There's No Such Thing As Magic - I Beg To Differ! I looked up the definition of 'Magic', and among other things, these were some of the definitions I found: A mysterious quality of enchantment any mysterious or extraordinary quality or power unaccountably enchanting, magical beauty wonderful, m
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01/13/2010
Photomatix - HDR Photography - Just What I Needed, A New Toy! LOL Thanks to Mike Hendren's posts on High Dynamic Range Photography, and the wonderful examples he and Andrea Swiedler have posted, I finally climbed on the bandwagon. (Is there no end to the $$ we can spend, guys?) I have always
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01/11/2010
The Wind Chill is 15 Below! Let's Go Fishing! Last weekend, I drove out to Tarryall Reservoir. While I have spent much time in the Tarryall Valley, I had never gone as far as the reservoir. So, since the weather folks said the day would be fair, (they lied), I went. On the way, I hit a sn
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01/10/2010
Think You've Seen It All? Think Again! Forty years ago, Jim Bishop bought 2 1/2 acres of forest near Wetmore, Colorado, with the intention of building a family cabin out of native rock from the area. As construction went on, folks told him it looked like a castle. So, a castle it became. To
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01/08/2010
Moby Dick Was a No Show While in San Diego over the holidays, my husband and I booked a whale boat excursion to see the whales migrating through the area on their way to Baja. Turns out, the best time for whale viewing begins in mid Ja
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01/05/2010
The End Of A Perfect DayChristmas 2009 was a wonderful time for me. I spent it with my family at my Mom's in San Diego where I was grateful for a bit of warmer weather. Here in Colorado, we had the first white Christmas in a long time, but it was bitterly c
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01/03/2010
"Stones Into Schools" - Thoughts for the New Year We Are Not As Different As You May ThinkI read "Three Cups Of Tea" last year, and bought the sequel, "Stones Into Schools" for reading while traveling by airline to visit family over the Christmas holiday. The terrorist attack on Christmas day
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12/31/2009
Big Horn Sheep - Again? Must Be My Lucky Day! I wrote a post recently about a visit to Georgetown, Colorado (Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep), where I was excited to have the opportunity to photograph big horn sheep in their natural habitat in the Rocky Mountains. Also recently, I wrote a post
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12/18/2009
Stumped for a Gift Idea? Consider an Adoption! Need a gift idea for that person on your shopping list that already has everything? Consider adopting an endangered animal in their name. Yesterday I received a very special gift from my best friend of 40 years - I am now the proud adoptive Mama
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12/16/2009
Drinking Water Safety A recent study by the National Resources Defense Council on the safety of our nation's drinking water shows that many of us are at risk for health issues related to pre-World War l water delivery systems. The aging systems were designed to filter out particles, parasites a
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12/13/2009