Showing posts with label garden of the gods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden of the gods. Show all posts

Sunday, October 20, 2013

We Are Soaking it All In...


Looking into Garden of the Gods Park from the outer walking/bike path...
A very small portion of the damage from the recent floods...the water carved out a new river bed...
 We are soaking in as much as we can of this colorful Autumn. Last week, Mueller State Park. Yesterday, one of our many walks in Garden of the Gods National Park. It was a beautiful day. The sun is still warm and with barely a cloud in the sky, it was a great day to be outside. We stayed on the outer perimeter of the park, which is good for bikers and is not 'in the woods'. We are still seeing some incredible damage from the floods. The powerful force of the water carved out a new terrain in the lower outer edge of the park, and clean-up continues. Jimmy is used to me lagging behind to take photos as we go, and the space we give one another is appreciated. We are still walking together. I never quite know what the pics will look like until I get them up on the computer at which point I can see the vistas with a fresh eye and awe strikes my soul yet again. I am grateful that my range has broadened from so many macro shots to the expansive landscape set before me.

'Let the rivers clap their hands, Let the mountains sing together for joy.'
Psalm 98:8

Sunday, September 30, 2012

I 'Heart' You...

Heart formation...and then whoosh...it was gone...what a moment!!
Driving past the heart clouds thru the Garden of the Gods Park
Driving thru 320 MILLION year old rock formations...really??
Pikes Peak, w/ just a little snow, taken from 8000 feet in the air!
Coming down the mountain...
Arch way @ Woodland Park...amazing sculpture!!
Yesterday Atlas Van Lines delivered my portion of Mom's furniture, pictures, lamps and treasures from her apartment in New Jersey....or really from her life in New York (as she only lived in NJ for the past year). What a difference a month makes. From life to death, from West to East and back again a couple of times, from Summer to Autumn, all very significant and mark-ed changes. Thankfully, the movers were very nice guys, they came early enough where we still had the whole day. We have decided to visit the higher elevations, now that I have acclimated, and w/ the Fall foliage quickly making her appearance, we went to the city of Woodland Park, which is at 8000 feet in elevation. We drove through Garden of the Gods Park, and as I was snapping away, I looked up and there it was, a cloud formation in the shape of a heart! Well, glory be, how perfect, as was the rest of the day. Although I did get a bit light headed, I was closer to Pikes Peak than ever before. The pictures tell the story as our adventures in Colorado continue...

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

Yucca plants growing wild on the hills of Garden of the Gods.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

Afternoon @ Garden of the Gods Park, Colorado Springs

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

Pikes Peak window from Garden of the Gods

One more week!!!!!