My delightful friends Kyle and Theresa found these for me at a free-trade store while on their trip to the mid-west.  They know I like cats, black cats especially, and thought I would like them.  Which I do!

Steps, or teddy bear coffins?  You decide....

So, in which direction is the detour, actually?

A pretty sunset...

Anybody need some pork butts?

Back to my writing again.  I've been enjoying getting back to actually writing on a page.  I just think it's really kind of beautiful the way the ideas come from my head and come out the tip of the pen onto the paper.  I find a full page with words on it to be a very beautiful thing.

So this was a concept I was playing around with for a little while and I wish I had a better camera to get it, but what I was going for was the reflection in the screen: the pen in my hand.  I was doing some writing and listening to the new Imogen Heap album, and I looked up and saw the reflection, and I thought it was really cool.  I tried a few shots with my digital and then with my camera phone, and got better results with my phone.  I may go back to visit this concept again when I have a better camera.

Having nothing better to do on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, I drove up to Estes Park and spent the afternoon walking around there.  I took a walk up the Big Thompson River, which is below.  It was lovely.  It was actually raining when I took the picture, even though it's sunny.  If you look close you can see the rain drops.

One helluva cool thunderhead forming south of Greeley.

Visiting the Denver Center for the Performing Arts...