In January of this year, we spent a weekend in St. Augustine, Florida, which is on the east coast of Florida about an hour north of Daytona Beach. It was founded in 1565 and is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the United States. There are a lot of scenic opportunities there. [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2007
Some more Denver pictures
Here is a gallery of three more pictures from our recent Denver trip. The first image in the gallery is a colony of cliff swallows nesting under an overpass near my Mom’s place. Lynn first noticed these birds during our frequent trips in and out. They’re very hard to photograph since they seem to be [...]
She worked us pretty hard
Lynn and I just returned from helping Mom move into her new place. She’s now in a unit at Windcrest in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. We flew out on July 4th and returned on the 11th. She had quite a list of chores for us to do, including painting, hanging curtains / blinds / paintings, unpacking [...]
Road Narrows Ahead – North America’s highest paved roadway
Mount Evans is about 35 miles west of Denver. We left early (before 6) and were up on the mountain by 9, but we stopped quite a few times on the way. It could take you more or less time depending on how many stops you make and what the traffic is like. since we [...]
Sunday morning macro: flowers in the mall parking lot
Lynn and I were at the mall yesterday and noticed some new flower beds. I just got a 60mm f2.8D micro Nikkor lens for my D80, so I went back this morning to see how well it works. This is the first true macro (1:1 magnification) lens I’ve ever had. I like it a lot, [...]
