Seven Castles area of the Frying Pan River valley. Took a run up to Ruedi Lake to capture the fall colors. The clouds were being quite the personal assistant today. #sevencastles #fryingpanrivervalley #coloradolandscapes #photography #melindabhipple

The world has turned upside down and inside out when a fascist unelected Nazi like Stephen Miller can get equal or even more headlines than the news of the passing of Jane Goodall, a major international figure who helped improve humanity for the past 5 decades. Jane rocked in so may ways.

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Head in the clouds. Two more weeks of this incredible view. #mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #cloudcover #monochrome #photography #melindabhipple

The turkeys wander by in the fields most every day. Love it when they come into the yard. 😆 #turkeys #wildlife #humor #melindabhipple

Cat on a "warm Plexiglass skylight." He does love exploring thirty feet in the air. #catsofbluesky #catonaskylight #vantagepoint #melindabhipple

Let's find the most complicated--but warm and safe from coyotes and weather--part of the roof we can find. #caturday #catsofbluesky #smartkitty

BREAKING: Sinclair FOLDS and ends its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live! The show will return tonight on Sinclair's ABC affiliates.

BREAKING NEW EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS RELEASED BY DEMOCRATS SHOW: -Meetings with Steve Bannon and Peter Thiel -Planned visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk in 2014 DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW

Moonset and the Milky Way. #crescentmoon #milkyway #nightphotography #skies #photography #melindabhipple

Chair Mountain, the farthest, right snow-dusted peak. Getting colder, but not sure the snow will stick just yet. #chairmountain #elkmountainrange #colorado #sunrise #photography #melindabhipple

The passing storm gifted us with a double rainbow AND snow on the peaks tonight. Couldn't get the rainbow in one shot with the camera, so had to do a panorama with my cheap phone. #rainbow #mountsopris #photography #melindabhipple

The SCOTUS has been letting us down since Bush v. Gore.

Yet another storm. They are certainly happy to have the rain. On the left side of the mountain, the aspen trees are turning yellow. Hope to get up into the higher elevations later this week and get some fall photos. #mountsopris #elkmountains #colorado #skies #photography #melindabhipple

BREAKING: Eric Swalwell just told the FCC chairman to hire a lawyer and preserve records because they will be held accountable in 2027 when democrats take the House. Oh and he’s wearing a Jimmy Kimmel hat.

Been chasing the light and angles on this bowl for 8 years. It still reveals something new. #stilllife #photography #glasslight #contrast #melindabhipple #obsessed

Watched a couple of coyotes hunting in the field. They pounce on their prey like cats, and eat a lot of mice and voles. A third ran by closer to the house. Always entertaining. #coyotes #wildlife #melindabhipple

Tinkering with my camera settings to improve my night shots. The Milky Way with a silhouette of Mount Sopris to the left. #milkyway #mountsopris #nightphotography #photography #melindabhipple

Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:

Couldn't sleep at 2 a.m. the other night, so took several 15 to 30-second exposure shots of Mount Sopris by moonlight. #mountsopris #moonlight #stars #snowcapped #clouds #photography #melindabhipple

Colorado sunset. The skies have been particularly cloudy and rainy this last week. Nice to get enough of a break for the sun to set everything on fire. #sunset #photography #coloradoskies #melindabhipple

This mountain just keeps on giving! The fifth thunderstorm in 24 hours put on quite a light show tonight. Can't believe I captured this shot. #lightning #mountsopris #photography #melindabhipple

The skies today have been every-changing. From midnight lightning to veiled landscapes to dramatic rain shafts over this amazing mountain. Mount Sopris is a jewel in Colorado's crown. Love spending a month here each year. #mountsopris #rainshaft #photography #melindabhipple

Mystic Veil. Rain passing over Mount Sopris as two birds make their way down valley. This mountain never ceases to amaze me. #mountsopris #carbondalecolorado #elkmountains #photography #melindabhipple

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

Sunset on Mount Sopris. #sunset #mountsopris #photography #melindabhipple

Visitors. #turkeys #wildlife #photography #melindabhipple

Got super excited to see a fox this morning until I realized the poor creature was totally bald from mange. 😩 Not sure if the grey undertone of the skin would mean it could be a black fox like I'd seen here last year. I felt so sorry for it going into winter without a fur coat. #fox #mange

Spending another five weeks outside Carbondale, CO. Get to photograph Mount Sopris in all her beauty. This shot, taken from the deck, gives a hint of what's to come. #mountsopris #cosmos #carbondalecolorado #photography

"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers

This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.

Spotted three different gulf fritillaries in our town this last week (pics of two of them). I'd only seen one in our area a couple of years ago. Their territory tends to be south of here, but wondering if they are ranging north with warmer climate. #gulffritillary #butterfly #expandingnorth

Venus, a pinpoint of light in the middle of subtle layers of color. This morning's sunrise: Aug. 30, 2025. #sunise #venus #photography #easternkansas #melindabhipple #viewfrommywindow

Colorado mule deer: a doe in the morning sun and a buck on an overcast day. #deer #muledeer #photography #wildlife #nature #melindabhipple

#haiku #haiga #japaneseshortform #poetry #poet #melindabhipple

The United Front of Governors Against Trump: Newsom California, Pritzker Illinois, Wes Moore Maryland.....next?

‪A moment of beauty from a universe that doesn't give a whit about our squabbles. Jupiter, the Moon, and Venus triad in the morning sky. If you have a chance, look east this morning. #moonandplanets #crescentmoon #jupiter #venus #triad

An idea:

#war #bloodmoon #haibun #haiga #japaneseshortform #poet #author #melindabhipple

A Jane Austen moment. I was wandering the grounds of Harlaxton Manor (Grantham, England) when a woman on horseback appeared. In the fall of 2014, I was the oldest full-time study-abroad student. #photography #blackandwhite #melindabhipple #architecture #UniversityOfEvansville #HarlaxtonManor

Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitution—which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpus—have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.

Significant portions of Article I of the U.S. Constitution were removed from the version published on Congress’ official Constitution website. Large parts of Section 8(which outlines the powers of Congress) were deleted, and Sections 9 and 10,

BREAKING: The US government has just removed sections 9 and 10 of Article I of the US Constitution from their website. Note that sections 9 and 10 deal with: - Writ of Habeas Corpus - Congresses ability to control tariffs. See screenshot below: Notice that 9 and 10 are gone.

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How in the hell does he still have a 42% approval rating? Hillary was right. Deplorable.

odd or even . . . never diagnosed with OCD still a sense of relief with the second tattoo #tanka #japaneseshortform #poetry #melindabhipple

Glo and I exploring the Ulun Danu Beratan Temple in Bali, Indonesia. #UlunDanuBeratanTemple #exploringBali #forallthesenses