Dave here... I've been having fun lately trying to take some creative creek & river shots. Here are a few from around Boulder and also in southern Arizona - enjoy. There's also a pic of a garden ghost in our yard...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
05_20_2010 Creek & river pics
Dave here... I've been having fun lately trying to take some creative creek & river shots. Here are a few from around Boulder and also in southern Arizona - enjoy. There's also a pic of a garden ghost in our yard...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
05_11_2010 Two words: Floor Heater
How could I forget? Perhaps the ultimate bathroom feature we added was a floor heater. Just turn it on, or use the electronic timer to have it heated up when you get up in the morning and voila! Warm feet.We heard that we may never see the cat again with this installation. Little did Dave know it wasn't the cat he needed to worry about.
05_11_2010 Bathroom remodel update
The bathroom is taking shape. Still a bit to be done, however, it's getting there and looking good! Today most of the cabinetry was installed and the counter top was attached.
What remains is to finish the tile, install the (schweet comfort height) toilet and hook up the plumbing. Once this is done, I can go in and paint.
So far our favorite item is the sky light. What's not to like about a sky light? Nice light, more light, natural like, a feature that makes the room look bigger, and they are just plain cool. Hopefully soon we can post some photos of the complete renovation.
05_01 to 05_2010 Las Vegas, heat and a pool
The cold will not stop here in Boulder. In a state of panic, I booked a flight to go to Vegas. Not to climb (not able to yet). Not to gamble (bleck). My goal was simple: to get warm.
And it worked! I was warm for one of the first time in two years. And I got a bit of a tan. I spent my time lounging by the pool and grading papers. Dave came out too and stayed longer - his goal was to climb (blogs coming soon on that).
We stayed at the Dogfather's new house in Summerlin. Great fun! I was so busy being lazy (while not working everyday) that I failed to take many photos. By that, I mean I took exactly two photos. Can't believe I fouled that up. No photos of Dogfather. No photos of his Great Dane. None of Jennifer. Or John. Or even Dave.The two I did take are cool though. At Jennifer's house, they have experienced a number of window strikes by birds. As the poor bird hits the glass, feather dust is transferred to the
window. Check out the perfect impression of mourning doves. (No doves were injured). One can see the nostrils and even details on the feathers. Pretty amazing.
I returned to Boulder to teach the last class of the semester (yay). The morning after I arrived home, I woke up to 37 degree weather and two inches of snow on the ground. I really miss Vegas.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
04_29_2010 More bird photos
Dave has been busy outside on the Spring-like days getting more fun photos. Though it's snowing a lot still, the spring flowers are blooming - Daffodils, Tulips, etc.
He came home recently knowing he'd photographed a new singer. And he had. The first bird shown here is an Ash-Throated Flycatcher. He got enough shots of this bird that we could make a positive ID. I find some of the flycathers real ID challenges!
I especially like the ducks and coots taking off in the lake. I can almost hear the commotion that is shown in this photo.
How can anyone resist not showing some more photos of the flatirons? This shot is especially cool because of the storm creeping in from the south. Wonder if this is one of those "It's Spring, no it's not" moment?
With all the snow and lots of rain, the creeks are overflowing. Eldorado Springs is very high and many new creeks are showing up. It makes for some nice opportunities to get some moving water shots. They're really lovely.
I think you get the picture though. Spring is trying to spring. Birds are singing. Storms are brewing. Creeks are flowing. Rocks are rocking?Ha!
4_2010 New bathroom # 2
We had such fun with the first bathroom renovation that we decided to tackle bathroom number two. This one is going much more slowly because we decided to let other people actually do the work. :) 
Goodbye ugly white tile with perma-stained white grout (why would anyone select white grout???). Goodbye tiny dinged up vanity. Goodbye toilet that defies physics and every remedy in that it sticks EVERY TIME IT IS FLUSHED. We will not miss that demonic toilet.
So far, we've found no girly magazines hidden in crevasses (unlike the downstairs renovation). No rotten wood (yay). And the walls were all actually insulated. One never knows what they'll find when sheet rock is ripped off the wall.
Though these photos show the demo part, at this point, we do have the new tile in the bath surround up. It's looking good. Soon (I hope) I'll be able to post the rest of the bathroom renovation photos showing the new 21st bathroom! Until then, enjoy the destruction shown here. :)
04_18_2010 Hike up Green Mountain
Every place I've ever lived has claimed a particular phrase as their own. A phrase they feel describes their locale only. You've heard it I'm sure: "If you don't like the weather in XXXXX, give it ten minutes and it'll change." I heard it in Houston. In DC. In Virginia. STL. And now Boulder (although here they say "If you don't like the weather in Colorado...").
No place is this phrase more true than in Boulder I think. For the last month or so, it has been stuck going back and forth between Spring and Winter. For instance, yesterday it was a beautiful 82 degree sunny day. Today, it is snowing. A lot. There were about 2" down when I left the house and it's expected to continue all day.
It's the THIRD snow storm this week.
One one of those Spring days, Dave hiked up to the top of Green Mountain and grabbed several photos. Thought I'd post them since the views are quite pretty. I, of course, stayed and kept my hiking confined to going upstairs and downstairs. I've two more weeks before my bones are 100% healed so no big hikes like that for me. Yet.
Enjoy
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