Folly, a young cat with seemingly no inborn fear of anything, explores a tree during her supervised afternoon playtime.
Author: Elaine
Pikes Peak
I took this photo of Pikes Peak on Tuesday from Black Forest Regional Park. My first year here I was somewhat disconcerted to find that Pikes Peak usually has snow visible eleven months out of twelve. Now I find it comforting, a reflection of the fact that this year the snow pack (a main source of water here in Colorado) is nine per cent over the thirty year average. Last year, the snow pack was half the thirty year average.
Garden of the Gods
Sunday, we drove through the Garden of the Gods on our way to the Edelweisse.
St Patrick’s
I wonder if the architect meant to echo the angles of Pikes Peak in the new addition to St Patrick’s, the church where my mother goes to mass.
Sunrise
Stardel Cafe
The Stardel Cafe is open for breakfast. There was another hummingbird on the other side of the feeder as I took this photo.
Lake
Due to our wet spring, the lake in the valley to the northeast of us has almost extended itself back to its former borders. Compare this photo that I took today with the shot I took seventeen months ago.
Edelweiss Restaurant for Dining in Colorado Springs
I just made reservations at the Edelweiss Restaurant for Mother’s Day.
Trickle Down Palm
Last week, my sister wrote and asked if I wanted her Tungsten T3 Palm, which had been superseded by a machine one of her clients had given her. Since I guessed the T3 would be miles better than my ancient Palm III, not to mention being in color instead of green and black, I wrote back “Yes!” My sister is one of those incredibly organized types who mails the same day she promises to do something, so it was delivered today.
I used the Palm OS Desktop HOWTO to find out how to sync the a USB Palm to my Linux desktop. It is much quicker than the serial sync process I was used to: in fact, I thought at first the sync must have failed it took so little time.
I was hoping that the screen of the T3 would be easier on my middle-aged eyes, and it is. I was also delighted to see what Bejeweled looks like in color, as I was not sure if my registered copy would install on the T3. Bejeweled comes in very hand when I am stuck waiting for the train to pass, or am standing in a long line at the store.
Flowering Tree
We are enduring The Return of Winter, but at least some things are blooming.