I took this photo several mornings ago while I was walking the dogs. To the right, you can see the burn scars left by the Beaver Creek Fire two years ago. I suppose the fire didn’t get hot enough to sterilize the ground since it has obviously grown nicely green since then. It was still fairly early in the morning so one can see the shadow on the hills of a hill to the east.
I’ve been meaning to take my camera when I walk the dogs in the morning, and finally remembered to grab it on my way out. I was rewarded by seeing this rainbow to the west. I’ve seen many afternoon rainbows in Colorado, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen one in the morning.
Jack took this awesome photo of a friend’s garden. It was a series of photos stitched together into a panorama by the software in his Droid. Click on the photo to get the full effect.
Renaissance Festival.
Volunteer holds hawk at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. This hawk could not be rehabilitated and released due to a vision problem which prevents her from hunting.
We got quite a bit of rain overnight which was quite welcome, especially since it didn’t cause major flooding on the burn scars.
My friend’s lilies are rather spectacular this year. (Taken with iPad).
Thank you signs to the firefighters working on the Black Forest Fire are a current feature throughout our area. There are still signs in place that appeared after the Waldo Canyon Fire. In addition to the professionally made signs like this one from our grocery store:
there are a variety of home made signs hung on fences bordering roads, like this one my friend made:
She is pretty sure the fire-fighters saw her sign: her place is on a main route into the Black Forest just a few blocks away from where the fire-fighters had their camp at Pine Creek High School. Every day, at shift change times, people would line the road near the school to cheer them home.