One of the noticeable features of downtown Colorado Springs is its public art. Similar to other American communities, suburban spread in the 1980s resulted in a lackluster city center. This dilemma was addressed in the early 1990s when the city council adopted an action plan, which led to the formation in 1997 of what became … Continue reading Street Art
When I noticed something bright in my peripheral field of vision and my eyes afterward focused on this sleek creature, I felt slightly disoriented. The animal seemed out of its element, at least in my mind. It was October 2020 and I was birding along a paved path in a well-developed suburban subdivision. A weasel … Continue reading A Weaselly Surprise
This winter has brought several bouts of much-needed moisture in the form of snow to Colorado Springs, and as I'm scheduling this post, portions of the Rocky Mountains are waiting with bated breath for the next wintry wave predicted to drop two-plus feet of the white stuff. The brutal arctic blast that swept through North … Continue reading Winter’s Pageant
The combination of the colors black and white is considered elegant and classy, not only with regard to fashion, but also when it comes to feather arrangements, as many posts by fellow bird-loving bloggers attest. When I assembled my avian portraits a few months back, my only intention was to share a selection of Colorado’s … Continue reading Black-and-White Birds
If you were raised in an Anglophone country and are of a certain age, chances are you became familiar with the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme while growing up. As I grew up in Germany for the first two decades of my life, I didn’t. When and where I first heard the poem I don’t recall, … Continue reading Humpty Dumpty
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