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Storm clouds blanket a panoramic view of the Colorado Mountains adorned in the fall colors of golden aspen.
I love new spring aspen leaves, and on this windy often rainy day, the fresh leaves look particularly appealing to me. The reddish petiole is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem. (Beentje, H. (2010). The Kew plant glossary. London: Kew Publishing.)
Populus tremuloides is a deciduous tree native to cooler areas of North America, one of several species referred to by the common name aspen.
Changing seasons. First a few bright yellow-gold birds appear and sing.
And fluff those male vivid feathers.
And then a few more goldfinches appear and sing. Soon it will become a chorus. The females glow brighter. Dark-eyed juncos move north.
850mm, f/9, 1/1000, ISO 640
This is St. Theresa Catholic Church in Meeteese, Wyoming on a snowy Friday in Feb 2022. In 1915, with a gift of $1,000 from the Catholic Church Extension Society, Father Endres built this Church in Cody. It was the first Catholic Church in town and stood on Sheridan Avenue near the Courthouse. The site was a gift from Mrs. Charles DeMaris who in turn requested that the Church be dedicated to and named St. Anthony. It served Catholics in Cody until October 7, 1954 when the present St. Anthony's Church on Monument Street was dedicated. Shortly after, the old church was moved to Meeteetse and became The St. Theresa of the Child Mission Church.
Male Goldfinch. An intermittently cloudy day. Now we have more than ten finches on the new trees. Lovely to hear.
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Kebler Pass | Elk Mountains
This image is from a series of shots captured along Kebler Pass, near Crested Butte. We were lucky with the weather suddenly turning from bright, sunny skies to moody, storm skies, when approaching Kebler Pass. This was a chance to capture some of the contrast between the yellow glowing Aspen trees against blue, dark skies.
Maroon Bells is called one of the most stunning outdoor settings in North America and it's on the bucket list of many photographers "with a burning desire to capture their own version of Maroon Lake" according to Laurent Martrès, from the book Photographing the Southwest. I was one of them!
We visited the area around Maroon Lake with a (at that time) obligated shuttle service from Aspen Highlands. It was very busy there indeed, but I was glad I had the chance to see all the overwhelming beauty, though it was only for a few hours.
Thank you for taken your time to visit me, comments or faves are always much appreciated!
Down below the aspen, now without leaves and ready for winter, a stream meanders its way through the valley floor between the peaks of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
The last of the mist through the trees at the bottom of Witcombe Valley as the sun breaks through on a February morning.