. I made some white canes to try as aspen in some pieces. It is really hard to cut small enough tree trunks. They expand when fired, so these skinny things may work. 

Our renter in the front house got this cool tear drop trailer. She is parking it in front of our garage overnight so she can pack up for a road trip. It has a very fancy kitchen in the back with running rater and a microwave. Almost 100 today and smokey. The sun was orange this afternoon and red at sunset. 

Moon with the smokey air.  John and my brother 

Ray.

Joan and Sue. My brother Ray and Joan bought us dinner at the Blue Agave. Yum. Great seeing them.

Sunset. Joan and my brother Ray after dinner at our place. 

Sue and Joan. I pulled some new cane. 

Saw this buck on my bike ride tonight. Brief sunset, clouds blocking most of it. 

Full Sturgeon moon. Not as much smoke as earlier, but still a hint of orange. 

July 27-30, 2025 Fort Collins, Denver, Canon City, Colorado

 99 degrees and sunny.

Sunset. I drove down to Denver and Katy and I met Jim and Wes for dinner. Great to see them. 

The next day Katy, Katie and I went to Canon City to raft with our friend Dennis. 

It was cloudy, but pretty warm. 

The river rocked and rolled. 

Rock and just before the water hit my face!

Rolling.

Woo hoo! A storm rolled in and it rained lightly but we got a strong headwind. 

Turtle rock, tiny arch and we buzzed a cormorant on a rock in the middle of the river. We took Dennis out to dinner , Katy and Katie brought a yummy cake for my birthday. 

Sue, Dennis, Katie and Katy after dinner. A good time was had by all and it was fun to see Dennis. Sunset on the way home. 

The next night John took me out to dinner at the French Bistro for my birthday. Yum yum.

July 21-26, 2025 Fort Collins, Colorado

 

Sunset. Went back to Denver for my annual Dr appointments. I was declared healthy. Drove by my old house. There is still no yard and the picket fence  and both arbors are gone. But looking into the back yard, where there was a one story run down garage there is a two story 3 car garage.  Wow.

I went with some of my old Humana coworkers to Kay's cabin in Red Feather Lakes. Usually we go out to lunch, but this time we decided to do an over night. Kay and her family spent the last 20 years building this beautiful log cabin. 

Looking down from the loft. We had appetizers on the deck over looking the valley.

The view from the deck. Some of the wild flowers around the cabin. 

Breakfast of French toast in the morning. Here we all are. A beautiful day at a beautiful cabin with good friends. It was fun to see them and catch up. 

Downtown Red Feather Lakes. The bike path this evening on my ride along the Poudre River. 

It drizzled on me on my bike ride, when I turned around to go back I saw this lovely rainbow. 

I did the Artisan market today. I rented the tent and tables. All I had to do was show up, put on table cloths and set my preloaded displays up. Pretty painless. A little costly, but worth it. My booth.

Me in my booth.