My current view. Pawnee National Grassland. Colorado. It’s so quiet.

Tomorrow's treat: Cranberry orange shortbread cookies.

This regime supports energy over wildlife. That is, they promote corporations and sacrifice conservation to do so. Look for: consideration of economic impacts and national security. Take home: wildlife and conservation issues will be ignored if big oil, coal, or “national security” concerns exist.

I’m proud of my husband for having a few of his paintings and wood carvings on display at our local art museum for the month of November! 🪶

Not to brag or anything, but we have the prettiest damn tree on our street right now.

Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone? Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate. They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.

Yesterday my dogs and I hiked 2.5 miles up a mountain to look for a geocache. We got within 1/4 mile of it, but there was still a big ravine between us and the cache. We're all old so we gave up and sat down to ate our lunch instead. I didn't find the geocache, but I did get to enjoy this view.

📌Today I learned Republicans are targeting whales, seals, and polar bears. The ghouls who said boogeymen were going after our cats and dogs, are literally coming after WHALES, SEALS AND POLAR BEARS. 📌I hate them. I mean I FUCKING HATE THEM. There can be no reconciliation with these morbid monsters.

The last of summer from our garden.

Found this video while explaining the Portland Frogs to someone. Enjoy!

Hiking along the Cache la Poudre River in Northern Colorado today.

We had to have our dog Gus put down a few days ago. He was 14. Run free, buddy. Run free.

Gus will cross the Rainbow Bridge later today and my soul hurts.

I'll never get tired of my iPad suggesting "Williams" as the next word whenever I type my name.

I'm retired and I started baking sourdough bread back in March. Since then I spend at least an hour every day thinking about baking sourdough bread. I have a lot to learn, but I haven't been this obsessed about anything since I wanted a horse when I was 7.

Colorado is showing off this week.

Just some horses hanging out on open range in Colorado.

Antillean crested hummingbird. Lesser Antilles. 🪶

"Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset." — Saint Francis de Sales, 1567-1622. South Korean-German classical violinist Clara-Jumi Kang performs I. Allegro ma non troppo, Beethoven, Violin Concerto, composed in 1807. 🙏🏼🌎🕊️

The yellows of early fall. Colorado USA.

Fall is coming. Roosevelt National Forest Colorado.

One day during Covid I took a pix of a butterfly. I showed it to my wildlife biologist husband. Suddenly he's chasing butterflies with his camera. He's learned to identify each species and now does butterfly surveys at a state park. All because I took a photo. A Weidemeyer's admiral. (his pix).

My first glimpse of fall today in the Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado.

Cheetahs I photographed in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, a few years ago. This is a mother and her two cubs. #wildlife #nature #outdoors #conservation

I brought my 87yo father to visit for a few days. We had lots of fun sharing adventures together. I only wish he'd be able to remember them.

Due to rising food costs, the 5-second rule has hereby been extended to 10 seconds. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I took my 87-year-old father to get groceries. At the end of an aisle he nearly ran his cart into a woman close to his age who he couldn’t see coming. Dad apologized, and the next thing I know they’re both laughing and pretending to push their carts into each other. It was adorable.

Feeling this

Climate change is a hoax. Right.

Hook-billed vanga, Madagascar. #Madagascar #Wildlife #Nature #Travel 🪶

I'm making zucchini bread today, but that's not really the point of this post. Back in the 1980's when my 3 siblings and I were moving out of our parents' house, we would often call Mom for the recipes for dishes we grew up eating. After dozens of calls she typed (on a manual typewriter)...

Could it be a blueback salmon? I googled but the results were shitty. I did find this however.

Summer fun. #dogs

Summer fun.

This is Pungo. He is glad you found a new favorite hobby, but please don't forget about his favorite hobby. 13/10 (IG: ksmith.clay)

You guys, we picked the first sweet corn from our garden today and had it for dinner. OMG it was so tender and sweet and I want to move somewhere I can grow corn year round.

So happy the husband babysitter is back for the next 5 months! 😂😂

We've been buying this coffee for the past few years. It usually cost around $14.00 for 30 oz. It is now almost $27.00. #tariffs

This one’s for the curators ✨ Sneak peek of @skylight.social! #skylightsocial #skylight

A bout of food poisoning during our trip to Madagascar caused me to miss two days of birding and adventure. My husband shamelessly took this photo of crab plovers while I was back at the cabin dying. 🪶

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ICE Agents Tear Down Cameras And Break Doors And Windows At Restaurant in Burbank #AbolishICE #LosAngeles #ICEWatch

America’s Ugly Truth. Time to make the present n future what America should be! #democracy #equality #freedom

I've lived above 5,000 feet elevation for 50+ years and often go up to 8,000-9,000 feet. Today we went to Rocky Mountain National Park & headed to the summit at 12,000 feet, but had to turn around because I was getting sick. This has never happened before and I'm far too young to be getting old 😩😢